{"id":461,"date":"2008-12-10T22:14:34","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T06:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/?p=461"},"modified":"2008-12-10T22:20:27","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T06:20:27","slug":"chill-winston-gastown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/chill-winston-gastown","title":{"rendered":"Chill Winston (Gastown)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chill Winston<\/strong> (web site<\/a>, map<\/a>, 3 Alexander St., Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-288-9575) is a hip, young restaurant in Gastown with upscale and contemporary Pacific Northwest style food.<\/p>\n

Bonka<\/em>, a reviewer on Dinehere.ca writes (click here to read review<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Great place to “chill”. I’ve come here a few times before (always during the dinner hour) and have likened each experience. It’s decorated like a lounge with large (and comfortable) low chairs. […]the dishes are prepared impeccably well. I will return to try out their brunch\/lunch menus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The crowd is mostly well-heeled twenty and thirty-somethings, who get together to have a good time. The low-light atmosphere is happy, relaxed, and at times boisterous, with much cavorting, indulging, romancing, and “chilling” going on.<\/p>\n

To start, I had the Duck Bacon Unwrapped Scallops<\/strong> ($13, pictured below) which their menu describes as “Baja scallop and citrus ceviche topped with coffee and molasses cured duck bacon on brioche”. Phew, that’s quite a description, but my interest was piqued by the creative combination of ingredients. Fusion at its best, I thought while munching contentedly on every last bit of the Ceviche.<\/p>\n

The main course I tried was the Sea Tiger Prawns<\/strong> ($25, also pictured below), which are grilled prawns in a lemon basil oil with a spinach and almond risotto. My dining companion commented that the chef had presented this dish differently on a previous visit (my serving was more “aggressive” looking, kind of like an angry crab). An angry crab made of risotto and prawns is an angry crab that I would like to meet again!<\/p>\n

\"Sea<\/a>

Sea Tiger Prawns ($25) from Chill Winston in Gastown, Vancouver, BC, Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Duck<\/a>

Duck Bacon Unwrapped Scallops from Chill Winston in Gastown, Vancouver ($13)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Chill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chill Winston (web site, map, 3 Alexander St., Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-288-9575) is a hip, young restaurant in Gastown with upscale and contemporary Pacific Northwest style food. Bonka, a reviewer on Dinehere.ca writes (click here to read review): Great place to “chill”. I’ve come here a few times before (always during the dinner hour) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,175,179,10,69,22,58,13,65,222,94,169,66,75,48,138,74,112,14,38,62,61,88,34,126,11,17,207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authentic","category-award-winning","category-brunch","category-casual","category-creative-dishes","category-downtown","category-favorites","category-food-photos","category-fun-atmosphere","category-gastown","category-healthy-food","category-hip","category-lively","category-lunch","category-modern-decor","category-open-late","category-patio","category-people-watching","category-restaurant","category-seafood","category-small-plates","category-tapas","category-tourist-attraction","category-trendy","category-upscale","category-vancouver","category-vancouver-restaurants","category-wine"],"views":15379,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}