Dine Out Festival!
Waiting for our table
Last year I didn't get a chance to go to any dine out festival restaurants (dine out is when restaurants in Vancouver feature a set menu from $18, $28 and $38 so basically you can eat at a super fancy restaurant for $38 minimum O_O) Mainly because Steve was a lazy butt and doesn't like to go out in public -___-'
Me and Steve had plans with his friend and his girlfriend to find a place and eat so we picked this place since it had a reservation open through open table and according to the open table website it was good so we picked this place.
Complimentary Champagne
We waited for over an hour even though we had a reservation and Steve was getting so pissed off because there was a huge group of people that came in after us and got seated first. I told him maybe they had a reservation, I don't know! No point being a douche to the staff at the restaurant.
Complimentary Hors d'oeuvres
I guess they knew we waited for over an hour even though we had a reservation! They were a seared tuna piece with some soy/vinegar sauce, smoked salmon with cream cheese, a random quail egg and dill and a pickled beet ^__^
Appetizer! I splurged a little
I ordered foie gras because I never had it before but I'm aware of what it is and this was SO GOOD, a little small (as expected) but it was so good. I had to pay a bit extra for this but I think it was worth it, just wish I was bigger lol.
Steve's Appetizer! Lobster Bisque
Or as he calls it biscuit lol. This was surprisingly salty, I'm used to lobster or even crab bisques being on the sweet and savory side instead of the salty side, I was a little disappointed but it wasn't terrible.
Steve's friends girlfriend's Appetizer (LOL) Scallops!
These were grilled nicely, the whole dish was nicely pulled together and I thought the fried fish skin was pretty cool lol (I thought it was a pork rind lol)
Everyone but Steve got the steak entree
This was odd lol. There's a piece of slow braised beef in this dish which I thought totally threw off the whole dish because it had a weird taste lol, everyone who ordered the beef dish at our table was like wtf is this? lol but the sliced steak pieces were good, just wish there was more.
Steve's Entree - Lobster
He had to pay like $20 extra (obviously its lobster) I'm generally not a big fan of lobster, this was alright, I only had like one piece. I prefer crab over lobster but Steve seemed to enjoy it, but he said he's had lobster entrees at other restaurants that were better than this.
Steve and my dessert!
So this was a panna cotta with basil sorbet, the sorbet was so odd lol but in a good way, super surprising lol, it ties in with the dish really well, especially with the berry soupy stuff LOL I don't know the correct terms! Only complaint wish the panna cotta was less yogurty and more firm otherwise A+.
Steve's friends Dessert - Chocolate mousse
I'm not a fan of chocolate but this was really good, it had a great smooth texture and light taste it was a good way to end a meal, wish I got this instead of the panna cotta lol.
Unfortunately the dine out festival has ended T_T but at least I got to eat at two restaurants this year ^__^ as for the C restaurant... I'm really not sure if I would go back and eat there with their regular menu, we were just a bit peeved about having to wait for over an hour even though we had a reservation, otherwise we would've just went somewhere else and waited an hour at a different restaurant with a better menu.
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