The GOODS from St. Lawrence

Vancouver, BC | On Feb 20, join us for dinner at Ask for Luigi to try, test and enjoy our menu development for our upcoming sister restaurant – St. Lawrence. Experience four courses of old-school French and Quebecois-inspired cuisine developed by chefs J-C Poirier and Angus An. Each seating includes four courses with wine pairings, an amuse bouche and two mignardises. Ticket price = $125 (includes tax and gratuity).

Early Seating – 5:30 | Ticket Link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-lawrence-pop-up-dinner-edition-02-early-seating-tickets-31893749062

Late Seating – 8:30 | Ticket Link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-lawrence-pop-up-dinner-edition-02-late-seating-tickets-31893951668

J-C POIRIER | J-C Poirier began his career in Quebec, quickly moving through the ranks at Toque!, consistently voted one of the best restaurants in Montreal and Canada year after year. In 1994, after spending 2 years under chef Normand Laprise, J-C decided to move West. JC spent some time working with Rob Feenie and Marc-André Choquette at Lumiere and then in 2011, J-C was appointed Executive Chef for Pourhouse in Gastown, continuing his pursuit of excellence creating a comfort-food based menu full of seasonal, fresh ingredients. Later that year J-C paired up with the partners at Pourhouse and opened Pizzeria Farina, a simple, community-focused, Northern Italian-inspired pizzeria. Then, in late 2013, the group opened Ask for Luigi, a casual and intimate Italian-inspired restaurant specializing in fresh hand made pasta and a white-forward wine list. JC and his team are currently in the process of opening two new highly anticipated restaurants in Vancouver. Joe Pizza will open its doors in Gastown February 2017 and will focus on simple, Roman-style sour-dough based pizza, and St. Lawrence, an old-school French and Quebecois inspired bistro will be opening in Railtown later this year.

CHEF ANGUS AN | Chef Angus An is a graduate of New York’s prestigious French Culinary Institute, where he worked under the world’s culinary greats including Jacques Pépin, Alain Sailhac and André Soltner, and later apprenticed at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s legendary Jo-Jo. After graduating from the FCI, Angus trained under Chef Normand Laprise at Montréal’s Toqué before moving to London, UK, where he worked at Michelin-starred restaurants including The Ledbury and The Fat Duck. Following this he cooked at Chef David Thompson’s famed Nahm, the world’s only Michelin-starred Thai restaurant. At Nahm Angus met his Thai-born wife, Kate, who to this day provides the stamp of authenticity for every recipe. Upon returning to Vancouver, Kate and Angus opened their first restaurant, Gastropod. Lauded by diners and critics alike, Gastropod received several awards for cuisine and atmosphere before closing its doors in 2009. In May of that year, Maenam was born. Serving authentic Thai dishes, the kitchen at Maenam is directed by both Angus and Thai-born Kate. In 2013 Chef Angus opened Longtail Kitchen at River Market in the Vancouver suburb of New Westminster, where it has flourished as a casual dining destination. In August 2015 Chef Angus opened Fat Mao to serve a range of Asian noodle dishes in Vancouver’s Chinatown, and launched Freebird Chicken Shack, also at River Market, in late 2015. Perennial winner of Vancouver Magazine’s “Best Thai” award, Maenam has also received rave reviews from The New York Times, USA Today, and Food & Wine. In 2016 Vancouver magazine named Maenam its Restaurant of the Year.