What’s Happening in Vancouver

It’s November and the air is crisp! I’ll be pulling out my mitts before too long and pulling out that crock pot for cozy fall dinners. In the meantime, we are still allowed out and about, so let’s make the most of it, safely!

Not Only Amarone Wine Sessions with Good Wine Gal – November 5

Provence’s November Wine Menu Features CheckMate

Provence Marinaside shines the spotlight on Oliver BC’s CheckMate Artisanal Winery for its second Monthly Wine Menu.

The Monthly Wine Menu is series of special menus designed to highlight rare BC wines. The Monthly Wine Menu features wines from BC that are typically difficult to find by the glass (e.g. small production, back vintages, out of stock items, or priced out of range). These are paired with dishes especially created by Owner/Chef Jean Francis Quaglia and Chef de Cuisine Sheldon Maloff that are inspired by the wine, not the other way round as is usually the case. The dishes are unique to the Monthly Wine Menu and do not appear on Provence Marinaside’s regular menu.
The Monthly Wine Menu contains a QR code so that guests can access more information on the winery and the featured wines.

November – CheckMate Artisanal Winery

Winemaker: Philip McGahan

Two-course Menu $57/person, Two-course Wine Pairing $58/person, Two-course Petit Pour $30/person

First Course – Dungeness Crab Salad – Sherry butter, apple and celeriac
CheckMate ‘Little Pawn’ Chardonnay 2015

Second Course – Veal Tournedos – Grilled radicchio, confit tomato, and mashed edamame blue cheese and green peppercorn sauce 
CheckMate ‘End Game’ Merlot 2014

49TH WORLD TOUR with 49th Parallel and Lucky’s Donuts

Seven new doughnuts from Lucky’s Donuts and three new drinks at 49th Parallel! With a “World Tour” theme you. Flavours include:
🍩 Thai Milk Tea Bismarck🍩 Matcha Lemon Bismarck🍩 Orange Rosewater Bismarck🍩 Chai Old Fashioned🍩 Lime Coconut Old Fashioned
🍩 Guava Ring🍩 Mayan Chocolate Old Fashioned
☕️ Thai Fog☕️ Spicy Mocha☕️ Coconut Hot Chocolate

Photo It’s Josh Eats!

Dinner Series Celebrates the Launch of Hawksworth The Cookbook

Join Chef David Hawksworth as he cooks signature dishes from throughout his career, from his brand-new cookbook at Wednesday night dinner series. Kicking off on November 4th and running every Wednesday throughout the month of November, Chef David Hawksworth will be at the restaurant to sign cookbooks and personally prepare a four-course menu, showcasing dishes from Hawksworth The Cookbook. The first menu ($89pp) features crisp Apple, Beet and Burrata Salad; succulent Manila Clam Chowder, Smoked Sablefish; flavourful Roasted Duck Breast, XO Sauce, Carolina Gold Rice, Macadamia Puree; and Candy Cap Ice Cream, Walnut Wafer, Maple Crumble for dessert. Optional wine pairings by esteemed Wine Director Bryant Mao, recently recognized as Canada’s Best Sommelier of 2020 by Canada’s 100 Best, are available and will rotate with the menu ($56pp).

Dachi launches weekly wine-paired dinner

Hastings-Sunrise’s Dachi (2297 East Hastings) is launching a special, ticketed November Dinner Series, featuring a themed menu and beverage pairing each week. Kicking things off is the “Wish We Were There” Loire Dinner on November 5th to 6th with a focus on all things from the Loire Valley. It is followed by New Release Natural Wines + Late Harvest dinner (vegetarian) on November 12th to 13th, a Sake x Eastern European “Tastes Like Home” menu on November 19th to 20th, and ends with “All the Hits” on November 26th to 27th.

Seating will be limited to about 16 to 18 seats, all inside the restaurant. For the cooler season, Dachi has moved half of its seats inside with the other half outside on its patio with heaters and a built-in-roof. All social-distancing measures will be observed.
In addition to in-dining experiences from Thursday to Mondays, Dachi continues to offer its takeaway options – picnic boxes, housemade cocktail kits, a curated wine Bottle Shop, to-go menu, and Dachi Grocer.

Beetbox and Tacofino Burrito Collab

Available at Beetbox and Tacofino Gastown Burrito Bar from Nov 1 – 7. Tacofino and Beetbox are teaming up with a limited-time-only, plant-based ‘Not Today, Seitan’ burrito feature launching on World Vegan Day, Sunday, November 1. the ‘Not Today, Seitan’ burrito offers a tasty spin on Beetbox’s signature Fried Chick-Un Sandwich and comprises breaded and fried seitan, pumpkin-seed macha, cashew-lime crema, white-cucumber kimchi, lettuce and lime chilaquiles wrapped in a Tacofino flour tortilla for $11.

Cibo Trattoria Truffle Menu

Available for dine-in from Nov 1 – 30. Vancouver diners will be able to indulge in the robust, earthy flavours of the much sought-after delicacies when aromatic wild truffles serve as seasonal accompaniments on a curated multi-course menu of rustic Italian dishes prepared by head chef Jesse Zuber and his culinary team. the prix-fixe feature menu will include four decadent courses showcasing both Alba and Perigord truffle varieties. Cibo’s sumptuous Truffle Tasting Menu will begin with a white onion velutata and an appetizer of Périgord black truffle and crème fraiche ‘scramble’, followed by a choice of risotto bianco or tagliarini al uovo topped with freshly shaved white truffles, Bistecca e tartufo, and a luxurious chocolate truffle dessert to finish. For reservations see here: www.cibotrattoria.com

Pourhouse Monday Night Tasting Series

Biweekly starting Monday, Nov 2. The inaugural evening will feature an interactive tasting experience by Pourhouse Bar Manager Adam Domet as he guides participants through a two-hour educational session featuring a lineup of top-shelf barrel-aged spirits from Bacardi Canada paired with a selection of house-made charcuterie, premium cheeses and artisanal dark chocolate truffles. Fifty percent of the proceeds from the tasting menu and The Road Home feature cocktail will be donated to Vancouver-based non-profit Mind the Bar as part of the ‘Barrels of Hope’ charitable program.