Dine Out Vancouver 2013 - Forage

My last Dine Out Vancouver restaurant, saving the best for last, was Forage, located at the Listel Hotel on Robson Street.

Every table had this moss lamp. Nice touch.

BC spot prawn and seafood chowder, soft-poached egg, smoked chicharrón, pork hock

A lot of my other friends also booked Forage as one of their Dine Out restaurants and they all said the same thing - get the Seafood Chowder! I didn't need very much convincing. It sounded great on paper and our whole party basically ignored the rest of the appetizer options and ordered the chowder. It tasted amazing! So good! I wish the pan it was served in was bigger because it was gone in seconds. I am smacking my lips as remember it. This chowder is also on Forage's regular menu for $12 and I'd highly recommend trying it.

Gelderman Farms pork belly with crackling, celeriac pomme puree, ambrosia apple, braised cabbage

 For our mains, the majority went with the pork belly. Only K and I deviated from the norm.

Pacific Provider Salmon, red wine and balsam fir cure, kelp pasta, roasted squash puree

 K ordered the salmon.

Foraged and Cultivated mushroom wheat berry “cassoulet”, confit celeriac, savoury biscuit

And I went with the mushrooms! This was a vegetarian dish. Once it was put down in front of me I could smell all of the delicious mushrooms. Mmmm. It tasted great as well but I got tired of chewing the wheat berries after a while lol. I'm glad there was a biscuit included because I used it to sop up all the remaining sauce until there was nothing left in the pan. Delicious!

Summer Berry Preserve Frozen Parfait Meyer Lemon Gel, Toasted Meringue

Wow, that looked amazing. M was the only one to order the parfait and it impressed everyone at the table!

Organic chocolate and raspberry cake Agassiz Hazelnut Macaroon, raspberry caramel

The rest of us opted for the chocolate and raspberry cake. It was nice and light not at all what I was expecting. It tasted more of raspberry than chocolate. The macaroon was very airy. I enjoyed the dessert!

Overall, I thought the meal was delicious and the staff was nice. Worth a repeat visit!

Here was Forage's full $28 Dine Out menu:

Appetizer

BC spot prawn and seafood chowder, soft-poached egg, smoked chicharrón, pork hock 

or

Game Terrine with IPA mustard, house made pickled vegetables, pickled walnuts 

or

Kale and Okanagan Apple Salad, candied hazelnuts, quince dressing, aged Golden Ears Cheddar 

Entree

Gelderman Farms pork belly with crackling, celeriac pomme puree, ambrosia apple, braised cabbage 

or

Pacific Provider Salmon, red wine and balsam fir cure, kelp pasta, roasted squash puree

or

Foraged and Cultivated mushroom wheat berry “cassoulet”, confit celeriac, savoury biscuit 

Dessert

Summer Berry Preserve Frozen Parfait Meyer Lemon Gel, Toasted Meringue 

or

Organic chocolate and raspberry cake Agassiz Hazelnut Macaroon, raspberry caramel