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Hi Everyone! You may remember that I recently went to The Wallflower Modern Diner and found the most super-awesome dessert ever -- Vegan Chocolate Cake! Well, last last week I brought a couple of friends over to try it, and have dinner as well. This was, of course, to make up for the embarrassing show of muddy Gingerbread Pudding at the Hamilton Street Grill where the same friends had been recommended (by moi) to try it. I felt badly at how it turned out, and hoped that Vegan Chocolate Cake would make it up. And it did! The rest of our dinner there broke down as follows: Stuffed Yorkies - $10 - roast beef stuffed yorkshires, horseradish mayo, au jus Shrimp Bacon Avocado Wrap - $11 - shrimp, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato, mayo, with fries, soup, or green salad Vegan Portobello Burger - $11 - grilled portobello, balsamic, lettuce, tomato, onion, eggplant, with greens, soup or fries Vegan Hummus Melt - $12 - foccacia, hummus, spinach, onion, mushroom, vegan mozza, with g

Go with a buddy. When I was there earlier tonight, the in-restaurant menu reads one appetizer TO BE SHARED between two people. We also got just the one apple crisp TO SHARE. The bill was still $25 per person, so it's ONE appy, two entrées, ONE dessert for $50. I just got back from Milestones, and I immediately checked the menu online again. As of 2122h, October 19th, 2010, the menu still doesn't say anything about sharing: 2010 Taste of Yaletown Menu $25.00 per person (excludes taxes, gratuities and alcohol) Appetizer Yummy Yam Fries Yam frites cooked to order and served with specialty mayo OR Crispy Honey Phyllo Shrimp Crispy coated shrimp lightly fried & served with our honey chipotle glaze for dipping OR Milestone’s Famous Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip Creamy spinach dip with artichoke hearts & imported Italian cheeses. Served with sour cream, fresh cut salsa and warm red tortilla chips OR Roasted Garlic Caesar House made ciabatta croutons, Reg

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Probably everyone knows about Taste of Yaletown by now, which kicked off on October 13th and will run till the end of October. Maybe having less hoopla around it (and certainly less participating restaurants) is what appears to be New Westminster's equivalent, Zest of New West (just one week, from October 15th to 24th). The twelve participating restaurants offer $15-$35 three-course menus (with the exception of the Terminal Pub and Drink Urban Lounge): menu - $9 / $10 / $11, ONE item - The Terminal Pub menu - $15 / $20 - Gino's Restaurant menu - $15 lunch, $20 / $30 dinner Taverna Greka menu - $20 - Aldo's Pasta Bar menu - $20 / $30 - Drink Urban Lounge menu - $20 - RedBar Lounge (in the Starlight Casino) menu - $20 - the Met Bar and Grill menu - $25 - La Spaghetteria Ristorante menu - $35 - La Rustica menu - $35 - Boathouse Restaurant menu - $35 - The Heritage Grill menu - $35 - The Orange Room Tapas

Hi Everyone! As you know, Taste of Yaletown 2010 started last night (October 13th) and will run until the end of October. It looked like a bit of a slow start because it was a hockey night (I passed by a couple of restaurants at ~7pm with just two diners at one table!), though larger places with TVs looked like they did alright. I pulled a couple of friends along to the Hamilton Street Grill , as they'd never had the supposedly famous Gingerbread Pudding. This turned out to be horribly embarrassing... but that later. Steak is steak so I gave the $35 menu a pass to try the bourguinon. 2010 Taste of Yaletown Menu $25.00 per person (excludes taxes, gratuities and alcohol) Appetizer Choice of Red lentil soup with a corn and chorizo salsa Beef tenderloin Carpaccio with crisp capers, Dijon aioli, parmesan cheese, crostini Entrée Choice of Chicken stuffed with brie, sun-dried cherries and pecans, chicken jus and pinot reduction Certified Angus Beef Bourguignon, n

Hi Everyone! If you know me, you may know that for a long time I've had a special fondness for the Hamilton Street Grill's Gingerbread Pudding (" Warm gingerbread pudding with caramel sauce, pumpkin and ginger gelato ", available this year on BOTH their Taste of Yaletown $25 and $35 menus ). For a while I was also surprisingly wowed by the Triple Chocolate Brownie at Sip Resto Lounge . Tonight, however, I must have had The. Best. Dessert. Ever. Not only does it involve chocolate, but foodies of all species can enjoy it as it is vegan. The Wallflower Modern Diner on Main Street (near 8th, between Kingsway and Broadway) is not strictly vegan, but does feature vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free menus. Their plainly labelled $6 chocolate cake has a very rich feel. Very dark chocolate but not bitter. The chocolate smothered over it is very thick and hardens quite quickly, adding to the overall chewiness of the cake. The actual cake portion is not very cake-

So I finally check to see if the Taste of Yaletown menus are posted, and they are! HURRAH! I'm on Facebook and the link provided, http://yaletowninfo.com/events/taste-of-yaletown/menus/ opens a blank page. BOO! I Google around, and fortunately Miss604 has linked to the PDF menus . YAY! Thank you Miss604!