Welcome end of summer and its wonderful bounty of colourful heirloom tomatoes! Abundant, locally-grown, and vitamin-packed, Provence Marinaside’s put together a chef’s tasting menu ($48; additional wine pairing, $20) showcasing tomatoes, grilled prawns, halibut, Dungeness crab, and seared Sockeye salmon.
Feast your eyes on Chef Jean-Francis and Alessandra Quaglia’s tomato menu, and grab a chair at the patio with a lovely view of the Yaletown marina. Provence’s Mediterranean Grill in Point Grey also offers a tomato-showcasing prix-fixe menu.
[Sampling Tomato & Nectarine Salad, Chilled Yellow Campari Tomato Soup]
Chefs’ Tomato Menu 2014
Chilled Yellow Campari Tomato Soup
tomato and black garlic vinaigrette
(Unsworth 2013 Rosé)
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Fresh Tomato Tarte
black tapenade, tomato, garlic chips, marjoram, puff pastry
(Joiefarm 2013 Noble Blend)
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Tomato & Nectarine Salad
grilled prawns, basil oil
(Covert Farms 2013 Amicitia White)
Halibut Puttanesca
zucchini ribbons, polenta anchovy, black olive, tomato, caper sauce
(Muga 2013 Rosé Rioja)
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Dungeness Crab and Heirloom Tomato Stew
mussels, clams, scallops, fennel, roasted tomatoes, white wine and garlic broth
(Clos du Soleil 2013 Sauvignon Blanc)
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Seared Sockeye Salmon
yellow tomato and warm vegetable salad, oven roasted plum tomato vinaigrette
(Covert Farms 2012 Rosé)
Dessert
choice from our menu
(Unsworth Ovation)
