Tasting Plates Summer: The Menu

Join us for dinner at 11 restaurants, cafes, bakeries & food trucks will be participating in the event that will take place in East Van including Main Street, Fraser Street, Broadway & Kingsway/Fraser area. Each of the restaurants will be doing tasting plates of their various dishes, and some will be offering beverages as well.

We are using this hashtag in our tweets #TastingPlatesYVR and @VanFoodster – please include in your tweets during our event.

The starting location for everyone to begin their tasting adventure will be at the rear of Salt Spring Coffee at 4295 Main Street (at 27th). Registration will open at 5:45pm and this is where you will pick up your Tasting Plate Cards for the evening  *(you must show your printed ticket confirmation or eventbrite purchase code when registering at the event).

Visit each of the participating restaurants at your leisure by bike, moped, car, transit, walking, roller skates, skateboarding or carpooling.

Purchase tickets in advance  via Eventbrite:

http://tastingplatesyvrsummer.eventbrite.com/

Here are the participating restaurants:

Participating restaurants and their menus for the evening event are as follows:

Salt Spring Coffee Company

4295 Main Street

Twitter: @SS_Coffee

Our Tasting Plates will be Cups and we are offering these coffees:

1. La Labor, a delicious seasonal coffee from Honduras.

2. Spiced mocha featuring Metta espresso. Organic cocoa and warm spices compliment our four bean espresso blend.

3. Metta Espresso, ristretto style

4. Dark Decaf – Peru prepared to order on our pour over bar

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co

4186 Main Street

Twitter: @FlatbreadCo

Our Tasting Plate will feature your choice of these flatbread pizzas:

All of our flatbread pizzas are handcrafted and topped with organic tomato sauce & mozzarella cheese.

1. FARMERS MARKET:  Topped with a combination of four to five seasonal local veggies, three herb nut free pesto & goat cheese.

2. SUNDRIED TOMATO & GOAT CHEESE: Sun dried tomatoes sauteed in garlic, brown mushrooms, artichokes, Capriny goat’s cheese & fresh chopped herbs.

3. NATURALLY MEATY: Spicy certified organic beef, sulphate free Italian sausage, ripe tomatoes, green peppers, red onions, asiago cheese and fresh herbs.

4. PARMA HAM: Schinken speck (cured ham), brown mushrooms & mango.  It is baked in our artisan oven & topped with roughly chopped arugula & parmesan cheese.

Farmers Market Pizza

Trafiq Café & Bakery

4216 Main Street

Twitter: @TrafiqCafe

Our Tasting Plate will be  your choice of Sweet OR Savoury:

Canape Plate (Vegetarian): Featuring a Trio of Trafiq Artisan Breads & Pastry

1. Artichoke Quiche with sundried tomato

2. Baked Brie Toast Points with dulce de leche served on cranberry pecan bread

3. Roasted Red Pepper & Chevre on walnut rosemary bread

OR

Dessert Plate: Showcasing Decadence In Every Bite

1. Salted Caramel Pecan Cookie

2. Killer Brownie

3. Lemon Blueberry Tartlet

 

Mobius Coffee & Tea

4125 Main Street

Twitter: @MobiusCoffeeTea

1. Our Tasting Plate will feature your choice of  2 different kinds of Cheesecake

Bob Likes Thai Food

3755 Main Street

Twitter: @boblikethaifood

Our Tasting Plate will include all of these items:

1. MIANG KHAM [mîəŋ kʰam] (just a bite)

Piper sarmentosum or chaphlu leaves,

Roasted coconut shavings, Lime, Shallot,

Peanut and Ginger with Tamarind Palm Sugar sauce.

2. TUNA CHILLI DIP (spicy)

Tuna, Garlic, Chilli, Lime leaf,

mashed in Mortar serve with Cucumber

3. BOB’S CHIP

Fried rice ball of red curry paste, lime leaf and

Black sesame seeds

4. PAPAYA SALAD

Shredded green papaya with green beans, tomato,

garlic, chillies, fresh lime juice

 

ShakTea

3702 Main Street

Twitter: @ShakteaVan

Our Tasting Plate will include both of these items along with Tasting cups of Tea

1. (Shaktea recipe from East Meets West) Tea Egg Sandwich with Smokey Tea Sauce and;

2. Miniature Cream Earl Grey shortbread cookie and;

3. Tea tasting from a selection of five different teas (Sikkim Temi Estate, French Earl Grey, Oriental Nights Green Tea, Organic Coconut Cream Chai, Mount Pleasant Sunset Rooibos)

mygoodness! gluten & wheat free kitchen

235 East Broadway

Twitter: @mygoodnessgf

Our Tasting Plate will be a Platter featuring your choice of gluten-free sweet or savoury tart.

And a

Goodie Bag to go that will include:

Crackers/ cheese, queijos (Brazilian cheese bread) with salsa, & mini carrot cake)

Triple O’s on the Go

Mobile Food Truck –located on Main Street – just South of Broadway on the East side of the street.

Twitter: @TripleOsOntheGo

Our Tasting Plate will include any or all of these 4 items

1. Orange Creamsicle Milkshake

“Hand scooped vanilla bean ice cream and candied orange syrup, served with fresh whipped cream”

2. Butterfinger Milkshake

“Hand scooped vanilla bean ice cream and crushed Butterfinger, served with fresh whipped cream”

3. Meatball Sliders

“Our house made meatballs smothered in marinara sauce, served on our toasted mini slider bun with pesto and provolone cheese”

4. Crispy Mac n’ Cheese Slider

“Ooey-Gooey mac n’ cheese fritter, served on our toasted mini slider bun with house made bacon-ketchup”

 

Sal y Limon

Unit #5, 701 Kingsway (at Fraser)

Twitter: @Salylimonvan

Our Tasting Plate will feature a choice of one of these tacos:

1.- Taco pollo pibil

2.- Pull pork

3.- Zucchini with corn

 

Pop Up Pizza

646 Kingsway

Twitter: @PopUpPizzaCA

Our Tasting Plate will feature your choice one of these pizzas:

1. MISFIT

Rosemary Wild Boar Salami, Pecorino Toscano, Proscutto, “Super Tomatoee Sauce”, Basil Leaf, Red Wine and Garlic Marinated Roma Tomatoes baked and finished with Romano Cheese.

2. HOTEL CALIFORNIA

Garlic infused Olive Oil with Caramelized Onions, Wine-Poached Pear, Fresh Mozza and Gorgonzola Cheese topped with Walnuts and Fresh Baby Arugula.

3. SUBLIME

Also known as the ‘Game Changer”. White Wine, Cilantro, Garlic, Prawn and Lobster, Baja-Style Tomato and Pepper Sauce with Parmesan and Piquante cheese.

Fray

3980 Fraser Street

Twitter: @FrayonFraser

Our Tasting Plate will include all of these items:

1. Portobello Fries

2. Rosemary-Infused Potato and Taro Chips

3. Polenta Salad

4. Pork Belly Sandwich

 

Details about each of the participating restaurants here.

Purchase tickets via Eventbrite:

http://tastingplatesyvrsummer.eventbrite.com/

Several of the restaurants will be offering wine, beer and cocktail specials at their locations during the evening.

Advance Tickets: $30 per person (eventbrite fee extra) before June 23, $100 for 4 pak of tickets (get a group of your friends/family together and save by purchasing a 4 pak (eventbrite fee extra) before June 23rd. *Regular Tickets $40 per person (eventbrite fee extra) after June 23– ticket price includes tasting plates at each of the participating restaurants throughout the evening. A donation of $3 from each ticket purchased will go to support Project Limelight. (Beverages are included at some restaurants which will be noted, you are welcome to purchase wine, beer, cocktails or mocktails at each of the participating restaurants).

Charity Partner

 

Thank you to our Tent sponsor: Lonsdale Event Rentals

Note: ALL Tickets must be purchased in advance online. All ticket sales are final. No exchanges or refunds; however they are transferrable with printed proof of ticket.  Event produced by CMI Chat Media Inc

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