3 Renowned Vancouver Restaurants celebrate French Gastronomy on March 21st
What are you doing next Tuesday night? If you enjoy French Food done well it would be a good time to make a reservation. We’re torn!
For the third consecutive year, over 2000 restaurants in 150 countries will participate in the #GoodFrance event to celebrate French gastronomy. They will prepare a special menu one night only and there’s three in Vancouver participating.
The event is orchestrated by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development and chef Alain Ducasse, and was inspired by Auguste Escoffier, who launched the “Dîners d’Épicure” (Epicurean Dinners) initiative in 1912: the same menu, on the same day, in several world cities, for as many guests as possible.
In Canada, almost 40 restaurants will participate in this international feast and art of eating well on March 21st, 2017, of which 3 are in Vancouver, BC:
- Le Crocodile: “As a French chef, it is an honor to be part of this International event along chefs from around the world and represent French gastronomy under the patronage of many chef’s reference M. Alain Ducasse.” Chef Michel Jacob.
- Bistro Pastis:“Good France is a wonderful celebration of French gastronomy that Bistro Pastis wants to promote and support. It allows Bistro Pastis to showcase what can be done with great French food, French wine all while permitting stimulating conversation.”; Owner Stephen Langford.
- Save On Meats diner’s’ Greasy Spoon dinner series with Chef Alison Ramage from Design to Dine:“Through this dining experience with Good France, there is the opportunity to create conversation for a cultural shift towards positive human connection on global level within communities”; Chef Alison Ramage.
Good France, a celebration of what France has best to offer. A one night only dinner à la française
The “gastronomic meal of the French” is now inscribed on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With French cuisine, the food is the epicenter but still not without the whole experience. All senses should be looked after – smell, sound, sight and flavour. Participating restaurants have been selected after designing their menu based on the following sequence: aperitif and canapés, starter, main course(s), cheese, dessert(s), French wines and champagnes. Menus will be available on the participating restaurant’s websites as well as on the Consulate’s website. The price is at the restaurant’s discretion and each participant will commit to donating 5% of the proceeds to a local NGO promoting health and the environment.
Menus and reservations
Le Crocodile
- Starter: corn cream with coco flakes and diced scallops
- Fish: French cod filet with its truffles velouté sauce
- Meat: venison duo and duck strips and its two sauces
- Cheese: Selection from France
- Desert: champagne sorbet ice cream and the traditional Paris Brest
- Price : $115.00 per person + taxes and gratuities
- Time: 6:30PM, one seating.
- Reservations
Bistro Pastis
- Starter: Foie Gras Parfait Profiterole / Duck Salad: house smoked duck breast, pickled strawberries, frieze, toasted brioche
- Fish: Sole Normande: sole filet, seafood medley, button mushrooms, cream sauce
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- Meat: Lamb Navarin “Printanier”: braised lamb shoulder, spring vegetables, roasted potatoes, braising jus
- Cheese: camembert le rustique, le bleu de laqueuille, tome de savoie mulled wine gel, whole grain mustard, crostini
- Desert: creme caramel: egg custard, caramel sauce, mixed berries, chantilly
- Price : $69.00 per person + taxes and gratuities
- Time: reservations between 6:30 and 7:30 with a choice to seat in 15 min intervals. Consul general will open his table to two persons. If you wish to share his table, dinner will be at 6:30PM, please let the restaurant know upon booking.
- Reservations
- Bistro Pastis will donate 5 percent of sales to the Potluck Café Society, which is a registered charity and social enterprise providing food, training, and job opportunities to residents of Vancouver`s Downtown Eastside.
Save-OnMeats for Greasy Spoon series with guest Chef Alison Ramage
- Starter: Tart Flambée – caramelized onions, mustard and munster cream + kale & escarole salad + potato crisp
- Main: Choucroute Garnie – smoked sausage + Reisling fermented cabbage + Spaetzle + brown butter cream
- Cheese: Elderflower tome pere antoine ice cream
- Desert: Alsatian Strudel with apples + butter flakey pastry
- Price : $ 95 per person + taxes and gratuities
- Time: two seatings, 5:30PM and 8PM.
- Reservations
- Funds raised by the Greasy Spoon Diner series support A Better Life Foundation (ABLF), which aims to empower those who are struggling with addictions and mental illness. By providing food security, education and employment training ABLF supports individuals, while strengthening the quality of community life in the Downtown Eastside. A Better Life Foundation also supports the ongoing Being Hungry Sucks campaign.
