{"id":11748,"date":"2017-07-14T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T23:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=11748"},"modified":"2017-07-18T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T04:02:36","slug":"recap-tasting-plates-stadium-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/recap-tasting-plates-stadium-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Tasting Plates Stadium District"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stadium District\u00a0<\/strong>around BC Place and Rogers Arena, is known as the sports-and-entertaining quarter of Downtown Vancouver. The area has been booming\u00a0with residential and commercial buildings the last 20 years, and new cafes, restaurants\u00a0or bars\u00a0are opening doors here every week.<\/p>\n

I was glad that Vancouver Foodster<\/a> created the Tasting Plate Stadium District<\/a> adventure for food lovers to explore this area, especially after he had organized events in the\u00a0neighbouring\u00a0districts like Gastown, Yaletown<\/a> and Robson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sunny weather could not be any better for a walking restaurant tour like this. We got our tour map at Pappa Roti<\/a><\/strong>, and we had a taste of their specialty beverages and signature sweet buns.<\/p>\n

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I tried their Signature Iced Karak Tea<\/strong>, essentially an iced black tea with a\u00a0touch of cardamon for the exotic aroma and flavour. The Iced Blended Signature Chocolate<\/strong> and the\u00a0Freshly Brewed Coffee by JJ Bean<\/strong> were also the choices on the tasting menu. \u00a0I also enjoyed the Coconut Rollie<\/strong> – a sweet bun with fresh young coconut filling, and the Signature Original Bun<\/strong>, with the coffee caramel coating that reminded me of pineapple bun found at any Cantonese bakery.<\/p>\n

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Next, we visited Stretch Roman Pizza<\/a><\/strong>, \u00a0where they brought the concept of “pizza al tagilio” (which means “pizza by the\u00a0slice” in Italian) from Rome to Vancouver. \u00a0 Besides\u00a0that you could try different types of pizzas by\u00a04″ x 7″ rectangular slices, you can get them by 12″, 24″ or meter-long 36″ rectangle.<\/p>\n

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We sampled 3 of their popular pizzas. The Primavera<\/strong>\u00a0was topped with mozzarella, roasted red peppers, artichokes, roasted mushrooms, kalamata olives, red onions and Pecorino Romano. I appreciated\u00a0the earthiness of this pizza especially from the taste of artichoke and mushrooms. \u00a0The Trevigiana<\/strong>\u00a0was topped with radicchio, pears, gorgonzola, and prosciutto, sounding\u00a0like a perfect choice for a wine party. The chicken was finely diced in the Paprika Chicken Pesto<\/strong>, and the smokiness of paprika made the pesto flavour more sophisticated.<\/p>\n

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We headed down to The Poke Guy<\/a><\/strong> next. This was\u00a0actually the very first poke place I visited before the poke eateries taking the city by storm.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned in my previous post<\/a>, I prefer the chef ‘s creations instead of DIY when it comes to ordering a poke bowl. The tasting buy modafinil online india <\/a> bowl here today was exactly what I hoped for. The chef’s creation provided some fine-tuned flavours\u00a0on the poke mini-bowl with a trio of seafood: Ahi Tuna,<\/strong> Sockeye Salmon<\/strong>, and “Sassy” Shrimp<\/strong>. I could taste soy sauce… I could taste citrus… And I could taste sesame\u00a0oil… All perfectly complemental to the super fresh seafood. I quite enjoyed the “sassiness” in the shrimp poke, which gave me such spicy sassy kicks!<\/p>\n

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Elements Diner<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>was next on the tasting map, where they offer a heck of a tasting plate. It was a lot of food! \u00a0On the plate we found<\/p>\n