chef jeff

hazelmere organic farm, south surrey 604-538-3018 nice little market, great produce, amazing people, beautiful spot.

Hi LordB, I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Fortunately, your experience does not seem to be the norm. I'm curious if you asked to have your soup heated up. Also, what do you mean by the veal cheeks being overdone? Were they dry, or were they not pink in the middle? They are braised for 2 1/2 hours, so they are very cooked. As for the cake, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it. Most people have been loving it, but I guess it's not for everyone. Jeff

what are the days/hours? I would like to check it out, but I always seem to be working.

Hmmm. I have mixed feelings about this Gerald. While I love Vera's meat, this won't be good for my heart. I assume you'll be on Main St. I hope you're not on my way to work. Do you have, like, a buy 10 get one free card? Did I mention I like your burgers? Are you hiring? When will you be open? mmmmmm. burgers gggggggh (in the style of Homer Simpson) Good luck boys.

I'm confused by this. There seems to be one or two good places to eat outside of downtown, no matter what your style or price range. In fact, without using any math or facts or scientific method, I would say that there is more good dining outside of downtown than in downtown itself.

I'm also coming to Terrra Madre in October, from Vancouver, and was thinking of doing a stage while I'm there. Can anyone reccomend someone in the area I should contact about a stage? Cheers

Fraser Falley Farms Co-op at the farmers markets (trout lake saturday, nat bailey wednesdays) fresh, beautiful, organic and local Jeff

That cranky SOB? You're kidding right? Agree 110% - Well deserved! The question is ... will we still be able to get a table? A. ← We accept bribes only in smoked meat currency.

Kurtis also won a premier crew award. Well deserved. And congrats to all other winners. I'm glad to see our neighbours at Habit recognized. J.

I can't see straight. my head hurts. why is the sun so bright. thanks guys. J.

Hair of the dog.

Lemontart, I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I assure you that every one of our glasses get polished and our restuarant gets dusted a couple of times a week, or as needed. We strive for perfection, like anyone else who cares in this business, but sometimes we miss things. We are only human. I will look into our cleaning process and see if there is anywhere we can improve. Was the fly a fruit fly, or a house fly? I would assume a fruit fly. The odd fruit fly does get into the sweeter liquor bottles on occassion, and in any dark busy restaurant they can end up in a drink. While not acceptable, these little pieces of pickled protien are harmless, and do not indicate that we are dirty. I hope you gave us a chance to bring you a fresh martini. Finally, you mention that our servers can be irritating to old people. In what way are they irritating? We have many regular customers, and quite a few of them are "old"(although I'm sure they don't like being called that!). I'm sure if they were irritated they wouldn't come back. Our servers enjoy serving people of all ages, and some of our favourite customers are "old". I think if they knew that old people found them irritating, they would want to know how they could change that situation. We thank you for your input, and would love for you to experience again, the restaurant that we are proud of and passionate about. Feel free to contact me at 604-873-9944 if you have any more concerns. Regards, Jeff Van Geest Chef/Owner Aurora Bistro

I fully intend to ← One of my mother-in-law's friends discovered wrapping the doughnuts in duck bacon. discus.

does that make me an overzealous freak?! I've been called a freak before, but never overzealous.

My parents were in from Ontario, so we went to check out Rare last night. We had: fried oysters with chorizo vinaigrette and cocoa beans cauliflower soup with lobster salad and smoked stealhead caviar carrot and blood orange seltzers snapper with, I think, an arugula sauce hedgehog mushroom ravioli striploin steak beef cheeks a round of grapefruit and honey sorbets spanish cheese platter (I can't remember all the details, I had a couple of beers before we arrived and was a wee bit tipsy by the time we left) Our food was very well prepared, the service was attentive and knowledgable, the room is beautiful, and the passion of Tim and Brian is very obvious. Thanks guys and continued success. Jeff.