{"id":10043,"date":"2017-02-02T01:16:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T09:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=10043"},"modified":"2017-04-14T09:26:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T17:26:28","slug":"yaletown-brunch-crawl-vanfoodster-dine-vancouver-festifal-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/yaletown-brunch-crawl-vanfoodster-dine-vancouver-festifal-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaletown Brunch Crawl by Vanfoodster and Dine Out Vancouver Festifal 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was\u00a0enjoying the morning drizzle whispering in my ears. \u00a0The coldest days were\u00a0definitely over, but a\u00a0warm\u00a0Rum Latte<\/strong>\u00a0still\u00a0put me in a fantastic mood. This was how we started our\u00a0Yaletown Brunch Crawl<\/a> adventure at Rocanini<\/a>, one of the many\u00a0Dine Out Vancouver Festival<\/a> events this year, organized by\u00a0Vanfoodster<\/a>. This was the 2nd brunch crawl\u00a0I attended this year after the Kitsilano<\/a> one from the week before. \u00a0 The rum latte was was a delicious product of coffee science: 2 shots of espresso, 6oz of steamed milk, and a dash of rum flavouring. \u00a0Honestly, I wouldn’t mind putting a real shot of rum in it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Rum Latte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next stop, we were in for another morning energy boost. This time instead of caffeine, we were enjoying a dosage of natural green goodness at Living Produce Aisle<\/a>, where they use Urban Cultivator appliances\u00a0to grow a variety of greens, such as wheatgrass, micro broccoli and micro arugula.<\/p>\n

On the tasting menu,\u00a0 they offered nutrient-packed smoothies including the Green Dream\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(pea shoots, kale microgreens, apple, banana, grapefruit juice and aloe vera), and the Peanut Butter Cup<\/strong> (peat shoots, broccoli microgreens, peanut butter, banana, chocolate protein powder & almond milk). They also served us a Microgreen Salad<\/strong>, a luscious green cup\u00a0loaded with pea shoots, microgreens of sun flower, purple radish, broccoli, nasturtium and kale, pumpkin seeds, cranberries and a light vinaigrette made\u00a0of balsamic, honey and olive oil.<\/p>\n

The flats of greens as well as the Cultivators themselves are also for sale. \u00a0Have\u00a0I mentioned that I am a big fan of pea shoots and I put them in almost all my dishes? And the microgreen flats are much better deals than what you find at Whole Foods or Granville Island public market. \u00a0($5 for a 5″x5″ flat)<\/p>\n

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The Microgreen Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Living Produce Aisle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Green Dream” and “Peanut Butter Cup” Smoothies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Living Produce Aisle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next top we were offered a hearty brunch feast at House Special<\/a>, a\u00a0popular restaurant\u00a0of modern Vietnamese cuisine. Their special menu designed specially for the brunch crawl was spectacular!<\/p>\n

The Congee Noir<\/strong> was a black & white rice congee topped with Chinese donut, boudin noir sausage, and house-made XO sauce. This was like\u00a0a dish pulled out straight from a Top Chef<\/a> episode, buy valtrex online with no prescription <\/a> packed with different textures and tons of flavours, and showcasing Asian ingredients with classic techniques from both the West and the East. \u00a0The next 2 dishes were prepared with a more traditional approach: the\u00a0Vietnamese Festival Cake<\/strong>, made with \u00a0sticky rice and topped with pork, house-made 5-spice sausage, mung beans, cucumber, pickles and a Sriracha chutney, and the Steamed Glass Dumplings<\/strong>, made with tapioca, ground pork, cured shrimp, nouc clam, pork crackling and red chili, wrapped in a banana leaf, give if us wave after wave of exotic flavours.<\/p>\n

They were quite thoughtful to provide a few brunch cocktails choices. For bubbles lovers, there was the Mimosa<\/strong> and the Kir Royale<\/strong>. And the Morning Buzz<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0a cure for whoever was craving for some coffee liqueur in the morning.<\/p>\n

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Bruch Platter @ House Special, from left to right: Congee Noir<\/strong>, Festive Cake<\/strong>, Glass Dumpling<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Bruch<\/a>
Bruch Platter @ House Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And it was time for some sweet indulgence. We found ourselves sitting at Ganache P\u00e2tisserie\u00a0<\/a>, where they offer us a visually stunning plate of pastries and baked goods: croissant<\/strong>, croissant aux bleuets-mures<\/strong>, goyave citron mandarine<\/strong>, madeleine<\/strong> and macraron<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They definitely have honoured the p\u00e2tisserie tradition here at Ganache, showing their passion and love for the French pastry arts.\u00a0More importantly, their impeccable craftsmanship of desserts and cakes has also adapted to the taste of the locals\u00a0of different cultures as well, and the Goyave Citron Mandarine<\/strong> cake has made a fine example of such effort with those incredible exotic flavours .<\/p>\n

\"Ganache<\/a>
Ganache Patisserie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pastries<\/a>
Pastries and Baked Goods at Ganache Patisserie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Ganache<\/a>
Ganache Patisserie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last we both had a cup of Double Caramel Earl Grey<\/strong> at TeaJa Organic Teas<\/a>, which couldn’t be more perfect for ending this fun foodie tour in the neighbourhood. \u00a0Here we also learned about the quality organic teas here. Their\u00a0award winning organic teas, herbal blends, and botanical remedies are directly and ethically sourced for quality and purity.<\/p>\n

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TEAJA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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TEAJA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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TEAJA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The brunch crawl was another success \u00a0packed with different exciting brunch ideas,\u00a0from coffee, green smoothies, hearty Asian brunch with congee and dumplings, French pastries and cakes, \u00a0to organic tea. I’m looking forward to the next crawl!<\/p>\n

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I was\u00a0enjoying the morning drizzle whispering in my ears. \u00a0The coldest days were\u00a0definitely over, but a\u00a0warm\u00a0Rum Latte\u00a0still\u00a0put me in a fantastic mood. This was how we started our\u00a0Yaletown Brunch Crawl adventure at Rocanini, one of the many\u00a0Dine Out Vancouver Festival events this year, organized by\u00a0Vanfoodster. This was the 2nd brunch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[239,177,261,97,249],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_1307.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10043"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10071,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043\/revisions\/10071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}