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Gastown’s “Bambudda” Hideaway Lands Curtis Luk As Its New Executive Chef

Gastown’s Bambudda is located at 99 Powell Street in Vancouver, BC | 604-428-0301 | www.bambudda.ca
Gastown’s Bambudda is located at 99 Powell Street in Vancouver, BC | 604-428-0301 | www.bambudda.ca

The GOODS from Bambudda

Vancouver, BC | Bambudda’s Ray Loy is pleased to announce the appointment of Chef Curtis Luk (formerly of Top Chef Canada Season 2, Fable Restaurant, and, most recently, The Parker) as head chef at the Nouveau Chinese restaurant.

“It’s a perfect match,” says Luk of his new position. “Ray and I were both born in Hong Kong. We both grew up in Canada—in my case Ontario and in Ray’s right here in Vancouver. Because of that, we share a similar Cantonese culinary foundation, as well as an appreciation of Western techniques.”

“Cantonese restaurants were the first type of Chinese cuisine to come to Vancouver,” says Loy. “With Curtis at the helm, Bambudda will continue to reinvent classic Cantonese cuisine with a fresh spin. No one is able to embody that spirit quite like Curtis.”

Chef Luk’s constantly evolving menu, served family-style, places an emphasis on melding traditional flavour combinations with fresh, locally sourced ingredients.

Pork Belly with Taro is served with a sauce of Red Fermented Tofu and Lime. The Salt and Pepper Humboldt Squid is pan-seared and served with a house-made sauce of Szechuan White Peppercorns and Shallots. The Pork Dumplings (gaau) are paired with a Watercress Sauce and Pickled Ginger Salad.

Vegetarian diners will continue to be tempted by Bambudda’s vegetarian and vegan offerings such as Crisp Tofu with Sichuan Pepper, Wood Ear Mushrooms and Kale; Double Cooked Eggplant with Seasonal Vegetables and Crispy Rice Noodles and Roasted Kobocha Squash served with locally harvested Sea Lettuce.

Head bartender Tarquin Melnyk’s inventive cocktail list features in-house infusions of rose hip, citrus, clove, cardamom, green tea and rhubarb that pair perfectly with Chef Luk’s creations.

Bambudda offers a quintessentially Vancouver dining experience where East meets West in new and delightfully unexpected ways.

DETAILS

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99 Powell Street | Vancouver, BC | V6A1E9
Telephone: 604 428 0301
Web: www.bambudda.ca | Twitter | Facebook
Lunch: Thursday & Friday, noon-2pm
Dinner: Tuesday through Sunday, 5:30pm until late (closed Monday)

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The People

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Owner & GM – Ray Loy
Chef – Curtis Luk

About Bambudda

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Bambudda has been a dream of mine ever since early adulthood. I grew up in Strathcona in the 70’s (five blocks from Bambudda), and I’m still living in the same neighborhood. Chinatown and Gastown were a big part of my childhood. I still remember $1.49 Tuesdays at Woodward’s, the original Save On Meats, and Golden Harvest Chinese Theatre at Main & Hastings, where my Mom used to take me for movies.

The cuisine at Bambudda combines elements of the food I grew up eating (either Mom’s cooking or restaurants in 1970’s-1980’s Chinatown) with modern French influences and interpretations in a contemporary setting. Bambudda has a private room for up to 20 people, a corner patio and bar seating with sliding doors that open up in the summer. The menu includes family-style share plates paired with an innovative, Asian-inspired cocktail list.

Chef Curtis Luk uses local, seasonal, sustainable and msg free ingredients to create unique and imaginative dishes. Our menu and cocktail list brings freshness and innovation to you every season of the year. – Ray Loy, Owner/GM

PRESS

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