My entire family went to Chambar for dinner. I started with the Foie de Canard “villa Lorraine” featuring a spiced foie gras terrine with port reduction, kriek granita, and truffled brioche french toast. The foie gras was mild, but melted on the tongue. The brioche french toast was buttery and lighter than expected. The truffle’s light sweetness and port reduction was paired well with the savoury terrine.
For my main, I had the Canard et Gnocchi featuring spice rubbed duck breast, gnocchi, goat cheese, pea tips, celery and apple salad, watermelon radish, hazelnuts, and sauce bigarade. All the flavours worked together. The duck breast was perfectly cooked. It had a well seasoned crust on the outside and was tender. The gnocchi were soft and slightly gummy. They did provide a nice softness to the otherwise crunchy textures of the dish.
Much of my family ordered the Morue Charbonniere aux Poivre featuring sablefish, sauteed greens, purple fried rice, lotus root chips, and a pink peppercorn miso demi-glace. The sablefish was buttery with slight Asian flavous. Unfortunately the whole peppercorns were too strong.
For dessert, we had the Nuage de Noix de Coco featuring a frozen coconut cloud, passionfruit caramel, finger lime and black sesame. It was a dome-shaped sesame sugar crisp with shaved lime atop. The cloud was coconut milk whipped until frothy and set with gelatin. It was like eating a cloud.
I ordered the Malte au Lait featuring dulche de leche ice cream, toasted milk wafer, milk chocolate malt balls, and whiskey caramel sauce. The best part was the malt balls. They were paired well with the sweet, creamy ice cream and whiskey caramel sauce. The toasted milk wafers were more like thin crisps.
Overall, I think my family and I all enjoyed our dinner at Chambar.
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Chambar
568 Beatty Street, Vancouver, BC