Complimentary Double Chocolate Brownies at Rocky Mountain Flatbread
On May 12, Rocky Mountain Flatbread will serve up their famous double chocolate brownies for moms who purchase their favourite dish from their brunch, lunch or dinner menu. Additionally if you join them for dinner from 5-7pm on Mother’s Day, the staff will teach the kids how to make pizzas while mom relaxes ($8.50 per child). Check out their menu and make a reservation here: https://www.rockymountainflatbread.ca/
Odd Society x Rabbit’s Food Culinary hosting High (Proof) Tea on May 12
A delightful arrangement of intricate bites using locally-sourced ingredients will be served along with a choice of warming teas and imaginative cocktails. These midday libations are a nod to the whimsy of children’s fiction writer, Lewis Carroll, and rooted in unique ingredients and authentic flavour profiles, including fermented, smoked, nutty, green, floral and sweet. Stare deep though the looking glass and you just might find Alice: a choice of Odd Society Spirits vodka or gin, Elderflower Liqueur, Bittersweet Vermouth, honeybush tea, lemon, celery bitters, Ms. Better’s Miraculous Foamer and usnea herbal tea.
High (Proof) Tea Menu
Thyme scone, whipped butter, rhubarb hibiscus jam
Chamomile custard, caramelized honey, charcoal cracker
Vegan lemon curd, kataifi, basil
Tater tots, celery root, cashew cream, black pepper jam
Beet crêpes, smoked trout, eggs, herbs, apples
Smoked meat sandwich, beef tongue, horseradish, rye
New potato and spring onion soup, bay leaf oil
Vegan Option
Thyme scones, rhubarb hibiscus jam
Chamomile tofu custard, caramelized honey, charcoal cracker
Vegan lemon curd, kataifi, basil
Tater tots, celery root, cashew cream, black pepper jam
Mushrooms and sunchoke “tartare,” wheat berry cracker
Smoked beet sandwich, walnuts, horseradish, rye
New potato and spring onion soup, bay leaf oil
High (Proof) Tea is priced at $42 plus tax per person and includes tea, savouries and sweets, and one cocktail. Tickets must be purchased in advance for either the 12:30 or 3 p.m. seating time and are available at oddsocietyspiritshighprooftea.eventbrite.ca.
Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar – Mother’s Day Brunch and Dinner Buffet Services
Sunday, May 12, Brunch 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dinner 5 to 10 p.m.
The award-winning culinary team at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar will offer the restaurant’s ‘Grand Buffet’ service for both brunch (10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and dinner (5 to 10 p.m.) services on Mother’s Day. Both services offer house-baked pastries, fresh fruit and salads, charcuterie and cheese, an array of fresh seafood selections, carving stations featuring roasted leg of lamb and porchetta and a variety of desserts. As part of its Mother’s Day brunch service, Boulevard will also be rolling out its signature ‘Mimosa Cart’, which offers a choice of elderflower, rose lemonade, classic orange juice and sbpagliato, fresh orange and mint garnishes and a choice of Vaporetto Prosecco or Taittinger Champagne. Reservations for the Mother’s Day grand buffet services ($79 per person plus tax and gratuity, $35 for children) also include a special take-home treat for moms in attendance. For reservations, call the restaurant at 604-642-2900.
Pourhouse – Mother’s Day Brunch
Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12
Pourhouse will give guests a new reason to rise and shine every weekend by adding a delicious new brunch menu starting on Mother’s Day weekend, May 11 and 12. Brunch is available from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday with live music each Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. The menu offers sweet and savoury small plates in addition to larger dishes. Limited reservations for Pourhouse’s weekend brunch services are available with a valid credit card by calling the restaurant at 604-568-7022.
Ancora – Mother’s Day Brunch
Sunday, May 12
Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio is giving guests a memorable way to honor all the mothers in their lives with an exclusive menu of his award-winning Peruvian-meets-Japanese ‘Nikkei’ cuisine for Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 12. The Mother’s Day brunch menu is available from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at both its original False Creek and new Ambleside locations. Reservations are strongly recommended for Ancora’s Mother’s Day brunch service and can be made online or by phone: Ancora False Creek 604-681-1164 or Ancora Ambleside 604-926-0287.
Ask For Luigi – Mother’s Day Cocktail/Giveaway
Sunday, May 12
Ask For Luigi will feature a special Mother’s Day cocktail, the Rosé Spritz (Italian rosé, Cocchi Rosa vermouth, Campari, rose lemon soda). In addition to the featured cocktail, motherswill receive complimentary meringues and can enter a draw for a $100 gift card.
The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar – Mother’s Day Brunch
Sunday, May 12
The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar is giving guests an opportunity to toast all the special moms in their lives by hosting a Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 12 at the downtown Squamish restaurant. Available from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., The Salted Vine’s Mother’s Day brunch service features an array of Chef/Co-Owner Jeff Park’s signature Pacific Northwest-inspired fare such as eggs benedict in three varieties, lemon ricotta pancakes, croque madame and ‘Eggs in Purgatory’, desserts like chocolate fondant and rum pineapple pavlova and celebratory sips such as the ‘Tamiami’ (cherry green tea-infused gin, elderflower, Chartreuse, lime, hibiscus, Prosecco and Giffard violette mist), Aperol spritzes and Michele Chiarlo ‘Nivole’ Moscato d’Asti. Reservations for The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar’s Mother’s Day brunch service can be made online at saltedvine.ca or by calling the restaurant at 604-390-1910.
Homer Street Cafe and Bar Special
Brunch
Butter poached halibut, poached hen’s egg, hollandaise, grilled asparagus & pickled fennel
Dinner
Schinkenspeck wrapped halibut, grilled asparagus & crispy potato salad, local caviar & chervil beurre blanc
Available on Sunday, May 12 in addition to the restaurant’s regular menu. Mother’s Day reservations are recommended and can be made through www.homerstreetcafebar.com.
Tableau Bar Bistro
Brunch
Grilled asparagus, Comté cheese, poached hen’s egg, brioche
Hand peeled shrimp croissant tartine, avocado, spring greens, sunny side egg
Dinner
Haida Gwaii halibut, grilled asparagus, wild mushrooms, sauce vierge
Caramelized scallops and poached Salt Spring Island mussels, spring pea farrotto, charred scallion beurre blanc
Available on Sunday, May 12 in addition to the restaurant’s regular menu. Mother’s Day reservations are recommended and can be made through www.tableaubarbistro.com.
Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet at YEW
This year’s dessert extravaganza includes delightful twists on traditional favourites, such as Grandma’s old fashioned chocolate cake, pecan caramel tart, freshly baked brioche and prune pudding, signature tiramisu, passion polka dot pana cotta, Trifle, a bananas foster action station and other sweet treats.
Mother’s Day Brunch is one of YEW’s most popular events of the year and reservations are highly recommended. Brunch will be served Sunday, May 112, 2019 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm and is priced at CAD 105 per adult, CAD 53 for children ages 6 to 12 and CAD 26 for children under 5. To view the full menu and reserve a spot, click here or call 604 692 4939.
YEW’s First Spot Prawn Boil Dinner of 2019 on Mother’s Day
These communal family-style dinners promise an abundance of laughs and delicious seasonal fare, including grilled onion and baby gem salad, Chilliwack corn, heirloom potatoes, charred jalapeño cornbread, and other sides to accompany perfectly cooked BC spot prawns. Guests can enjoy the sweet, natural flavour of the spot prawns or try them with YEW’s house made pineapple chili jam, lemon-old bay aioli or roasted shallot and garlic butter. This satisfying meal will end with a sweet-tooth’s dream dessert, a BC maple and pineapple upside down torte.
YEW’s Spot Prawn Boil Dining Series will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 pm and is priced at CAD 78 per person. Subsequent dates in the series are May 16, 23, and 26, 2019. Tickets and full menu details are available online here.