What To Fall Into This Week in Vancouver
First day of fall today and not only are there new seasonal items to add to my instastories, but there are so many fall things to eat around the city. This week certainly felt like fall, and it rained like crazy off and on, but that didn’t stop our Les Dames d’Escoffier from pulling off a stellar culinary garage sale, or for our media group heading out for a great trip to Abbotsford for craft beer, tasty farm food, local wine and helicopter rides! I got a few new and inspiring cookbooks, including Ned Bell’s stunningly designed and photographed, LURE, so I know that’ll motivate us to do a bit more cooking at home, but there’s also so many reasons to head out. I’ll report on the cookbooks soon and adventures soon, but in the meantime I’m thinking it’s a good thing I got my roots coloured this week as there are oh so many reasons to get out and I’ll need to look my best. Enjoy the week folks!
The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation Passions Gala
The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation is passionate about providing compassionate (Latin: ‘with passion’) care at the Dr. Peter Centre for some of the most vulnerable and unwell in our community. September 27 at Performance Works on Granville Island marks the 25th anniversary of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation; and fourteen years of Scotiabank Passions raising an invaluable $1.4 million raised in support of compassionate care at the Dr. Peter Centre.
Passions guests will be treated to a stellar line-up of more than twenty of Vancouver’s premier restaurants and bartenders. Highlights include:
- Bartender of the Year – Sabrine Dhaliwal
- Best Upscale Restaurant – Hawksworth
- Best Thai Restaurant – Maenam
- Best Italian Restaurant – Cin Cin and Silver medalist, Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill
- Most buzzed about new restaurant – Botanist at the Fairmont Pacific Rim
- General admission for the event starting at 6:30 p.m.: $225
- VIP Tickets (first access to food stations, glasses of bubbly, and VIP gift bags) starting at 5:30pm: $300
- Group (10 people) VIP Tickets $2700 and General Admission Group $1750
PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS
ARC at the Fairmont Waterfront
Botanist
Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
Cibo Trattoria
CinCin
Cioppinos
Forage
Hawksworth
Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
La Glace
La Pentola
Maenam
Market by Jean-Georges
Notch8 Restaurant & Bar
Pacific Yacht Charters
Provence Marinaside
The Observatory
The Rosewood Georgia
Tojo’s
West
Urban Fare
UVA Wine + Cocktail Bar
Bauhaus – Exploring the Flavours of Fall
The seasons are changing – days are crisp, evenings are long, the leaves are falling, and the new Tasting Menu are arriving in the city. At Bauhaus they’re presented a 6 course dinner (also available as 4 courses that’s bursting with fall’s flavours. The photos alone are beautiful! BAUHAUS WEBSITE
Duck Liver shortbread / carrots / oats
Sunchoke mushrooms / chives
Venison apple / juniper / parsnip
Halibut shellfish consommé / daikon / garlic
Beef coffee / squash / kale
Pear white chocolate / blondiecreated by our Executive Chef team, David Mueller and Tim Schulte
four courses for 79 / six courses for 99 and wine pairing 54 / 70
Provence Marinaside Chef’s Top Ten is back
Do you ever find yourself sitting in a restaurant looking at the menu thinking “I always order the same thing, I should try something new.” And then you end up ordering your favourite dish, just like you have a thousand times before? For 10 weeks this fall, you can and you should visit us regularly at Provence Marinaside because the Chef’s Top Ten is back, and you don’t want to miss out. Click for details
FRESH FALL FLAVOURS FROM THIERRY CAFE
Delectable Delights For Thanksgiving Celebrations and Beyond – Make your way to Thierry Cafe for a taste of autumn with the release of the season’s most delicious sweets. Chef Thierry Busset has been busy in his kitchen crafting a line-up of artisanal cakes and pastries that sing with seasonal flavours, from caramelized apple to spiced pumpkin.
Wild Rice Modern Cocktails & Canapés September 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
An evening of cocktails designed by Wild Rice owner Andrew Wong paired with tasty canapes created to complement them. Enjoy this intimate small group setting, one of Feast on the Fraser’s unique events. Tickets are $50 (taxes and service fees extra) and must be purchased in advance – link below.
Rosemary salted yam fries with roasted garlic aioli
6 pm pairing: Lemon Grass Royale (BC sparkling, lemongrass reduction, sugar, brandy) / White wine butter seared prawns wrapped in cucumber
6:45 pm pairing: Bees Knees ( gin, honey water, lemon) /Adobo chicken on soy braised eggs
7:15 pm pairing: Twisted Fashion (bourbon, ginger syrup, orange bitters) / Slow roasted pork belly skewer, mushroom, pickled onion
Tickets $50 BOOK NOW
