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New restaurant in Richmond, on 3 Road at Westminster Highway (west side), called Sante Fe, I believe. I think there was a different restaurant there before. Appears to be an attempt at high-end quality dining, presumably fusion cuisine, with Asian / Central American / West coast influences? Nice assortment of cold and hot appetizer selections and entrees, but certainly not inexpensive, some of the entrees were in the high $20's, one was over $30. Salmon, halibut, veal and filet mignon I think I remember seeing on the menu posted by the door. Seems strange at this location but certainly if it is good, definitely has been lacking as far as I can tell in Richmond.

Yes, mangez, I agree.

Very, very true!

I am so glad you posted that picture Brian! I had that in France this summer and it was fantastic, but I never knew the name, so thanks! OMG, it was fantastic...so creamy and rich. I'll be heading to the Cheese Shop asap. Here's one more that may go well with your cheese course. Blue St Agur. 51% milkfat reminds me of a cambozola only far richer with nutty flavoured blue streaks. ← Oh, oh, I'm so glad you posted this, Blue St Agur I was thinking of it, but..... I discovered this cheese at Oyama on G.I. It is sooooooo delicious. I it, really yummy! Very smooth, creamy with just the right bite of sharpness of blue. Really lovely cheese to finish off with I'd guess.

Very true, and I'm very interested to see.

Thanks Stephen, that sounds just perfect! ps... we W. A+ staff, quaffibles & edibles. Deserves a reco IMHO.

You couldn't have said it better.

Beautiful pictures, lovely descriptions. Sounds very enticing and reasonable price wise, and the wines sound devine. Thanks for posting. In a cardamon pod too cute! How's the pricing and sizing for freezer take-out, one time awhile ago I tried to check it out, but it was busy, hot and the wee pepper was fussy.

you beat me to it! we just drove by. i think it's called the red burrito, and the side note said something about your neighborhood burrito and taco joint. ← Yup, you're absolutely right!

My apologies, I made an error. See correction above^. Saw it again today, and thought, aw shucks!!

A Burrito Brothers, if I recall the name correctly, is opening on Commercial Drive, at the corner of 1st Avenue, where the Java place (coffee shop) used to be. edited to correct the name which I obviously did not remember correctly; although I did at first, when I got to the p.c., I changed it because I thought I must have remembered it wrong, should have gone with my first hunch, as they say! The correct name is The Red Burrito, another in the theme of red that I mentioned in an earlier post.

^ Thank you, you mentioned much of what I didn't have the courage to mention, but certain things certainly did me, (and no, not the comment below, that I just found quite Happy to be a lowly normal person, probably with better service.

Ouch! Good one Vern! Didn't Umberto's on Hornby famously have an open kitchen, earlier too? I know I remember others too, but not specifically their names at the moment. I did notice though, that perhaps Alex should read the menu before posting certain comments AHI TUNA TARTAR AND MARINATED SASHIMI SMOKED SALMON CAVIAR, AVOCADO PURÉE, YUZU TAMARI DRESSING I can't understand why," says Morrow, who has trouble stomaching the wilted, room-temperature raw fish. The long scrape of green sauce on the plate might possibly be based in wasabi, but tastes like canned guacamole. and/or before ordering her wine: SMOKED ALASKAN BLACK COD PRESERVED LEMON AND TARRAGON COD CAKE, CHOWDER VEGETABLES AND BROTH I fare better with smoked Alaskan black cod, but really wish someone had remembered it came with a lemon and tarragon cod cake when it came to the wine. I'll take part of the blame since I asked for a lean pinot noir, but if anyone had been alert enough to warn me that the lemon was overwhelmingly tart, this is one instance where I would have appreciated being overruled. (Until this point, I should say, the wine pairings had been excellent.) Perhaps it wasn't very busy that night, being the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend, also therefore possibly contributing to the reasons of everything not being at the peak of perfection. Perhaps a disservice was done to the business and those of us who read the review, expecting a true picture of the establishment, by reviewing it on a day that wouldn't reflect the norm of service, imho. I understand she's a friend and all, but I'd respect a reviewer's opinion much more if it was written with more constructive criticism and less maliciousness.

Think it's in the same strip mall with the TD/CT Bank, Staples and the New Asia Deli, across from Richmond Centre. Give them a call though first (604 270-2889), they might not be open yet from their vacation.

Came across this click. From what I can tell of the area, and the aforementioned click, it probably is geared to the business and student crowd, for lunch, etc. rather than decadent evening fare that the main pic seems to imply, at least to me anyway. Could be kind of messy going back to work after eating like that though.

By the way, summer's over, they might want to update their website in more ways than one.

I love the fresh green chili/cilantro/mint condiment (relish/non-cooked chutney) that is offered at some Indian resto's, one place has a tub of it at the till (sort of a fast-food type of establishment at the mall), and I load up on it before going to my table. I've been searching for a recipe, and am wondering if anyone here might have one available. I know it doesn't have mango in it. I think there is green chili, mint, cilantro, onions?, garlic?, tomato? ....... spices? Would anyone know the amounts of the different ingredients etc., for a reasonable size for one persons use over a few days? Oh, and I could eat lots, with whatever, I love it! TIA ETA - p.s. sorry about the spelling mistake, should be desperately, but I don't know how to correct the topic.

That's odd, we were there on the weekend too, well actually Thanksgiving Day, so perhaps different staff? The service was great, friendly, efficient, made us feel comfortable and welcome in an unassuming way. I mean it is a casual place, but it wasn't like MickeyD's by any means. The rosemary lamb and the turkey cranberry burgers were delish, the fries and salad very generous and the SunGod Wheat Ale served up in a full pint, cold and priced right. Got to love the fresh fixin's bar, very, very impressive. Once again, got to mention the staff, they were great.

Let me know how everything was (service included) ← Had lunch there Friday, and it was great! It came with an excellent Caesar Salad. The Prime Rib itself was very flavorful and tender and was served with gravy, horseradish and dijon. Beer was $7, Prime Rib Sandwich was $15, so after tax and tip it was close to $30. A little pricey for lunch I think, but I'll be going back. Edit: Service was also top notch. ← How was the portion sizing? TIA.

Ten years? The man's an upstart compared to Fay Maschler who has been the London Evening Standard's critic for thirty three years. She has her faults, preferences and prejudices, as do we all, but her column is still the first thing I turn to every Wednesday and I'm bitterly disappointed if I find she's on holiday and a guest reviewer is sitting in for her. I'd bet a good few Canadian dollars that Jamie's reviews are the first thing many eGulleters read when they pick up the Van Mag. ← Honestly? It's really the only reason I buy the VM. I was thrilled to see the cover when I bought my issue almost three weeks ago, and wondered when the subject would be discussed here, expected to see it brought up earlier. Oh, and I used to like the West Van chinese food delivery guy's stories on his latest delivery experiences, miss them now that the column has been discontinued. As far as ten years goes, I'm glad for that. It's interesting to see how our culinary choices and expectations have grown and developed from the point of view of one who has grown with them and who has the expertise to understand and comment on them. I appreciate knowing that he knows what our area has and has had to offer, more so than someone who may have just has come into the scene and perhaps expects something else, rather than what we have as our unique and diverse offerings and quality. ETC cuisine type after realization of error in the wee hours this a.m.

Any possibility of seeing the menu for: A Taste of Calabria @ Adesso (Oct 11 - 24) TIA

The television show Boston Legal will be featuring a story based on the B.C. Farmed Salmon Industry tonight (Oct 11), as described in this link. Featuring of course one of our famous Canadian exports, Captain Kirk. Should be interesting to see what spin this puts on this controversial subject, hoping it weighs in favour of the non farmed in the ocean side.

Bacchus at the Wedgewood Hotel, I believe that they have a room for just that purpose? Very nice lounge too. (phone them if you want to know for sure)

Most definitely!!! In all capacities and variations thereof of catering, provisioning and teaching. IIRC there was invovlement by one at a world culinary competition as part of Team Canada, there was major involvement at Expo here and IIRC, in Europe. Some had wide and quite impressive international experience before coming to YVR, and others moved on to a wide variation of foodie type positions after their stint at Cara. Of course that includes the front line employees such as bakers, cooks and other personnel, I'd bet someone on this forum has employed an ex Cara staff member at some time. Some of the upper level ex staff are teaching, running their own ops or are in some type of management at a food related operation. In the past, the airline catering operation allowed for local management and creativity, and made for great experience for future culinary related endeavors. Now, it is so micro managed by the bean counters, usually at the HO level, and of course the customer's bean counters (thus the frozen entrees, and the lack of actual food now on many domestic flights, just the bag of nuts & bolts, hopefully the edible kind ) that creativity and actual hands on learning experience of all aspects of the business is not quite as available as it was in the past, IMHO.

Interestingly, the lighting of the Y/C photo made for a more realistic picture. Kind of suprised to see the styro coffee cup for economy class breakfast, they used to have a real cup, plastic though, but did have the handle and wasn't disposable. Also, the meals produced in J/C are almost exactly the same as I remember from a few years back, provided by Cara Operations IIRC. Also, IIRC, the Y/C meals are mostly pre-made, frozen and popped into dishes. Makes for a consistent product, although it may be uninteresting. ps.. Not meant to be a slam at Cara, IIRC they followed AC guidelines. They did have some very innovative chefs, their parties for Octoberfest and Christmas were showcases for the talents of the Head Chefs, Garde Manger and Pastry Chefs. They also provided some of the other fabulous airlines cuisines and services in the past. I remember meeting some of those that were the culinary influences at Cara, they had great boat cruises during the fireworks festival in the summer in Vancouver, at the end of July and the beginning of Auguest. Awesome!! They employed some great people, with wide experiences, I guess that made for the interesting cuisine ideas. I remember Frank, Gerry, Bent, Hans, John, Maurice and Kevin IIRC, as being pivotal to the operation at YVR. Also I had the opportunity to meet with some of the Cara personnel in YYZ in the past. All in all, was a good ops, albeit following the AC and other guidelines for cost control!