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saturday excursion to vancouver, joining friends who were already engaged in a decadent weekend of consumption: first, lunch at feenie's in kitsilano, which is the comfort food-inspired sister restaurant to lumière, located next door. my very first experience with poutine, which i learned about at pommes frites in manhattan but never had a chance to try. these are hand cut potato fries with cheese curds and brown gravy, totally over-the-top and delicious. paired with a truly excellent hamburger and a peach-raspberry smoothie, lunch really hit the spot. topped this off with cupcakes from a bakery down the street.

and then, after several hours of recovery, dinner! which was the tasting menu at west (formerly ouest); eight divine courses, including: tomato gazpacho with prawn salad; scallop ceviche with mango & avocado purée; parfait of foie gras with apple jelly on fruit bread (oh god, this was so good!); and ever more and more. four hours at dinner made for a very late drive back to seattle -- but so worth it.

for posterity, the menu:

i mean, food! food is always worth the drive.