Father's Day food offerings in multicultural Vancouver allow for tableside (or takeout) travel
From Thailand to Peru to Lebanon, local restaurants are cooking up special dishes for Dads
Torafuku is cooking up various special pan-Asian dishes for Father’s Day. Photo by Leila Kwok.
WITH FATHER’S DAY here this weekend, locals who like to show their appreciation through food have endless options.
Torafuku is known for its Pan-Asian flavours, and chef de cuisine Baker Hsu has created five-course meals designed for two people for dine-in or takeout for Father’s Day. Options for the main event include 24-hour short rib with unagi sauce, wagyu sirloin, and kimchi fried rice; another choice is Torafuku Duck Buns: house made steam buns with include foie gras parfait and candied peanuts. To finish, guests can choose from Mango Pudding or a Basque Cheesecake with yuzu and rhubarb compote. (Meals designed for two start at $105) Sea Bream Rice with ginger, scallion and organic soy sauce is an optional add-on; so is Taiwanese Cold Noodles with duck leg and pickled and crisp vegetables. (Torafuku has just opened a new 24-seat patio.)
Offering fresh takes on classic Asian comfort foods, Heritage Asian Eatery has a Father’s Day Lunch featuring a few new menu items: BBQ Pork Puff Pastry Rolls, Salted Egg Yolk Sesame Balls, Chive and Pork Dumplings, and Steamed Black Bean Spare Ribs. Also in the dine-in or to-go feast (available at the Broadway location) are Truffle Siu Mai, Five Spice Chicken Wings, Crystal Prawn Dumplings, and gai lan. (Designed to feed four, the lunch is $78.)
The Maenam Oyster Kit.
Chef Angus An has created a Father’s Day gift for dads seeking to shuck: The Maenam Oyster Kit comes with the necessary tools; easy-to-follow instructions; garnishes of Nahm Jim sauce, fried shallots, sawtooth coriander, and cilantro; 12 fresh BC oysters. It also includes a copy of An’s cookbook, Maenam: A Fresh Approach to Thai Cooking. Maenam offers a range of family-style contemporary Thai testing menus starting at $55, with a deluxe add-on being chilled steamed crab with ginger-and-truffle sauce ($95).
Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio’s grilled ribeye with panda, chimichurri, and sesame-soy vinaigrette,
Peruvian and Japanese cultures merge in the Nikkei cuisine at Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio. The False Creek location’s executive chef Sebastian Delago is cooking up a 16-ounce ribeye grilled with panda, chimichurri, and sesame-soy vinaigrette ($85), while Ambleside executive chef Jorge Kim offers short rib for two with pickled cabbage, sour gherkins, and olives ($70).
For dads who love BBQ, there’s Nuba’s Father’s Day BBQ Kit. The Lebanese meal is made up of a skewer kit of beef, beef, prawns, red peppers, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, red onions, shatta sauce (hot sauce with jalapeños), and toum (Lebanese garlic sauce); and a watermelon salad sit, with cucumber, greens, lemon, olive oil. The Middle Eastern feast also includes pita, roasted new potatoes, hummus ($99), as an add-on: four tall cans of Nuba Turmeric Ale made by Faculty Brewing ($30).
For the DIY Dad, Juke Fried Chicken has a Fathers Love Flours Too! Kit, with a 1-lb bag of its dredge/coating flour, a 60-g shaker of signature Juke Chicken Seasoning, a 355-mL bottle of Juke’s Sweet and Sticky BBQ sauce, and one 147-mL bottle each of House Hot Sauce and Beer-Spiced Honey ($39).
Five Sails’ signature High Tea for two makes a comeback on Father’s Day, running every Saturday and Sunday thereafter. Chef George’s Savoury Macarons ‘Burger’ comes with house smoked king salmon tartare and salmon roe; Truffle Quiche has Pecorino truffle cheese, Burgundy truffles; Brioche Finger Sandwich features Rougié foie gras terrine; and Niçoise Tartelette is layered with eggs, French beans, asparagus, tomato olives, and Iberico ham. There are other savoury items, including Madeleines with house-smoked kampachi, then sweets: Passion Fruit Tartelette, Pistachio & Raspberry Cone, Michel Cluizel White Chocolate Madeleine, Vanilla & Salted Caramel Profiteroles. Butter scones with Chantilly and honey preserve with tea round things out. (It’s $150 for two.)
Five Sails.
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