Category: Food and Drinks

Today’s Groupon Vancouver Daily Deal of the Day: Caché Bistro and Lounge: $15 for $30 Worth of French-Asian Fusion Tapas and Drinks (50% Off)

Buy now for only $15
Value $30
Discount 50%
You Save $15

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Chef Alex Mok & brother infuse classical French techniques into Asian small plates, wrapping quail in bacon & glazing hoisin onto ribs

The Fine Print
Expires May 31, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table, 2 per table of 4 or more. Reservation recommended. Dine-in only. Not valid for brunch.

Caché Bistro and Lounge
http://www.cachebistro.com/
1269 Hamilton St. Vancouver, British Columbia
(604) 558-1269

Today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of French-Asian fusion tapas and drinks at Caché Bistro and Lounge in Yaletown.

Attracting the attention of Westender.com, chef Alex Mok and his brother Jason launched Caché Bistro and Lounge to reinterpret tapas by applying classic French techniques to Asian dishes. United by a single chef’s hat, the duo favours seasonal, local ingredients when preparing the tapas menu, which teems with house specialties such as the Tex-Kong baby back ribs that marry hoisin-barbecued meat, mini cornbreads, and butter-poached corn ($13). Alternatively, the siblings devise variations on fungi including the spinach-and-cream-cheese-stuffed portobello cap ($13) and the white-truffle-infused four-mushroom risotto ($16). Duck confit and sticky rice come wrapped in a banana leaf ($16), arousing taste buds before the chef’s special dessert tasting sampler ($9) rewards diners for sharing with others despite the tongue’s protestations. To complement the restaurant’s array of dishes—served as late as 1 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays—barkeeps pour a beer selection emphasizing German and Belgian brews that range from fruit-infused Fruli to Erdinger, a white wheat beer hailing from Bavaria.

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Today’s Groupon Vancouver Daily Deal of the Day: Cats Socialhouse: $12 for $25 Worth of Casual Fare (52% Off)

Buy now for only $12
Value $25
Discount 52%
You Save $13

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Chefs fuse comfort fare with west coast flavours in dishes such as potato-crusted halibut bowl served in former shake & shingle mill

The Fine Print
Expires Apr 30, 2012
Limit 2 per person, may buy 1 additional as a gift. Limit 1 per table, 2 per table of 4 or more. Dine-in only.

Cats Socialhouse
http://www.catssocialhouse.com/
1540 Old Bridge St. Vancouver, British Columbia
(604) 647-2287

Today’s Groupon.

The Deal

$12 for $25 worth of casual fare for brunch, lunch, or dinner, such as:

• Prosciutto eggs benedict ($10.95)
• Blueberry compote waffles ($8.95 for two)
• Almost Famous blackened fish burger ($16.45)
• Blazing cashew curry with chicken ($15.75)
• Royale pizza with cheese and spicy beef ($13.65)
• See the full menu

Cats Socialhouse

Within a former Fraser River shake-and-shingle mill relocated to Granville Island, Cats Socialhouse’s team of expert chefs works tirelessly to forge inventive takes on traditional dishes for brunch, lunch, and dinner. Culinary gurus prove their dedication to the fusion of comfort fare with the flavours of Vancouver’s diverse influences as they whip up noshes featuring ingredients such as house-made guacamole, almond rice, fresh basil, and coconut milk. Affable servers deliver freshly minted eats, such as shrimp and chicken pad thai and juicy hickory burgers, late into the evening in order to accommodate customers’ varied schedules and hunger cravings after midnight Jazzercise classes. When outside temperatures take a turn for the balmy, a spacious seasonal patio enables alfresco dining accompanied by cool sea breezes and the stares of pizza-craving clouds.

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Today’s Groupon Vancouver Daily Deal of the Day: Browns Socialhouse: $12 for $25 Worth of Upscale Casual Fare (52% Off)

Buy now from only $12
Value $25
Discount 52%
You Save $13

This is a limited 3-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Saturday, January 14, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Upscale casual eatery sates appetites with fusion of international & comfort recipes amid playful art & lighting

The Fine Print
Expires Apr 30, 2012
Limit 2 per person, may buy 1 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table, 2 for tables of 4 or more. Valid only for location purchased. Dine-in only.

Browns Socialhouse
http://www.brownsrestaurantgroup.com/
2296 W 4th Ave. Vancouver, British Columbia
(604) 733-2420

3651 W 10th Ave. Vancouver, British Columbia
(604) 734-3651

20159 88 Ave. Langley, British Columbia
(604) 455-0754

Today’s Groupon: for $12, you get $25 worth of upscale casual fare at Browns Socialhouse. Choose from the following locations: Langley, Richmond, Surrey, West 4th Avenue in Vancouver, or West 10th Avenue in Vancouver.

The chefs at Browns Socialhouse cheerfully wrestle palates with an array of dishes fusing international influences with traditional comfort fare. After perusing the menu, diners can choose to dig to the Boursin cheese center of parmesan-crusted stuffed chicken, first spooning through a layer of red-pepper sauce ($17.95). Utensils harpoon rice-wrapped segments of the spicy tempura tuna roll ($9.95), and hands divide slices of margherita pizza topped with bocconcini and fire-roasted tomatoes ($9–$11.65) to share or barter for the salt and pepper shakers. Chefs blend, hand-press, and grill beef patties before graduating them to the hickory burger, which they top with a crown of smoked bacon, cheddar, and barbecue sauce ($13.65).

Diners can revel and socialize in the midst of Browns Socialhouse’s midcentury modernist decor, which sprawls awash in earth tones and soft light from bold neon signs. Table candles illuminate photographic prints and lit accents, such as an “EAT” sign fashioned from exposed light bulbs. Each of the Browns Socialhouse locations features hanging George Nelson bubble lamps for an encompassing modernist design intended to spark artistic conversation and challenge kittens’ self-control.

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Today’s Groupon Vancouver Deal of the Day: Hart House Restaurant – Express Lunch or Brunch for Two or $20 for $40 Worth of Dinner (Half Off)

Buy now from only $19
Value $38
Discount 50%
You Save $19

This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Monday, January 9, 2012. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

In a Nutshell
Executive chef Kris Kabush doles out two-course brunches & lunches plus Pacific Northwest dinner dishes noshed amid lakeside views

The Fine Print
Expires Jul 11, 2012
Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Limit 1 per pair. Valid only for option purchased. Not valid for the purchase of alcohol. Dine-in only. Express lunch or brunch option valid for express menu only.

The Company
Hart House Restaurant
http://www.harthouserestaurant.com/
6664 Deer Lake Ave. Burnaby, British Columbia
(604) 298-4278

With today’s Groupon to Hart House Restaurant in Burnaby, you can choose between the following options:

• For $19, you get a two-course express lunch or two-course express brunch for two (a $38 value). Brunch is served on Sundays only.
• For $20, you get $40 worth of dinner fare.

The express lunch includes:

• Choice of mushroom soup or goat-cheese salad
• Choice of short-rib pasta, battered-cod po boy sandwich, or the chef’s daily lunch special

The express brunch includes:

• Choice of mushroom soup or goat-cheese salad
• Chef’s special brunch item such as a daily omelette or eggs benny

A cozy picture of Tudor revivalist design, the lakeside Hart House Restaurant purveys creative menus full of exquisite lunch and brunch delicacies lauded for their casual elegance. Express lunches quell daily appetite rumblings with salads of marinated beets, goat cheese, and pistachio crumbs as well as battered-cod po boys on baguette bread and a daily chef’s special that makes the most of locally raised, law-abiding ingredients. For the Sunday express brunch, executive chef Kris Kabush brews a mushroom soup that wrings the most sumptuous flavour notes from roasted trumpet mushrooms since world-renowned trumpet player Allen Vizzutti famously stuffed his instrument with handpicked morels.

Dinner dates can sip glasses of white wine ($7+) while swooning over oysters gratin ($14). Main courses include the 7-ounce filet mignon ($28) and seafood selections such as grilled salmon served with fried artichoke ($25) and mussels and fries ($21). Diners can then complete the experience with a sweet meal-capper such as the caramelized lemon tart ($7) or molten Hart cake, which is periodically offered after eruptions of the restaurant’s kitchen volcano.

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