Vancouver Restaurants in Canada’s Top 100: Hawksworth

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This May the list of the top 100 restaurants was unveiled with 18 Vancouver spots cracking the list. That is an impressive number as the culinary world gets more and more competitive on the West Coast and continues to climb up the national ranks. With five restaurants being named in the top 25, I will be digging into each of them over the next couple of weeks to help you decide if you want to dive in and see for yourself why they made this prestigious list.

Coming in at 25 is Hawksworth, located in the stunning Rosewood Hotel on West Georgia Street. The menu created by chef David Hawksworth is foundationally traditional bold flavours that have been modernized to suit a wide demographic of palates. Today, I will be chatting about their current lunch prix-fixe menu which packs a ton of flavour.

Starting with feta and fresh Okanagan peaches, this dish pops with bright contrasts of the fresh herbs and caper vinaigrette against the rich feta and sweet peaches. The pork loin is rooted in summer tones with chantarelles and local North Arm Farm nectarines. The star of the show is the finisher with a sweet corn gelato. Don’t let that throw you off, as a spongy almond cake and beautiful BC apricots balance each other so nicely in each bite. The most innovative and captivating element was the corn husk meringue. The meringue flavour was so unique and left me wanting more on my plate.

I loved the dishes on the lunch prix-fixe menu, and I will be going back for the full dinner experience. I cannot wait to try chef David Hawksworth’s take on “KFC”, a Korean-fried cauliflower. As well as the salmon crudo which features a garlic scape vinaigrette. Crisp plating and immaculate flavour balance were on full display at Hawksworth, which lived up to the hype.

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