Last night I had my first Dine Out Vancouver dinner experience of the year at C Restaurant. My friend Ed Vint joined me for this wonderful dining experience in both taste and presentation. Their dine out menu was one of my picks in this years festival, at $38 it features 3 courses. This years menu features many add-ons to enhance the dining experience and we opted for a few.
We opted to have the VQA wine pairings with each of the courses, though I did sub one for another as a personal preference. Ed and I shared the appetizers in our 1st course as this provided us both a chance to taste 2 of the appetizer selections.
1st Course APPETIZER
North Arms Farm Butternut Squash Veloute, Spiced Pumpkin Seed, Curried Crème Fraiche (V) (GF)
BC VQA Wine Pairing: See Ya Later Ranch Pinot Gris ($9)
BC Albacore Tuna Cru, Pickled Shimiji Mushrooms, Cucumber, Ponzu Emulsion, Micro Cilantro
BC VQA Wine Pairing: See Ya Later Ranch Pinot Gris ($9)
2nd Course –Added Risotto course and added white truffles (Ed and I shared)
They offered us a choice of white or black truffles.
Lobster Risotto ($16 extra) with cognac cream, lemonade foam, crisp parsley along with ½ gram of shaved white truffles ($15 per gram)
3rd Course ENTRÉE
Roasted Sablefish ($12 extra) Sablefish, side stripe, turnips, carrot purée, horseradish froth
BC VQA Wine Pairing: See Ya Later Ranch “Belle” Viognier ($9)
4th Course DESSERT
Salted Caramel & Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart, Raspberry Fluid Gel (V)
BC VQA Wine Pairing: See Ya Later Ranch “Hunny” Late Harvest Reisling ($10)
Orange Panacotta with Pomegranate Syrup and Pistachio Crumble
BC VQA Wine Pairing: See Ya Later Ranch “Hunny” Late Harvest Reisling ($10)
Sharing is a great way to taste more of the dishes when dining with a friend and that was what Ed and I chose to do. C Restaurant’s Dine Out Vancouver promotion runs thru February 3rd.
Reservations for Dine Out are now being accepted via phone at 604-681-1164. C Restaurant is open for dinner from 5pm daily. For more information visit www.crestaurant.com.
By: Richard Wolak