The Extraordinary Italian Taste in Vancouver Just because it looks Italian, doesn’t mean it is Italian!
A series of Media Dinners are scheduled for June and November 2016. Journalists and media professionals are invited to dine in some of the 13 restaurants in Vancouver awarded with the “Ospitalita`Italiana” trademark.
Ospitalita Italiana’ is a complimentary, voluntary and yearly renewable certification process which highlights the importance of the quality and authenticity of Italian Restaurants around the world.
Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca was the venue for a media dinner hosted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada West to bring attention to their quality and authentic Italian restaurant program. “Ospitalita`Italiana”
Cioppino’s is an old favourite of many and has seen it’s share of regulars celebrating birthdays, job promotions, anniversaries and just about any happy occasion you could name. The room is comfortably elegant with a huge bar reminiscent of an old, established much loved restaurant which is exactly what it is. On any given night you will see couples enjoying an intimate dinner, perhaps a business person relaxing after a hard day or a family group celebrating a special date.
The dinner was everything I expected and more. We started with an amuse bouche of small triangles of flatbread pizza. Followed by three Antipasti courses, a Primi course, a Secondo course and finally the Dolce.
Amuse Bouche
Flatbread Pizza
Antipasti
Crudo di gambrel rossi con vinaigrette aromatics di pompon
Rosé Rosa 2004 Villa Rinaldi
Carpaccio di Manzo deli’ Alberta con insalats di funghi, rucola e Parmigiano
Conte della Vipera 2015, Antinori
Palate refresher
Insalata di Asparagi con rico a montata al limone
Soave Classico Pieropan 2014
Primi
Gnocchi neri di bur rata con astice della Nova Scotia
Huck Am Back 2012
Secondo
Variazione di Anitra Muta con salsa di ciliegie
Il Fauno Tenuta di Arceno 2011
Dolce
Panna cotta di Tonda Gentile e caramel di latte
Dindarello Maculan 2011
“Within the project, our main goals for 2016-2017 are to educate the Canadian consumers about the unique characteristics of authentic Italian DOP and IGP products” explains Giorgio Puppin, Executive Director of the ICC in Canada West. “At the same time, we’d like to develop and strengthen the presence of Italian quality products in the Western Canadian market.”
Project’s activities will be implemented during the next 12 months through a series of initiatives such as Trade Missions, Educational Tours to Italy, Masterclasses for food professionals and students, Cooking Demonstrations, Culinary Events.
Dinners feature only DOP and IGP Italian products.
General public will have the opportunity to taste these special menus during the week following the Media Dinners.
Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca
