Seasons In The Park
Queen Elizabeth Park
604.874.8008
http://www.vancouverdine.com/seasons-park
Located in the Queen Elizabeth Park, this restaurant offered a true tasting journey for both the eyes and the mouth. Unlike many of the touristy places where they charge you an arm for just the scenery with crappy food, Seasons In The Park actually offered some decent, edible food.
Growing up near this neighbourhood, I cannot remember the countless number of times we had visited the park. Beautiful hills and flower beds covered this park. Wedding photos are taken in the gardens. Surprisingly, the park is not packed. This visit made me realize that I really like this park. Mostly for the following reason:
- It's got captivating views of the northsore and also downtown Vancouver
- It's got beautiful gardens full of colours
- It's spacious unlike most touristy areas
This place is perfect for a stroll on a sunny day. It's got some tourists, but only tourists who are brought here by their local companions.
Despite so many visits in the past, this is my first time visiting this restaurant. We did not try their brunch menu this time. We ended up ordering one appetizer, one from the tasting menu, one pizza, and one of their special entree. I do have to say that the I was most disappointed with their entree. At $30, I did not taste any uniqueness of the dish. Yes, the coho salmon was very nicely grilled, but it is not worth $30. Beef carpaccio was excellent; Pizza was unique with chili mascarpone, capers and shrimp; The tasting menu offered a few seasfood at it raw flavour.
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| beef carpaccio |
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| tasting room: seafood |
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| pizza w chili mascarpone |
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| grilled coho salmon w Quinoa |
For dessert, we ordered a cheesecake and a lemon pie to share. Cheesecake was made using goat cheese. I think it is too strong for me, but maybe goat cheese lovers will really enjoy this. The lemon tart was really good. Strong and sour. I really enjoyed it. Of course, to top it off, we also ordered coffee to compliment the rich flavours of the dessert.
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| Lemon Pie |
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| Goat Cheese Cake |
Quality: Quite good
Price: Reasonable for the scenery + food
This is the perfect place for bringing important visitors, or to enjoy an afternoon tea.
