Enjoyed a delicious dinner a restaurant that I hadn’t dined at in many years. They have just launched their summer menu which gave us a chance to return and try several dishes.
1st dish:
Summer Berry & Beets, this was a stunner with fresh house made paneer, berries, beets and extra virgin olive oil.
2nd dish:
Roasted Romanesco with sultanas, tahini and sumac; and we both loved this dish.
3rd dish:
Ahi Tuna Tartar, an outstanding must try dish with Yellowfin tuna, chilled cucumber broth, sushi rice cracker, white soy.
4th dish:
Forest Mushroom Casarecce, a very rich pasta dish with charred asparagus, confit king oyster, black truffle mornay sauce.
5th dish:
BC Steelhead Salmon, a nice summery dish with salmon along with Summer vegetables & fingerling potato succotash, heirloom tomato gastrique’.
6th dish:
Miso Glazed Sablefish, melt in your mouth fish with shiitake and green dashi, soba noodles, micro bok choy, edamame.
7th dish:
Chicken Korma, a play on a traditional Indian dish with Maple ridge farms free range chicken, wild bc morels, spring pea biryani, lotus crisp.
Diva at the Met is located at 645 Howe St in downtown Vancouver. You can follow them on Instagram @diva_met
By: Richard Wolak