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Nasturtium Soup & A Gorgeous Spring Hash At The Acorn

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The Spring menu has sprung at The Acorn on Main Street. We pecked our way through much of it last night. Highlights included a beautifully presented root vegetable hash with fried poached egg (amazing), black beans, coffee-roasted carrots, corn puree, and housemade BBQ sauce ($19), and the nasturtium and spring vegetable veloute with fiddleheads, English peas, pickled pearl onions, and saffron oil ($9). More nibbles from chefs Rob Clarke and Brian Luptak together with some new drinks (love that “Piña Loca”) by Annie Cottrell below…

The Acorn | 3995 Main Street | 604-566-9001 | www.theacornrestaurant.ca

  • Yam, Black Bean + Confit Potato Hash, Coffee roasted Carrots, Fried Poached Egg, Corn Puree and House Made BBQ Sauce
    Yam, Black Bean + Confit Potato Hash, Coffee roasted Carrots, Fried Poached Egg, Corn Puree and House Made BBQ Sauce
  • Piña Loca | The Acorn
    Piña Loca | The Acorn
  • Piña Loca & Virgin Cocktail | The Acorn
    Piña Loca & Virgin Cocktail | The Acorn
  • Bartender Annie Cottrell | The Acorn
    Bartender Annie Cottrell | The Acorn
  • Piña Loca + Virgin Cocktail | The Acorn
    Piña Loca + Virgin Cocktail | The Acorn
  • Bartender Annie Cottrell | The Acorn
    Bartender Annie Cottrell | The Acorn
  • Artichoke & Cashew Spread with Salted Taro Crisps | The Acorn
    Artichoke & Cashew Spread with Salted Taro Crisps | The Acorn
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  • Artichoke & Cashew Spread with Salted Taro Crisps | The Acorn
    Artichoke & Cashew Spread with Salted Taro Crisps | The Acorn
  • Harvest | Yam, Black Bean + Confit Potato Hash, Coffee roasted Carrots, Fried Poached Egg, Corn Puree and House Made BBQ Sauce | The Acorn
    Harvest | Yam, Black Bean + Confit Potato Hash, Coffee roasted Carrots, Fried Poached Egg, Corn Puree and House Made BBQ Sauce | The Acorn
  • Nasturtium Soup with spring vegetable velouté, fiddleheads, English peas | The Acorn
    Nasturtium Soup with spring vegetable velouté, fiddleheads, English peas | The Acorn
  • Nasturtium Soup with spring vegetable velouté, fiddleheads, English peas | The Acorn
    Nasturtium Soup with spring vegetable velouté, fiddleheads, English peas | The Acorn
  • Yam, Black Bean + Confit Potato Hash, Coffee roasted Carrots, Fried Poached Egg, Corn Puree and House Made BBQ Sauce
    Yam, Black Bean + Confit Potato Hash, Coffee roasted Carrots, Fried Poached Egg, Corn Puree and House Made BBQ Sauce

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