{"id":3503,"date":"2015-02-08T16:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T00:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2015-03-07T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-08T04:50:32","slug":"sunday-brunch-provence-marinaside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/sunday-brunch-provence-marinaside\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch at Provence Marinaside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My buddy Israel and I were long over due for one-on-one hangout. So we decided to meet for brunch at Provence Marinaside. I knew the restaurant was popular for its charming location by Yaletown Marina. For brunch, it could never go wrong visiting a place with such high traffic &#8211; the bottom line is, they will always serve fresh quality ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>We did not have to wait long to get a table, although it was pretty busy in the dining room. Cramped with as many tables as possible, it feels a bit crowded in here. If you prefer somewhere quieter, this place definitely isn&#8217;t the best choice. However I didn&#8217;t mind the atmosphere at all. The staff were friendly and attentive, running around with such great energy.<\/p>\n<p>Being such an egg lover, I ordered Shrimp and Snow Pea Omelette because it usually takes at least 3 eggs to make an omelette. The snow pea was brilliant  inside the soft eggs &#8211; sweet, crunchy, and refreshing. It is such a small detail but it makes a classic dish so much more fun to eat.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0320.jpg\" alt=\"Shrimp and Snow Pea Omelette @ Provence Marinaside\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shrimp and Snow Pea Omelette @ Provence Marinaside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s Smoked Salmon Benny looked visually stunning. Those perfectly poached eggs coated with creamy hollandaise looked so soft like velvet, as if they just jumped out of a magazine. Too bad I was busy chatting and forgot to ask Israel how they tasted.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0321.jpg\" alt=\"Smoked Salmon Benedict @ Provence Marinaside\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoked Salmon Benedict @ Provence Marinaside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Compared to the brunch I had at Forage the day before, although the recipes here at Provence Marinaside are not as whimsical, they are still very solid classic dishes packed with flavours and quite enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>The yes&#8217;s:<br \/>\n&#8211; nice location and views<br \/>\n&#8211; quality food and services<\/p>\n<p>The no&#8217;s<br \/>\n&#8211; A little noisy if you prefer somewhere quieter<\/p>\n<p>Website:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.provenceyaletown.ca\/wp\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.provenceyaletown.ca\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.provenceyaletown.ca\/wp\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Map and reviews:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/14\/181450\/restaurant\/Yaletown\/Provence-Marinaside-Restaurant-Vancouver\"><img style=\"border: none; width: 200px; height: 146px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/b\/link\/181450\/biglink.gif\" alt=\"Provence Marinaside Restaurant on Urbanspoon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My buddy Israel and I were long over due for one-on-one hangout. So we decided to meet for brunch at Provence Marinaside. I knew the restaurant was popular for its charming location by Yaletown Marina. For brunch, it could never go wrong visiting a place with such high traffic &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3502,"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":[40,193,205,208,97,71],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_0320.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3503"}],"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=3503"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3904,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3503\/revisions\/3904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}