Araxi Reveals Menu for Vancouver Longtable Dinner in Vanier Park

Araxi Reveals Menu for Vancouver Longtable Dinner in Vanier Park
– Toptable Chefs Celebrate B.C.’s Culinary Provenance –

Vancouver, B.C.  (July 22, 2014) – The Araxi Longtable Dinners are British Columbia’s most exciting al fresco dining experiences – and on Monday, August 4th, Whistler’s Araxi Restaurant is bringing its first Longtable to Vancouver at the oceanside Bard on the Beach venue in picturesque Vanier Park.

“This will be the largest Longtable to date,” says Araxi’s award-winning executive chef James Walt, “and we’re thrilled to celebrate our culinary provenance with the very best of British Columbia ingredients at the peak of the summer season, as well as some terrific wine pairings.”

Chef Walt will be joined by the entire collective of Toptable Group chefs: Andrew Richardson from CinCin, Frank Pabst from Blue Water Cafe, Quang Dang from West, and Thierry Busset from Thierry Patisserie and Cafe. Guests will also have the opportunity to meet the suppliers who raise the produce.

THE MENU

-RECEPTION-
Chef Quang Dang, West

Sawmill Bay Oysters
lemon, fresh horseradish, raspberry mignonette, cocktail pearls 

Smoked Cherry Tomatoes
farmhouse chevre, toasted bread crumbs and basil

Charred Vancouver Island Octopus Salad
with squid ink crisp, red pepper and lime aioli

Confit Yarrow Meadows Duck Terrine
toasted brioche, sapo bravo plum preserves 

-FIRST-
Chef Frank Pabst, Blue Water Cafe

Dungeness Crab Sausage
grilled Okanagan peach, wild arugula and zucchini salad
peach mustard and red pepper ketchup

-SECOND-
Chef Andrew Richardson, CinCin Ristorante 

Salt Baked Stikine River Sockeye Salmon
sun gold tomatoes slow cooked in olive oil with shallots and garlic
Florence style fennel with black olives

-MAIN-
Chef James Walt, Araxi

Duo of Okanagan Valley Beef
rosemary grilled fillet and slow cooked Heritage beef cheek ravioli
Root Down Farm beets and North Arm carrots 

-DESSERT-
Chef Thierry Busset, Thierry

 BC Raspberry + Fresh Fruit Tart
lime sabayon, raspberry coulis and cigarette tuile
with whipped cream

 

Also staged at North Arm Farm in Pemberton and Lost Lake in Whistler, the Longtable Dinners sell out quickly.  Tickets are $175.00 per person per event and include a welcome reception, four-course menu, wine pairings, and tax and gratuity.  For reservations or further information, please email longtable@araxi.com or call 604 932 4540.

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Additional high-resolution images can be downloaded from the Media Room, password/username: Longtable

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One of Canada’s leading hospitality groups, Toptable Group has four elegant, yet approachable, restaurants in Vancouver and Whistler: Araxi, CinCin, Blue Water Cafe and West, as well as the chocolaterie, patisserie and cafe, Thierry.  More information can be found online at www.toptable.ca.

MEDIA CONTACTS
Judy Ahola
Director of Communications
Toptable Group
judy.ahola@toptable.ca
604 836 8005

April Penney
Communications Coordinator
Toptable Group
april@toptable.ca
604 786 0540