bcrdukes & co.
Friday Night - Part 1 @ Notturno Gastown
- Cured white anchovies, eggs, salsa verde, garlic aioli
- Beef Carpaccio, salsa verde, garlic purée, pecorino cheese, maldon salt, cracked pepper
- Lamb Peposo stew: lamb shoulder, onions, garlic, veal stock, red wine and lots of cracked pepper served with grilled bread and mascarpone cheese
- Featured pasta - I don't recall exactly but it was a durum wheat spaghetti with a fresh-made Italian tomato sauce along with chorizo, garlic, and spinach
- Burrata with Serego Alighieri extra virgin olive oil, maldon salt, cracked pepper, and prosciutto
All of the dishes were served with bread, except for the beef carpaccio. You will get full very quickly.
Drinks:
- Maple Cubed - an in-house original cocktail by world-famous "H"
Tennessee whiskey, maple syrup, maple bitters, dry Fino Sherry, and Benedictine, all smoked
with maple wood x 3
- Old fashioned x 2
- Manhattan x 2
- Affinity x 1
- Negroni x 1
Food, drinks, service - 10/10. We went earlier in the evening so it was a little quiet (expected for a Friday) and then the crowds came rushing in at 8:30pm. We would have loved to stay a little longer but there were other hungry patrons so we kindly left. The drinks here - simply amazing. Come here for the classics. They will leave an amazing impression. The food - top notch ingredients and wonderful Italian flavours. So simple, yet, fantastic. This is why I love Italian cicchetti.
Don't come here if you are looking for huge portions or the best bang for buck.. The food is meant to be shared. This means you, Verdasco. Go away.
Friday night - Part 2 @ Bambudda Gastown
Our entourage headed over to our Gastown favourite, Bambudda, to finish the evening off.
Food (late night menu)
- Pig trotters (this was more like a tonkatsu. Delicious. Great to nibble on over some drinks and to share.
- Steamed buns with pork belly. So good, we got two orders.
Drinks:
- Whiskey Mac x 2. A cocktail consisting of whiskey with ginger and lemon. Good enough to cure a cold. A fantastic slow sipper. Not for the weak. You've been warned.
- Koi pond x 1
- Mother In Law - As the name states, it'll kick your ass. One hell of a stiff drink.
Food, service, drinks - as always, a 10/10. This is why we keep going back.
