News from Scout supporter YEW restaurant + bar

Vancouver, BC | Fresh From British Columbia’s oceans, rivers, fields and farms Diners in British Columbia are blessed with an impressive variety of fresh local produce grown and raised across the Province throughout the year. Feel good about enjoying sustainably sourced seafood and flavourful meats, fish and poultry that are thoughtfully raised and prepared. We hope you’ve been making the most of summer – indulging in BC’s juicy cherries, sun-warmed peaches and impossibly flavourful heirloom tomatoes at home, on the road or here at YEW. This September, enjoy our ultra-fresh, local and seasonal dinner concept for dinner nightly at YEW restaurant + bar. Known as “Fresh From…” this three-course, prix-fixe menu focuses on in-season ingredients sourced close to home. Each month the menu will feature a starring ingredient with supporting roles played by complementary in-season produce. This month Executive Chef Oliver Beckert is featuring two much loved ingredients, crab and corn. View the menu after the jump…

“Fresh From” Corn & Crab Menu

$35

To Start
Dungeness Crab Salad, Pink Grapefruit, Jicama
or
Crab Ravioli, Corn Puree, Truffle Parmesan Popcorn

To Follow
Roasted Halibut, Dungeness Crab Fritter, Curried Cauliflower Puree
or
Seared Flat Iron Steak, Crab and Chanterelle Ragu, Smoked Potato

To Finish
Summer Corn Pana Cotta with Popcorn Milk Sherbet

We look forward to bringing you the best of seasonal, regional ingredients all year long from the bounty of British Columbia. Call 604.692.4939 for reservations or click here to make an online reservation.

Wine Down Sundays = Half Off EVERY Bottle of Wine at YEW

Whew! Summer has come and gone, and what an eventful couple of months it has been. As September sets in and kids head back to school , moms and dads, guardians and grandparents are invited to YEW to “wine down.” Stop in to YEW restaurant + bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver for Wine Down Sundays, where each and every bottle on our wine list is 50 percent off.

YEW has a notable wine list featuring great wines from B.C., as well as some great old and new world picks. This September YEW has a few exclusive bottles in the cellar being the only North American restaurant to access Caravan Chardonnay 2008. This elite wine offers perfectly balanced flavours of oak, citrus and green apple flavours and comes direct from Darioush Cellars in the Napa Valley. Come back every Sunday and try Foxtrot Pinot Noir 2006 from Naramata, BC and Cannonball Cabernet 2006 from Napa, California. YEW’s wine list has great depth and offers wines at all price points.

YEW Special Offers

Intrepid diners already know that YEW restaurant + bar is offering 20 percent off dinner Mondays through Thursdays for readers of www.georgiastraight.com. Click here for a printable coupon and see you here soon!

Twitter Gift Certificate Giveaway

Congratulations to gift certificate winner @tripstyler for participating in our August Twitter contest for a brunch for two at YEW, valued at $60. It’s never too late to become a follower and YEW has all kinds of fun Twitter promotions. Visit us at http://www.twitter.com/FSVancouver to become a follower and start tweeting. During the month of September, followers who tweet “Dinner with me and YEW” to @FSVancouver are entered to win a $50 gift certificate.

Call 604.692.4939 for reservations or click here to make an online reservation.

About Yew

Dine and unwind at YEW restaurant + bar, with its West Coast urban vibe that feels both cool and inviting – a rare combination. Its dynamic ambience, creative menu and highly experienced and attentive staff, have made YEW a city favourite every day of the year. Named for the rare indigenous Pacific Yew tree, YEW restaurant + bar provides an ideal escape in the heart of the city.

With large windows and skylights, lustrous wood and natural rock, YEW brings together the most beautiful elements of nature in a clean, contemporary style. The menu represents the broad culinary vision of Executive Chef Oliver Beckert by including ingredients from the entire Pacific region.

Designed to capture the essence of British Columbia’s natural environment, lofty 40-foot ceilings reach to the sky, while wood-panelled walls and a floor-to-ceiling sandstone fireplace emanate warmth and comfort. The very contemporary “raw bar” features stacked alder wood with granite surfaces. YEW’s unique communal table for fourteen is created from a slab of hand hewn western maple from Vancouver Island. Or for a more intimate experience, guests can dine in a glass enclosed Private Dining Room for ten, under a vast sky light located in the center of the room.

“The physical design of the restaurant combines sophisticated urban with the natural beauty of British Columbia,” says Executive Chef Oliver Beckert, “so we wanted a menu that was consistent with that vision. The food we have chosen to include is sophisticated and dramatic. We don’t want to overpower the palate, but we want to stimulate it. Our focus is on the integrity of flavour. We allow the food to speak for itself.”

YEW restaurant + bar is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails and is ideal for both personal and business occasions.

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