Written By Cynthia Annett-Hynes Libations / Victoria / Winemaker Dinners Jul 23, 2014 Coming Up at Taste: The All Bacon Dinner. Intrigued? SHARE VIA: Facebook Twitter PinterestEvery summer Karen Gillis, the winemaker at Red Rooster in the Okanagan, gets together a bunch of friends for a bacon weekend at her house. That’s bacon 24/7, morning, noon and night. Bacon every which way. Is Karen a bacon addict? “I think a lot of people share my problem…” she says with a wink.Over the years Karen’s bacon weekend has gotten a lot more creative. “We have tried a whole bunch of novelty bacon things including bacon jelly beans and bacon frosting which is horrible.” So when the opportunity came to join forces with Taste: Victoria’s Festival of Food and Wine on a food and wine pairing dinner the choice was obvious. “Let’s do an all-bacon dinner where we would pair bacon dishes with wine.”They asked Steamship Grill & Bar, a relatively new restaurant on Victoria’s inner if they’d like to host the dinner and prepare the food. They jumped at the chance. The Steamship is housed in the former Steamship Terminal built in 1924. It’s a high-end steak and seafood restaurant that features heritage beef sourced from Cioffi’s in Vancouver.I met with chef Mike Andrews at the restaurant. We sat inside gazing out the tall windows at all the summer action on the harbour. Mike has worked at the Gorge Vale Golf Club, The Marriott and Canoe Brewpub before taking over the kitchen at Steamship. “We’re setting up a long table upstairs in the Bateman Centre, ” says Mike. “It’s a beautiful space surrounded by the amazing paintings of Robert Bateman – and we’ll be doing a four-course all bacon dinner.”Mike goes over the menu. “The amuse bouche will be lentils sautéed with bacon, a nice demi sauce and pan seared scallops. For the salad course we’ll have artisanal greens with crispy pork belly croutons and ponzu dressing. The entrée is going to be bacon bread pudding with bacon-wrapped pork loin, asparagus and bacon sauce. Then for dessert more bacon, of course. We’ll have salted caramel ice cream with candied bacon caramel sauce and a maple cookie.”The amuse bouche course at the All Bacon dinner: scallops, lentils and bacon. Photo by G HynesThe wine pairings will be from BC VQA winery Red Rooster. Winemaker Karen Gillis will be attending and will pouring her Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Cabernet-Merlot and a dessert wine. Everything is Better With BaconSunday, July 27 with winemaker Karen Gillis of Red Rooster Winery 6:00pm The Robert Bateman Centre with Steamship Grill & Bar $99Buy Tickets Steamship Grill & Taphouse778-433-6736www.steamshipgrill.com470 Belleville StreetVictoria, BC Taste: Victoria’s Festival of Food and WineFor events and times visit their website Steamship GrillVictoriaVictoria Taste SHARE VIA: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Written By: Cynthia Annett-Hynes ... Read More You may also like Beer / Beer & Cider / Drink / Events / Victoria March 24, 2019 A New Beer Society in Town Victoria Beer Week launched its sixth annual festival earlier this month, which ran from March 1-9. In addition to the festival returning for another ... Read More Beer / Wineries & Breweries February 4, 2019 Vancouver Island Brewery’s New Porter and New Re-Rebrand Vancouver Island Brewery unveils new porter along with their new re-rebrand Vancouver Island Brewery held a flight night last week, in part to ... Read More Causes / Events January 25, 2019 Blue Monday Pop-Up Bar – 100 Proof Blues January can be tough around these parts. In fact, it has come to be so globally known as such, that the third Monday of each January has ... Read More Cocktails / Events January 25, 2019 The Complete Bartender Competition 2019 Little Jumbo played host to Nimble Bar Co.’s The Complete Bartender Competition, January 16, 2019 Last Wednesday, I judged my first cocktail ... Read More Beer & Cider / Events / Victoria March 1, 2018 Victoria Beer Week launches its fifth year Victoria is once again readying itself to host the fifth annual Victoria Beer Week. As locals and beer geeks alike wet their palates for special ... Read More Coffee & Tea / Victoria December 18, 2017 Level Ground Trading Moves Up to New State-of-the-Art Headquarters Victoria, BC – Level Ground Trading, Victoria’s Fair Trade pioneer, is moving from their current location in Central Saanich, to a larger ... Read More Comments are closed.
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