We are participating in the 2006 City Dine promotion that benefits the Canadian Association of Food Banks. This is our menu that we are offering with a $35 wine pairing. The wines paired with the menu offer a great value for some great wines that would normally be worth $50 if we offered them by the glass.
Dinner Menu
$35.00 Three-Course Prix Fixe Meal
$35.00 Rare Wine Pairing
First Course
Weathervane scallops – sautéed~savoury clams ~ fennel broth
Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2004
OR
Cauliflower Soup – truffles~lobster salad ~ smoked steelhead caviar
Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2004
OR
Romaine Hearts – garlic dressing~bacon rasher ~ sourdough crouton ~ anchovy
Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2004Main Course
Cornish Hen – lemon thyme~walnut crust ~ golden beet puree ~ verjus vinaigrette
St. Francis “Nunn’s Canyon” Reserve Merlot 1998
OR
Queen Charlotte Island Halibut – organic carrots ~ chorizo ~ asparagus sauce
L’Ecole No.41 Columbia Valley Semillon 2004
OR
Canadian Striploin Steak – pepper crusted ~ slow cooked leeks ~ fondant potatoes
Benziger Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma 2003
Or
St. Francis “Nunn’s Canyon” Reserve Merlot 1998Dessert
Meyer Lemon – tart~maple ice cream ~ hazelnut crisp
Buller Fine Old Muscat
OR
Rare Cheeses – medjool dates
Buller Victoria TawnyCome out and support this event and the other participating restaurants www.citydine.ca
——————–Tim Keller
Restaurant Director/Owner
Rare One
Monthly Archives: September 2006
blog o’ the day: Brains…brainssss…Brahh…raughh…muhhhh…
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In a world where it seems that every ethnicity and cultural splinter group demands equal airtime, we at the raincoaster blog are heartened to see the undead take their place among the blogoproletariat.
After all, it’s not as if the rest of us are making much more sense anyway.
A sample post:
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September 13th, 2006
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Aim for the head!
Steve Irwin wants you to get a life!
Seriously, people, you’re freaking me out here. 
Much as I dislike seeing searchers for Mango Porno on my blog, and as tired as I got of Lucy Fucking Gao and her merry band of email forwarders, I’m really quite sick of this now.
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keep rocking, Lebanon!
In a followup to this post of mine, Ahmad over at Cold Desert has posted a couple more liquor ads. It’s amazing how patriotic a good marketing company can make getting pissed, eh? We saw it here first, but these guys just don’t stop! They may be hungover, but they’re still on the ball; still, there goes the sales in Southern Florida.
Check out the latest Absolut ads in Beirut:
and
Rebuilding a country is thirsty work. Man, I could really use a drink right now…
for medicinal purposes only
W.C. Fields claimed he only drank brandy as a cure for the bite of a venomous snake, which, he said, “I also keep handy.” But, as always, we must look to James Bond for true leadership, yea, even in the field of medical mixology.
Canadian researchers decided to see if martinis had anything to do with Bond’s apparent good health — remember he was
cleared for duty by a medical professional in The World Is Not Enough. The researchers’ objectives: “As Mr Bond is not afflicted by cataracts or cardiovascular disease, an investigation was conducted to determine whether the mode of preparing martinis has an influence on their antioxidant capacity.”
The experiment found that shaken martinis contain more antioxidants than the stirred variety, and antioxidants have been shown to help ward off cancer and other common killers like heart disease.
And unlike in Ogden Nash‘s famous poem, it is the vermouth.
There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth
–I think that perhaps it’s the gin.
Ogden Nash
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