Kirby’s Top Picks for Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2013

It’s the time of year again! Dine Out Vancouver is back once again and will only be around from Jan 18-Feb 3, 2013. They have over 200 restaurants listed as well as lunch menus, gluten free, and vegetarian options.

They added quite a few more restaurants to the list as well as some new restaurants so this might be a good opportunity to try out places you have been eyeing for a while but haven’t really gotten around to trying.

I know I won’t be able to try out every restaurant on my list but here are my top picks for Dine Out Vancouver 2013:

courtesy of http://www.shermansfoodadventures.com/2012/01/diva-at-met.html

• DIVA at the Met
• $38 Menu, Gluten-Free Menu Option
• With options like Chicken Liver Parfait and Thai Glazed Pork Belly, how can you not want to try this place out?

courtesy of http://www.familyfinds.com/deal/15-for-30-at-fraiche

• Fraiche Restaurant
• $38 Menu, Gluten- Free Menu Option
• ’63-degree egg’.. what the heck? Weird items like this intrigue me.

• Fray
• $18 Menu
• I heard the Portobello fries are amazing and Maple Bacon Jam Burger?? I’m there. Who’s with me?

• Five Sails Restaurant
• $38 Menu, Gluten-Free Menu Option
• I have a soft spot for anything with mushrooms so their “Roasted Porcini Mushroom Soup” sounds delicious
• “Slowly braised boneless Wagyu Beef Short Ribs with Ginger scented Wild Prawns”. Enough Said.

• Minami Restaurant
• $38 Menu
• One word, Aburi. Read my post on “Miku” (their sister restaurant) if you don’t know what aburi is!
• their “Piemonte Panna Cotta and Bitter Orange Sorbet Cassis Coulis” sounds delicious as well

• The Oakwood Canadian Bistro
• $28 Menu, Gluten-Free Menu Option
• the price is more appealing for penny pinchers like me
• Again, the mushrooms get me–> “Wild Mushroom Risotto, House Truffle Oil, Provolone Gratine”
• I love unusual combinations like their “apple wasabi butter”