Halibut Season is Here

Wild Pacific Halibut is Glorious Right Now Halibut season is here, and the halibut boats are coming in. It’s Wild Pacific Halibut you are looking for to remain Ocean Wise and tasty.  These fish can get to eight feet and in Latin are called Hippoglossus, translating to “hippo of the sea”.  Our favourite supplier is…

YEW restaurant + bar is THE Place for Spot Prawns this Spring

Sneak Preview “First Catch” BC Spot Prawn Celebration on May 9 Every year seafood lovers look forward to the six to eight weeks of BC Spot Prawn season.  Enjoying these succulent prawns direct from Vancouver docks is the most delicious way of supporting a sustainable and locally raised food choice. This year YEW restaurant + bar is…

BC Wine Chat – Red Wine With Fish

Welcome BC Wine lovers! February 27th at YEW restaurant + bar – delicious evening of tasting and tweeting. Sample and tweet your way through four outstanding BC wines paired with Chef Ned Bell’s tasty treats from local waters. Exploring “Red Wine with Fish” is the name of the game! Follow the hashtag #BCWineChat to participate from home. http://yew-bcwinechat.eventbrite.com/ Featured Wines: Joie Farm, ‘PTG’…

New from Yew Restaurant + Bar at Four Seasons Vancouver

Dine Out Vancouver January 18 to February 3 Don’t miss YEW’s take on the 11th annual Dine Out Vancouver restaurant festival.  Tourism Vancouver’s uber popular celebration of eating out. Executive Chef Ned Bell has created a fantastic three-course, prix-fixe menu for food lovers for an amazing value at $38.  We’re also excited to offer gourmands…

Pumpkin – The Seasonal Bacon

Pumpkin – The New Bacon – News headlines rang out this week declaring pumpkin the “it” ingredient du jour.  Well then.  This may just be the case as pumpkin is seasonal and has always been an essential part of fall menus.  And these days it seems pumpkins gone on a marketing blitz and it’s not…

News from YEW

It feels like just a few minutes ago we were diving into decadent holiday stollen and festive brunches with aplomb.  Dashing through the mall for that perfect gift and decking the halls with cocktails and Christmas trees.  Oh.. and it was fun. Alas, the harsh light of January’s New Year’s hopes and resolutions has dawned. Fear…

New from YEW restaurant + bar

November 24, 2010 – January 5, 2011  Nothing will get you in the Christmas mood faster than a stroll through our lobby – now transformed into a festive forest of creatively decorated Christmas trees. The annual BC Children’s Hospital Foundation fundraiser is a must-see holiday highlight. with YEW’s Famous Christmas Confection Legendary baker and Four…

RAISE A GLASS OF BUBBLY AT THE #FSWINE TWEETUP

YEW restaurant + bar joins other Four Seasons hotels and resorts on #WineWednesday, November 9, 2011  YEW restaurant + bar at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver joins wine lovers all over the globe for the second annual #FSWine Tweetup, featuring a tasting of the festive season’s favourite imbibe, sparkling wine. An hour of tasting and Tweeting with…

WIN A CUSTOM-MADE WEDDING CAKE OR ULTIMATE BRIDESMAIDS’ TEA PARTY

Four Seasons Vancouver and Crème de la Crème Celebrate Weddings, Friends and Fun with Great Prizes and Events  Two ‘to die for contests’ will have local brides sketching their dream wedding cakes and bridesmaids playing dress up at YEW restaurant + bar this month.  Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, YEW restaurant + bar and Crème de la Crème…

YEW’s Pastry Chef Bruno Feldeisen Launches New Dessert Menu

AND Takes to the Edible Canada Food Stage at Vancouver Home & Design Show – October 15 Think Rustic, Simple, Homemade. Like Mom’s (but way better)! You know when you just want a sliver of pie?  So do we.  That’s why YEW is now offering three different serving sizes of our delicious home-style pies.  Slivers,…

Are YEW Ready to See Change? – Life and Times at YEW

Videos by YEW – YEWTube Back in August, the YEW team was getting set to launch our new seafood concept to the world.  To invite our guests, friends, fans and regulars to become engaged and get to know YEW and our key restaurant team better, we created a seven-part YEWTube series.  Meant to share useful…

Life and Times at YEW

‘YEWTube’ Are you Ready to SEA Change?  Life and Times at YEW YEW restaurant + bar continues our online series with an insider’s look at what makes one of Vancouver’s top restaurants tick. Each week we are serving up fun and useful tips and tricks from our talented kitchen and restaurant veterans. Putting a sweet ending…

YEW News for June

Pastry Chef Bruno Feldeisen introduces the Anti-Griddle Machine, offering a new twist on a sweet touch. The Anti-Griddle Machine – winner of the Food Network’s award for Tasty Technology has arrived and Pastry Chef Bruno is ready to dig into this new machinery. A traditional cook-top with a twist; the Anti-Griddle freezes sauces and purées…

Drinking Rosé for a Cause

In partnership with Naramata Bench Winery Laughing Stock, YEW Sales Manager and Sommelier Emily Patterson and Laughing Stock’s Wine Maker David Enns, have created “In the Pink”, our first ever Rosé wine. “In the Pink” is a financial expression that describes an investor or the economy as being in a good financial position or in…

News from YEW restaurant + bar

YEW restaurant + bar offers guests a chance to support Japan We are all keenly aware of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan that has caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. The utter scale of total devastation is difficult to comprehend. Four Seasons employees around the globe are participating in fundraising activities to…

ANNUAL FOOD FIGHT! THE BATTLE FOR BRUNCH

Feast and Fundraiser for Variety – The Children’s Charity Calling all Foodies! Food Fight! The Battle for Brunch, presented by Variety – The Children’s Charity and MarketPlace IGA, is back for the second year in a row! This fun and unique fundraising event will bring together some of BC’s finest Chefs in a battle for…

Foxxy Fridays in YEW restaurant + bar

Make Friday’s Fun in 2011 With every New Year comes the usual resolution to be frugal, stay on budget, and enjoy more time with friends. Happily these goals go hand-in-hand with the popular, pretty-in-pink promotion – Foxxy Friday’s in YEW restaurant + bar. Celebrate the end of your work week by dressing in pink, and…

Fresh From British Columbia’s oceans, rivers, fields and farms

Diners in British Columbia are blessed with an impressive variety of fresh local produce grown and raised across the Province throughout the year. It is with this über-fresh, local and seasonal mentality that we created a concept for dinner nightly at YEW restaurant + bar. Known as “Fresh From…” this three-course, pre-fixed menu focuses on…