Vancouver’s Diverse Food Scene Celebrates a Melting Pot of Cultures

"I found this moody bistro to be a quintessential date-night spot that deliberately avoids being a traditional Chinese restaurant, instead using classic French techniques alongside ingredients and flavors from Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Filipino cuisines to create something distinctly Vancouver. After nearly 16 years I still crave the beef tartare: a reinterpretation of a French classic with Chinese ingredients including preserved mustard root, ginger, soy, scallion, taro chips, fried shallots and a watercress salad, a dish developed during a research trip to Taipei that encapsulates the restaurant’s philosophy of using Asian ingredients in ways that feel both unique and familiar." - Sophie Mendel