How Many Weiners Can You Cram In Your Face In Just 5 Minutes?
October 23, 2009
Scout is proud to present the 1st annual Guggenheimer Dog Gobble, a hot dog eating competition held at Pourhouse for the Vancouver restaurant community on the afternoon of November 2nd (beginning at 3pm). Organised by Lumiere and DB Bistro sous chef Nathan Guggenheimer and Pourhouse co-owner Jay Jones, the friendly scarfdown is being held with generous sponsorship from Okanagan Spring (beer) and Windsor Meats (hot dogs). Anyone currently employed in the local food and beverage trade is welcome to register by adding their name in the comments below (please also email your contact and t-shirt size info to Nathan at natointhesquare@hotmail.com).
As the event draws nearer we will be posting more details, but in the meantime, take a look at the rules… Read more
New York Times Leads With The Econopalypse VS Daniel Boulud
May 17, 2009
Renowned chef/restaurateur Daniel Boulud (of Vancouver restaurants Lumiere and DB Bistro Moderne, plus a gabillion others from Beijing to Florida) was given a four page treatment in The New York Times’ business section yesterday. It covered plenty, but the impending arrival of his much ballyhooed Read more
Twenty Questions At DB Bistro With Star Chef Daniel Boulud
April 28, 2009
The interview above was recorded today at DB Bistro.
With lauded restaurants in New York City (Daniel, DB Bistro Moderne, Café Boulud, Bar Boulud), Palm Beach (Café Boulud), Las Vegas (Daniel Boulud Brasserie), Beijing (Maison Boulud à Pékin), and Vancouver (Lumiere and DB Bistro Moderne); several cookbooks to his credit and a popular television show (“After Hours with Daniel”), Daniel Boulud is one of the world’s most celebrated chef/restaurateurs and a definite force of nature. Read more
Deals At DB Bistro Moderne and Lumiere
February 2, 2009
Scout community members DB Bistro Moderne and Lumiere are extending their dining deals into February.
Dine Out Vancouver 2009 has come to an end, but DB Bistro Moderne and Lumière continue to offer exceptional dining deals this month. Due to overwhelming response, DB Bistro Moderne has extended their Dine Out Vancouver 2009 menu. Until February 12th, guests can continue to enjoy a special three-course dinner for $38. Next door at the award-winning Lumière, a three-course prix fixe is being offered for $58 until February 12th as well.
For more information and reservation information, please visit www.dbbistro.ca and www.lumiere.ca.
Scout’s DB & Lumiere Shots
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Lumiere And DB Open Wednesday
December 7, 2008
Word from David Sidoo tonight is that Lumiere and db Bistro will open to the public for sure on Wednesday. Lumiere is dinner only. db Bistro is both lunch and dinner. Total dog pile.
In case you missed the photoset from the preview:
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First Look At The New Lumiere
December 2, 2008
Though they don’t “officially” open until the 10th of December, Lumiere and db Bistro Moderne opened up long enough to give the media and various bigwigs a swig and a taste tonight.
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Understandably, first impressions were hamstrung by the boisterous crowd and the party atmosphere. It was a very entertaining, usual suspects affair, with much of the serious talk focused on the coming financial dreadnought that appears bent on shelling the harbours of everybody, all mean and unpredictable like. People were drinking, naturally.
I wanted to get to know the place but hardly a corner could be spied in the general crush of bodies, and details were the stuff of impossible concentration (glass in hand). It’s always hard to gauge a new room when it’s first presented as a stand up affair, but you could tell that the bones were very pretty indeed. I hope to get a proper feel in the weeks to come.
The morsels I tried were excellent, and towards the end of the night Daniel sat many of us down for a few courses, which were outstanding. Juicy burgers. Short rib cigarettes. Pork belly. Arctic char. And my goodness, wine and champagne.
Panicked whispers aside, it was a very timely retreat from all remembrances of things bad. Everyone may have been talking about it, but no one was really thinking that we have a Tunguska-like economic disaster in the offing, with a left-wing coup in the works to boot. It was like a fairy tale, with the best hospitality, the most gorgeous people, and an ambience dripping with charm and elation. Not a falsehood at all, but I imagine a fever dream chimera to most.
I’ve supplied some photos above. Not much, I guess, but not bad considering I was taking shots with my sipping hand, and the end of the world was nigh.
Q&A With Lumiere’s Dale Mackay
November 14, 2008
Each week, Scout poses 60 questions to an individual who has enriched our lives in some way. Interviewees are asked to pick and answer just 20. Dale Mackay is the executive chef of the new Lumiere, opening next month at 2551 West Broadway.
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executive chef Dale Mackay | photo B. Milne
The thing that you eat that is bad for you that you will never stop eating: Ketchup chips
Drink you’ll never have again: Frozen Mojito
Favourite Vancouver bridge: Burrard Bridge
Best Vancouver patio: DB Bistro
Book you’re reading: Letter to a Young Chef by Daniel Boulud
Last place traveled: Beijing for the 2008 Summer Games
What are you proud of: My son Ayden
The thing that makes you the angriest: When people lie
Ice cream flavour: Mint chocolate chip
Food your mom makes better than anyone: Braised chicken wings
Musical instrument you long to play: Trumpet
Grooming products: A bar of soap and a bath
Mac or PC: MAC
Favourite book as a child: The Box Car Children
The number of fist fights you’ve been in: Two. One Win. One Loss
Local person you admire most: My Mom
The thing you’re most ashamed of: My spelling
Town you were born in: Saskatoon, Sask.
Default junk food: Slurpees
The career path you considered but never followed: Acting
Biggest hope: That my Son will have a happy and healthy life
