Dine Out Vancouver 2009 – Blue Water Cafe
Monday, January 26th, 2009 :: 11:35 pm
Second dine out of the year!
Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar – 1095 Hamilton Street, Vancouver – January 21, 6:00pm
Price per person: $38
Appetizer: Albacore Tuna Tataki – seared albacore with ponzu sauce and honey-mustard
Entrée: Kurobota Pork – twenty four hour braised pork shoulder with bourbon bbq sauce, corn bread, baby spinach, rutabaga
Dessert: Hazelnut + Almond Meringue – coffee butter cream and chocolate ganache
This was another one on my shortlist of must-try restaurants! After looking at their regular menu though I see why dine out would be such a steal here… the entrée itself costs the entire dine out menu!
Seriously, the Albacore tuna was soooo good, I would come here twice for that! The shrimp salad was definitely a surprise, didn’t think that a regular “greens” salad would be this unique.
The pork shoulder was pretty good too, it might be a bit dry on its own, but having it with the sauce was good. I also loved the crispy skin on the char, and that it was very moist on the inside.
And finally for dessert, the meringue, it’s almost like a Napolean dessert, except it was more chocolaty.
I give 8.5/10!
January 27th, 2009 at 1:26 am
whoa that last picture so cool! =p Oh looking at your pictures make me want to go eat it all again!
January 27th, 2009 at 9:52 am
we had exactly the same set…. lol~
but yes, the tuna tataki was gorgeous! :D
January 27th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
wow it looks really good!!! *drool*
as always, amazing photos!
January 28th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
a80: I was thinking about the taste of these dishes when I was editing the images and also when I was writing the post :-P
Nicky: I think these are the best choices on there!
I think this and Ahi Tuna are my favourite raw fish dishes~
Patty: It’s really worth a try especially during dine out… you like taking photos of the food just like me :-P I saw lots of them on your facebook and blog!