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Patiently waiting for the day I can (internationally) travel again ⏳... until then we’ll stay connected virtually. Taking a seat with the founders of @sundaysspirits on my Instagram Live today. Thank you @elliotjfaber and @lindsayjang for joining me from Hong Kong on At Home with Mijune. Check out my cocktail demonstration for their super simple and easy recipe for “Sunday’s Booze and Juice” on my IGTV. . . **Sunday’s Booze and Juice** Ingredients: • 4 peeled and cored green apples • 50 ml whisky • 5 ice cubes • Half lemon, juices • Black pepper (freshly cracked) 👉🏻 Method: 1️⃣ Blend apples, ice, lemon juice and ice in a @vitamixca or high speed blender. 2️⃣ Pour on ice (optional). 3️⃣ Sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper (garnish). . . 📷 @hongphotography 🤩🙏🏻 -
Back to back Peking duck! I wanted to compare the @mott32van Apple Wood Roasted Peking Duck to @quanjudeyvr’s infamous Peking duck. Both are modern Chinese fine dining restaurants renowned for their Peking duck, and they’re definitely different in style and dishes. Both Peking ducks are excellent with house made Peking duck sauce and crepes, but I found the duck more flavourful here. The crepes are transparently thin, which is based on personal preference. Huge shout out to the ever so classy and professional @robertstelmachuk for some excellent recommendations like the Scallops, Prawns, Crispy Rice in Fish Soup, which I would have overlooked. On the table: 1) Apple Wood Roasted Peking Duck “Signature Mott 32 cut” (pre order 1 day in advance) with house made Peking duck sauce and super thin crepes $95 🤩. Delicious. 2) Marinated Jellyfish, Cucumber, Black Fungus, Aged Balsamic Vinegar $22 - really nicely done with the better quality part of the jellyfish restaurants rarely serve. 3) Hot & Sour Iberico Pork Shanghainese Soup Dumpling $20 4) Barbecue Pluma Iberico Pork, Yellow Mountain Honey (limited daily) $56 - delicious! Super tender 🤤 5) Stir Fried Assorted Wild Mushrooms, Lettuce Cup, Black Truffle $24 6) Signature Smoked Black Cod $42 - the smoke used to be a bit overpowering, but they changed the recipe and it’s much more delicate now. 7) Pea Tips, Fish Broth, Goji Berry, Lily Bulb $30 - nice broth. 8) Signature Maine Lobster “Ma Po Tofu” $58 👍🏻 9) Whole Leopard Coral Garoupa, Traditional Steamed with Red Dates, Mushroom $140 👌🏻 10) Scallops, Prawns, Crispy Rice in Fish Soup $38 💯. Huge sleeper on the menu! It’s found in the “rice/noodle” section of the menu, but it could be a soup. Definitely one of the best versions of this crispy rice fish soup I’ve had to date. Highly recommended 😍 11) Soy Sauce Ice Cream, Strawberries $10 made by @patissier_fumikomoreton - been one the menu since day one. Think salted caramel, but the soy is there and well balanced. 12) Mango, Pomelo Sweet Soup with Sago $12 13) Egg Tart Pastry (approx 20min) $12 🌟 really nicely done and fresh. -
One of the few places in the city I can get Carabineros 😍. Just make sure you pre-order these Spanish delicacies. Always an "Italian-style" global exploration of cuisines when doing a tasting menu at Chef Pino's @cioppinosyaletown in #Yaletown. Also nice to see the newly renovated room which opens up the space a lot more too. On the table: 1) Caramelized "Russian Salad" - Isomalt brûlée, anchovies, Osetra caviar from Italy. Lovely. 2) Lightly cured and hot smoked trout - espuma potatoes with olive oil and potato chips 👍🏻 3) Geoduck - fried head, poached, dried olives, cilantro with lemon oil 4) Qualicum Bay Scallops - 'nduja compound butter, lemon oil, Australian winter truffles, black truffle foam 😍. This sauce is incredible! 5) Carabineros (large deep-sea prawn) - crushed prawn head juices, lemon, butter 🤤. I could have a family sized serving. Simple and delicious. 6) Japanese style octopus - dashi and mirin sauce, fried artichoke . Super tender octopus 🌟 7) Ravioli - Piedmont style stuffed with "beef bits" and shaved black truffles. Always does an excellent ravioli 👌🏻 8) 100% Vegan Penne - Rummo pasta, Impossible Meat bolognese sauce 9) BBQ Iberico pork “Italian Style”. So rich! The “A5 of Wagyu beef”! 10) Beef Wellington - Italian-style, grass-fed beef from Alberta wrapped with Pata Negra De Bellota and puff pastry, pickled chanterelles 🌟 11) Creme Caramel of Apples (from chef's garden) - caramel apples, caramelized apple ice cream ❣️ 12) Tiramisu - ™PinoNero 71.9% dark Chocolate sorbet, cappuccino foam 13) Warm chocolate souffle - vanilla crème anglaise, caramel ice cream. Always easy to love a good soufflé. -
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Second visit at iDen & Quan Ju De Beijing Duck House, which is a medium chain restaurant specializing in Peking Duck from Beijing, China. Wanted to compare it to Mott 32 as they both fall under "modern Chinese fine dining", but they are quite different and I'd order differently at each. Bit more traditional in ambiance and classic in style, but not necessarily better. On the table: 1) Spiced Curried Prawns - romanesco, okra, curry leaves, evaporated milk, golden buns (fried mantou) $35 😍. Not a classic Chinese dish, but delicious. 2) @quanjudeyvr Signature Beijing Duck - warm crepes, scallion, cucumber, sweet bean sauce 👍🏻 $98. 3) Szechuan Spiced Beef Shank - chili peppers, cucumbers, spiced soy $22 4) Lion's Head Fish Ball in Golden Broth - sea bass, pork, acorn squash soup $15/person. Very tender and soft. Nice broth. 5) Shanghai Style Smoked Fish - deep fried yellow croaker, sweet glazed $22 6) Smoked Five-Spice Venison - venison tenderloin (fennel, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns), prawn stuffed morel mushrooms, bell peppers, scallions, black pepper sauce, chilies 🤤 $48. One of the signature dishes. 7) Fermented Habanero Broth with Thin Sliced Beef - vinegar, pork and chicken broth, short plate👌🏻 $42. Fragrant and flavourful. 8) Geoduck (2.5 lbs, 2 ways, $258) - Sashimi (other options are XO sauce, or hot broth) 💯 9) Geoduck (2.5 lbs, 2 ways, $258) - XO Sauce (other options are sashimi, or hot broth) 👍🏻. Very nicely done and cooked to the right bite. 10) Stir-Fried Organic Five Grains - kidney bean, corn, oat groat, wild rice, red rice, egg white $26 11) Pea Tips Fried with White Spirit - pea tips, Chinese white spirit $30 12) Live Grouper Fish (1.5 lbs, $128) - your choice of: crispy bean flakes, scallion and ginger, chopped chilies, spicy, salted steam. I had the classic scallion and ginger preparation👍🏻. Super fresh, but a touch firm. 13) House Made Mango Sorbet 14) Jasmine Tea Creme Brulee - Jasmine tea, cream, egg yolk, caramel sugar, berries 15) Matcha Cheesecake & Raspberry Coulis - Japan matcha, cream cheese, lemon, almond crumble, raspberry coulis, berries 16) Coconut Mousse & Strawberries -
🍐 🌳 How do you say goodbye to this institution? 😔 We can only hope it comes back, and @chefjaeger is too young to retire anyways 😏. . . After twenty-three years @peartreeburnaby is closing its doors due to irreconcilable lease negotiations. A huge loss for our restaurant scene. . . There are not many white tablecloth restaurants like this left in Canada let alone in the city, and its influence went beyond feeding people. If you know this kitchen, you know it’s produced some of Vancouver’s greatest chefs and trained some of Canada’s best. People come to eat as much as they come to learn, and if you know the #behindthescenes you even know it’s a training hub for those preparing for culinary competitions such as the Bocuse d’Or, or even #TopChefCanada. . . It is one of the most respected kitchens in the country, and chef-owner Scott Jaeger is the chef of chefs. He is dedicated to his kitchen and staff, committed to his cooking and customers, and maintains his own gold standard. He is a leader, a mentor and culinary educator. . . Scott and Stephanie, you definitely deserve the break, but don’t leave us all hanging for too long. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours 💫 . . On the table: 1) Fraser Valley Quail wrapped in cured Ham With Chanterelle Mushrooms, Fava Beans, Baby Turnips. Incredible 😍 (not the first course, but first photo in carousel). • Wine: The Hermit, Cabernet/Petite Verdot/Syrah, BC 2) Classic Pear Tree brioche & butter 3) Signature Lobster Cappuccino' - Lobster Bisque foam & poached Lobster 🤤 Probably the best I’ve had and I rarely use the word “best”. 4) Warm Tomato Salad with Seared Halibut & White Asparagus Kimchi Butter. • Wine: Astrolabe `Taihoa Vineyard' Sauv Blanc, NZ 5) Fresh Pea Agnolotti with Shallot Foam. So good. • Wine Suggestion: Elegance, Mourvedre Rose, BC 6) Salmon Brioche - miso leeks & fennel gel 🙏🏻 7) Pork Jowl with Crackling, Chargrilled Tomatillo and braised Fennel. Another Pear Tree crowd favourite. • Wine: Time, Merlot, BC 8) Tomme de Savoie (Cheese) - candied Walnuts and Toasted Brioche 9) Apricot & Almond Frangipan - Vanilla Ice Cream • Wine: Evolve Elan Effervescence, BC -
Pastries. My weakness... amongst many many other things. Where to start?! That peanut butter sandwich cookie though 😍 @beaucoupbakery by @6etty -
Squid dog - calamares, bravas sauce, black garlic aioli at @comotaperia. Cute little Spanish mercado with some nice conservas and olive oil in the middle of the restaurant now too. On the table: 1) Squid dog - calamares, bravas sauce, black garlic aioli. 2) Anchovies & avos - Diez Bay of Biscay - 8 month cure, olive oil. Nice anchovies! 3) Patagonia Provisions - Galicia - Spanish mackerel with lemon & capers 👌🏻 4) Paella bomba (breaded and fried arancini style) - saffron paella made with chicken stock, chicken, prawns, clams, spicy red pepper bravas sauce, preserved lemon aioli 5) Gem lettuce - piquillo peppers, tuna conserva. Simple and tasty. 6) Razor clams - favs, peas, jamon XO, pea shoots and bread 7) Spanish octopus - potato, salsa verde, pimenton