{"id":606,"date":"2009-03-19T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T03:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/?p=606"},"modified":"2009-03-19T22:55:37","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T06:55:37","slug":"cassis-bistro-downtown-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/cassis-bistro-downtown-french","title":{"rendered":"Cassis Bistro (Downtown, French)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made a visit to Cassis Bistro<\/strong> (map<\/a>, web site<\/a>, visitor reviews<\/a>, 420 West Pender St. Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-605-0420) and was really impressed. Cassis Bistro is a French tapas bistro hidden away in a somewhat seedier area of downtown Vancouver on the edge of Gastown (about two blocks from the Granville Skytrain station<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Ron Brill<\/strong> of Martiniboys (click here to read review<\/a>) writes of “…elegantly simple, modern tapas fare…alluring French flavours…” and I concur. Cassis Bistro is definitely deserving of the positive buzz it has been getting recently.<\/p>\n

Pictured below are some of the items we ordered. First was the complimentary amuse bouche, <\/em>which was olives and antipasto served with French bread. The olives and antipasto were served in an interesting narrow tray and whetted the appetite perfectly. For an appetizer, we ordered a crepe with Brie cheese (around $10), which tasted great. Looking at the photo brings back fond memories! For the main course I ordered <\/em>the Duck a l’Orange ($17.50). The menu describes this item as:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Duck and oranges: a combination popular in many countries. This dish consists of Muscovy duck braised with oranges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let me say, the Duck a l’Orange was fantastic (or should I say merveilleux <\/em><\/a> “en Francais”). I am a huge fan of orange juice and oranges in general, and duck is always a special treat for me since I don’t cook it at home. So this was a match made in heaven.<\/p>\n

We also ordered a side dish of some vegetables: beets and zucchini (also pictured below, around $5). This went very well with a side of bechamel sauce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Amuse<\/a>

Amuse bouche (olives and antipasto) with French bread at Cassis Bistro in downtown Vancouver.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Crepe<\/a>

Crepe with Brie Cheese from Cassis French Bistro restaurant in Downtown Vancouver BC Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Duck<\/a>

Duck a l'orange (Duck and Oranges), $17.50 from Cassis Bistro, a French restaurant in downtown Vancouver BC Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Side<\/a>

Side order of market fresh vegetables from Cassis Bistro in Vancouver (beets and zucchini) - around $5.00.<\/p><\/div>\n

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

I made a visit to Cassis Bistro (map, web site, visitor reviews, 420 West Pender St. Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone: 604-605-0420) and was really impressed. Cassis Bistro is a French tapas bistro hidden away in a somewhat seedier area of downtown Vancouver on the edge of Gastown (about two blocks from the Granville Skytrain station). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,175,194,10,69,22,230,54,125,58,13,164,65,222,94,169,101,212,114,66,75,204,49,138,112,26,14,135,61,88,34,126,11,17,207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authentic","category-award-winning","category-bistro","category-casual","category-creative-dishes","category-downtown","category-duck","category-entertainment","category-european","category-favorites","category-food-photos","category-french","category-fun-atmosphere","category-gastown","category-healthy-food","category-hip","category-home-cooked-style","category-licensed","category-live-dj","category-lively","category-lunch","category-near-skytrain","category-new-restaurants","category-open-late","category-people-watching","category-reasonably-priced","category-restaurant","category-soup","category-tapas","category-tourist-attraction","category-trendy","category-upscale","category-vancouver","category-vancouver-restaurants","category-wine"],"views":16043,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","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=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}