Canadian Cuisine, eh?

Just what is Canadian cuisine, anyway?

Here come the Feds to the rescue…

At some ungodly hour yesterday morning, the Ministry of Agriculture threw a breakfast bash featuring some of the country’s top chefs preparing dishes of locally sourced ingredients from across the land.

No seal meat or caribou, though, as the ‘True’ North didn’t seem to be included. Top tastes? Everything from smoked salmon to French Canadian cretons on maple brioche.

Faves? A choice of congee, including seriously good pine mushroom and sliced geoduck with barley, from Daryle Nagata (exec chef, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver); and mini prime rib-eye steak ‘n eggs (with ever so delicate and perfectly fried quails egg) and a delicious mushroom bread-pudding, from Rémi Cousyn of Calories Café, Saskatoon.

And what else? Some decent sparkling wine to kick things off – in real style – Sumac Ridge Steller’s Jay.

By Tim Pawsey|2022-10-11T15:16:42-07:00February 11th, 2010|Dining|1 Comment

About the Author: Tim Pawsey

Tim has been covering the food and wine revolution for about 20 kilos. Count 15 kg alone thanks to the blossoming cuisine and wine culture of British Columbia, Canada. His awards include: BC Restaurant Assn. Hall of Fame, Okanagan Wine Festivals Harry McWatters Founder's Award, BC Wine Growers Industry Recognition Award, Vancouver International Wine Festival Spirited Industry Professional award. Tim’s hallmark is seeking out and recommending value wines from BC and around the world that offer quality at every level. He also scopes out noteworthy restaurants that live up to their promises—and often over deliver. For several decades Tim wrote columns in the Vancouver Courier and North Shore News. He currently contributes to several magazines, including BCLS Taste, Vitis and others. Tim is a frequent judge for wine competitions and was a founding judge of The BC Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Wine. He is frequently invited to judge at The BC Wine Awards, and others. Tim has traveled to taste in many of the world’s leading wine regions, across Europe, in North America, Argentina and Chile, Australia and New Zealand, and South Africa.