Signature Tastes of Vancouver: Favorite Recipes of our Local Restaurants

Do you remember enjoying a meal at that famous restaurant, and wishing you could get the recipe? Or visiting a city and eating at that cute little café that everyone raved about? Well now, you literally have your cake and eat it too. Or at least the recipe for the cake. Signature Tastes of Vancouver captures the recipes that define the City of Glass. From the Curried Clams at the Boathouse, to the quaint eateries surrounding Stanley Park, these are the restaurants, recipes and pictures that define the culinary tastes of Vancouver. The Boathouse Thai Styled Crab Cakes  Makes eight 3 oz. cakes -- serves 4  300 gr Ocean Wise Dungeness crab, squeezed 200 gr cooked Ocean Wise baby shrimp 22 gr chopped cilantro 22 gr chopped basil 1 tsp minced lime zest 90 ml heavy yolk mayonnaise 1 tsp lemon pepper 1 pinch sea salt 20 gr minced shallots 1 tsp cracked chili pepper 1 small egg beaten 120 gr panko flakes  Instructions 1. Squeeze the crab and shrimp to remove excess liquid 2. Combine all ingredients and mix well 3. Portion into 90 gr balls 4. Dip crab cakes in egg wash then roll in panko flakes 5. Heat a small amount of oil in a Teflon pan 6. Add crab cakes and cook over medium heat until golden brown, flip over and finish in oven for approx 5 minutes (350 degrees)  Wine Pairing: Tyee Gewürztraminer -- blended for the Boathouse by Howard Soon.

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