What do you drink with a duck?

Published: Wed, 11/15/17

Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures

What pairs best with burnt or under cooked turkey? Will merlot or riesling make nasty Aunt Betty a little nicer? 
Find answers to your burning holiday questions about wine  from a certified sommelier and chef. We’ll  taste seven wines and Chef Robin Kort will walk you through a wine 101 to learn much more about the drink that makes happiness possible;)

Wine tasting with Chef Robin
Nov 25th
Details: Saturday, 7:30-10:30pm at Firefly wines private tasting room - $47
 
Recipe for a rainy day
Nothing will make you happier on a drizzly Vancouver day.  Brew up a batch and giggle the chill away.

 
A German Christmas Feast
Dec 16th
You and your friends are invited to the Swallow Tail underground supper club in Vancouver to savour our annual modern take on a traditional German feast. 


About the star chefs…

The talented Chef Westley Feist (The Vancouver Club) & Chef Erin Vickars (The Vancouver Club/Bishops), stagier at Atelier Crenn in San Fransisco. This dynamic duo has created a fabulous 6 course menu for you inspired by a traditional German Christmas. 


Details: One date only! Saturday 6:30-9:30pm $75 (6 course)

THE MENU

~For the Kinder~

Kinder sugar beet soup

Handmade Dumplings, spice box, winter herbs


~The Garden~

Vegetable terrine

Pumpernickel earth, house pickles, tomato gelee


~The River~

Cold water Blue Mackerel

Con fite baby potato, onion soubise,

TRiver clay, roe


~The Farm House~

Roasted Yarrow Farms BC Goose

Cold smoke, eucalyptus and spruce

Fall apples, sauce normande


~A Snowy Bough~

Spruce, eucalyptus, peppermint


~The Black Forest~

Éclair Noir

Sour Cherry, cedar scented cream

Pine pollen, gold

 
Announcement:
Secret Supper Soiree, our annual travelling culinary odyssey that takes you back in time to prohibition era Vancouver,  is coming back in 2018!  I've picked some really cool new venues, new feature chefs and wineries. Tickets go on sale next week for the Dine Out Vancouver Festival, so keep your eyes peeled for my email as they go fast.  
 
Salmon feast! SOLD OUT
Nov 25th
Master of the sea, Chef Erin Vickars, celebrates the most regal fish in BC with a lavish six course feast at the Swallow Tail secret Supper Club in Vancouver.