News from Scout supporter L’Altro Buca

Vancouver, BC | With Olympic mayhem and meals served in tents now a distant memory, those looking to revel in local fare and fresh flavours at exceptional value can take refuge at Westend favourite, L’Altro Buca. For the next few weeks, chef Andrey Durbach is highlighting the arrival of springtime ingredients with a new menu featuring twenty items under twenty-five dollars, family-style dining options, and prix fixe price breaks. Diners can choose from items such as salad of king crab served with wild prawns, avocado and tomato and basil dressing; grilled asparagus served with housemade pork cheek bacon and poached egg, finished with Parmigiano Reggiano; handmade fazzoletti pasta with osso buco ragu and gremolata; roasted Rossdown Farms chicken served with olive oil mashed potato, lemon, rosemary, confit garlic and fresh baby artichokes.

The full springtime menu is available below. L’Altro Buca is open for dinner seven nights from 5pm, for reservations please call 604.683.6912 or please visit: www.altrobuca.ca.

ANTIPASTI

Porcini mushroom soup with truffled crema, 8.50

Romaine lettuce salad, fried anchovies, lemon, garlic and capers, 9.50
Grilled asparagus with housemade pork cheek bacon, poached egg, Reggiano Parmesan sauce, 11

Antipasto della casa, for two, 15

Salad of king crab, wild prawns and avocado; tomato and basil
dressing, 12.50

PRIMI

Spaghetti: choice of pomodori or pesto sauce,15

Risotto frutti di mare: prawns, scallops, king crab, fresh fish,22

Handmade duck tortellini in brodo,17

Fazzoletti with osso buco ragu and gremolata, 18

SECONDI

Pesce del giorno, fresh fish every day, A/Q

Crisp roasted Rossdown Farms chicken, olive oil mashed potato, lemon, rosemary, confit garlic, fresh baby artichokes, 23.50

Milk fed veal scallopine with mushroom risotto and marsala sauce, 25

Grilled Angus beef shortrib, truffled cauliflower purée, lemon-pepper tagliatelle, Chianti wine sauce, 24

DOLCI

Sorbetto with moscato d’asti

Caffe latte pannacotta with milk foam & fresh zeppolini

Chocolate torta with pistachio crema & salted caramel

Crème fraîche cheesecake with sour cherries

7.50

Tasting and a la famiglia menus available

ABOUT LA BUCA, L’ALTRO BUCA & PIED-À-TERRE

Chef Andrey Durbach and business partner Chris Stewart opened their first venue together five years ago. Today, they own and operate three very distinct neighbourhood restaurants in Vancouver: La Buca, Pied-à-Terre and L’Altro Buca. Guided by the belief that every community deserves a perfect little place to dine, their restaurants offer inviting atmospheres paired with quality, fresh ingredients and exceptional service.

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