Valerie van der Gracht 
Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio brings its celebrated brand of Peruvian-meets-Japanese cuisine to the North Shore with its second location at 1351 Bellevue Avenue in West Vancouver’s Ambleside neighbourhood.
Join The Stable House Monday evenings for a 3 course, $25 dollar prix fixe menu crafted by chef Carlos Rodriguez. January 28 and February 4th the feature theme will be Portugal.
Dine Out Vancouver Festival – The Grand Tasting was an opportunity to taste bites from fourteen local restaurants that are participating in Dine Out Vancouver Festival which begins today and runs through February 4th. Alongside the culinary stations was a representation of BC wineries. This included 27 wineries, four breweries, cideries and distillers. So basically two stations of libations for every culinary station.
Clearly the Vancouver Fish Company knows seafood and how to prepare some fabulous fare. “Home of Amazing Seafood and West Coast Hospitality” is their mantra and I would concur. Although we enjoyed just a sampling of each dish it was enough to recommend Vancouver Fish Company as a “must visit” during Dine Out Vancouver Festival.
The second of three restaurants on our tasting tour for Dine Out Vancouver Festival was The SandBar Seafood Restaurant.
Thanks to a special preview night several media types were treated to the delights of Chef Koo An and his team. So many courses and so many choices on the Dockside Restaurant Dine Out menu.
Time to talk Bubbles! Both Christmas and New Year’s Eve wouldn’t be the same without the pop and the bubbles so we are giving you our suggested sparkling wines that will make your holiday festivities bright and fun.
A few more “non wine” suggestions on the list as we continue on through December. Now including bubbly and sparkling #FavouriteThings that are just right for Christmas and New Years.
The dinner was nothing short of fabulous. Service impeccable. The TWG Tea salon is a formal yet very comfortable room. This is where you take your mother, grandmother or favourite aunt. It also would be a fun spot to take your best girlfriend before you hit the holiday party circuit. You should try it. Please note TWG Tea on Georgia Street closes at 7:00 pm.
The blind tasting and seminar did not disappoint and I came away with a better understanding into the wines of Veneto and the Vinum & Cibus Italici Consortium.