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Toast to the Coast is a wine-tasting fundraiser that features wines from various vineyards and pairs them with food provided by members of the Aquarium’s Ocean Wise™ program, which is committed to helping restaurants and their patrons make sustainable seafood choices. These delicious wine and food pairings are the perfect accompaniment to your exploration of the Aquarium’s galleries in this after-hours event. It’s a unique opportunity to visit the Aquarium’s 50,000 animals amongst charming ambience.
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Restaurants supplying food to Toast to the Coast are committed to providing sustainable, ocean-friendly seafood through the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise™ program. These restaurants demonstrate that having seafood can be both delicious and guilt-free. Visit their websites for more information on each restaurant.
C Restaurant
Blackened wild salmon, jalapeno gel, lime, cilantro
The Donnelly Group
Beef tartare, watercress, caramelized vinegar, hazelnuts
The Fish House in Stanley Park
Rainbow dungeness crab California roll
Hillside Winery & Bistro
Spiced carrot apple soup with golden apple froth
Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek
Okanagan's finest beef neck sandwich with heirloom tomato jam and micro arugula
Oyster - Seafood & Raw Bar
Oysters on a Half Shell
Provence Restaurants
Belizean prawns provencal
Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company
Ocean Wise flatbread pizza
Sundried tomato and goat cheese pizza
Savoury Chef
Pepper crusted seared albacore tuna, tomato gelee and crispy onion ring
Sonora Room @ Burrowing Owl Estate Winery
Okanagan sockeye salmon roulade, forbidden rice cracker, peach relish
Tableau Bar Bistro
Duck rillette on french baguette served with peach mustarda and house made pickles
Wild Rice
Smoked kabocha squash, braised shitake mushrooms, sesame cracker
YEW Restaurant + Bar
Albacore tuna burgers, truffle brioche, pear and golden raisin relish, honey aioli, avocado
Accompaniments
Benton Brothers Fine Cheese
Selection of Cheese
Choices Markets Bakery
Selection of Bread
Gone Crackers
Dessert
The Observatory at Grouse Mountain
Beet root chocolate cake, pecan sauce, nitrogen sour cream ice cream
Soirette Macarons and Tea
Aqua pops
Chocolate truffles
Milk Tea and Cookies
Panna Cotta
Parisian macarons
Reef brownies
Nespresso
Arpeggio: Dark full bodied espresso from 110% arabica
Dulsao do Brasil: Sweet, smooth medium roast espresso
Decaffeinato Intenso: Full bodied espresso with an intense flavour, decaffeinated
All 3 offered as an Espresso, Cappuccino, Latte or Americano.
Wineries participating in Toast to the Coast are located in British Columbia’s beautiful Okanagan Valley or Gulf Islands—two of the best wine regions in Canada. You’d be amazed at the memorable tastes of these remarkable wineries. For more information, please visit their websites.
8th Generation Vineyard
Blasted Church Vineyards
Calliope Wines
Covert Farms Family Estate
Ex Nihilo Vineyards
Fort Berens Estate Winery
Hester Creek Estate Winery
Hillside Estate Winery
Howling Bluff Estate Wines
Inniskillin Wines
Jackson Triggs Winery
Mission Hill Family Estate
Neck of the Woods Winery
Niche Wine Company
Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery
Nk'Mip Cellars
Peacock & Martin B.C. Wines
Poplar Grove Winery
Quail's Gate Estate Winery
Sanduz Estate Wines
See Ya Later Ranch
Thornhaven Estates Winery
Tinhorn Creek Vineyards
Wild Goose Winery
Donnelly Group
Welcome Cocktail
Served by Trevor Kallies
Granville Island Brewery
Cypress Honey Lager
English Bay Pale Ale
Lions Winter Ale
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