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Vancouver Dining:
A Delicious Selection of Vancouver Restaurants
Cin Cin Ristorante
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| Cin Cin Ristorante |
THE SCENE
There's a Tuscan feel to this warm, inviting dining room, with its arched windows and high ceilings. The curved marble bar, open kitchen, original art and antiques, Italian music playing in the background, and contemporary Italian dishes inspired by the freshest local ingredients add up to an unforgettable dining experience.
DON'T-MISS DISHES
- Vitello Tonnato — rotisserie fired then chilled, thin-sliced veal sirloin with creamy tuna sauce, capers and anchovies
- Garganelli with grain-fed veal cheeks, organic shitake mushrooms, veal jus, grana padano
- Wood-oven roasted free-range chicken, crusted with Dijon and baked under clay bricks
- Dungeness crab risotto with carrot and tarragon
BRAGGING RIGHTS
Celebrities and locals alike flock to this award-winning restaurant, with its heritage wood-fired oven in the open kitchen and Old and New World favourites in the wine room. Winner of several dining and restaurant awards in 2004 and 2005 including the Birks Silver Service Award.
Address: 1154 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604.688.7338
Appetizers: $10 – $15
Entrées: $20 – $40
Credit Cards: MC, AE, VISA, DC
Cioppino's
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| Cioppino's |
THE SCENE
A cherry wood interior makes the dining room a warm setting for an intimate or lively occasion, with French-inspired Mediterranean signature dishes cooked to perfection in the open kitchen. Elegant wine rooms are available for private functions.
DON'T-MISS DISHES
- Cioppino of sea bass, medley of seafood, spicy bouillabaisse broth
- Roasted rack of lamb and its sausage, ligth goat cheese-garlic confit sauce
- Wild West Coast salmon, vegetables "a la Grecque," soy-tomato vinaigrette
BRAGGING RIGHTS
Pino Posteraro, the owner and executive chef of this award-winning restaurant, will surprise and refresh your taste buds with his forte, Cucina Naturale, which is a classical style of cooking that emphasizes the use of fresh ingredients, especially vegetables. Its lightness of taste is derived from minimizing animal fats and creams, and using low-cholesterol olive oils instead. An impressive wine list, Cioppino's is the first Canadian restaurant to offer Dom Pérignon's Enothèque champagne library.
Address: 1129/1133 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC
Telephone: 604.688.7466
Appetizers: $7.95 – $20
Entrées: $24 – $45
Credit Cards: MC, AE, VISA, DC, DD
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