I decided to take charge over Valentine’s Day this year. I had planned a trip to go to Cypress with my bf, and my 2 good friends and their boyfriends to but things didn’t work out because it was forecasted for heavy rains on the mountain so we decided to go indoor rock climbing instead. Afterwards, we headed over to Long’s Noodle House on Main for lunch. It was my first time there and the food was very clean and light. Which I prefer when it comes to Chinese food.
Afterwards we headed to Espot in Richmond to play some arcade games. After that we went over to Aberdeen for some shaved ice at Frapp Bliss. Me and bf shared the Thai Sensation which included colorful mocha balls, green tea shaved ice, mango ice cream, coconut cream and black rice. We usually go here for shaved ice because it is our favourite place to go but this combination we chose didn’t go very well together. Next time I’ll probably go a simpler route.
After that we headed home to change to get ready for our fancy dinner at La Pentola. The restaurant had called me 2 days before my reservation to remind me of my dinner plans at 8pm. They also mentioned over the phone that there was a valentine’s set menu for the night so that is what they will be serving. I didn’t know about this because it wasn’t on the website so I already had plans to go with the alla famiglia which means that you give the chef the rights to create what he thinks is the freshest and best ingredients for the night and he will cook you a seven course menu or a ten. I was thinking of going with the seven but since they mentioned only the v-day menu was available for the night I told them to send me the menu just to make sure I was ok with it. They sent me the menu and it was alright since if I didn’t go with the menu I would be charged $75 per person for cancellation. The policy is to cancel two days ahead before your reservation. So that means I would have had to call them back the day they called me to cancel.
We started off with the olive oil poached scallop, pea
puree, radish, pea tips dish. One piece of scallop was a little fishy but the
rest was alright. I enjoyed the pea puree. Afterwards, we had the pearl barley
risotto, snails, parsley, black garlic foam. This was a very textured dish. The
pearl barley was very chewy and you had to keep biting and biting. I didn’t
really enjoy this dish as much. It was pretty much a filler for me. I usually
don’t like snails because it has a manure flavor to it. But the snails in this
dish was alright. I had one with a lot of sand in it though.
3rd dish was the uova da ravioli, braised pork,
ricotta, hedge-hog mushrooms confit tomato which was basically a single pasta
with egg yolk inside. I am allergic to eggs but I didn’t think that a small
portion of it would hurt which it didn’t. The pasta had a lot of flavor and it
was well cooked.
4rth dish was the chocolate porter braised short rib,
celeriac puree, morel mushrooms, charred asparagus. This was the weakest of all
the dishes. The short rib was extremely dry. I had to soak the pieces in the
sauce to make it less dry in my mouth. I didn’t finish this dish because I didn’t
like it but over all the rest was fine. I’m glad I didn’t taste the porter in
this dish because I usually don’t like the alcohol favour in my food.
The last dish was our dessert of the night. Which turned out
to be the best dish presented to us. It was the Dolce chocolate panna cotta,
caramelized banana ice-cream with peanut sponge toffee. I really liked the
toffee it gives the dessert great texture and crunch. It really reminded me of
the Crunchie chocolate bar.
Overall the meal was alright. I had a much better
experienced at Dine Out Vancouver for my birthday. We ended the night of
monopoly deal and each others company.
Wishing you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
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