Burdock & Co is a pacific northwest restaurant in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver.
Burdock & Co on Main Street since 2013 is chef Andrea Carlson's foraged-and-fermented kitchen, Michelin-starred in the 2022 BC guide, EnRoute Best New 2014.
Signature dishes: Foraged plates, Tasting menu, BC mushroom dishes
Must order: The chef's tasting menu with chef Andrea Carlson's foraged BC plates.
Tip: Reservations on Tock open 30 days out; tasting menu sittings book first.
Address: 2702 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V5T 3E8
Published on Main from 2020 is chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson's wood-fire tasting room on Main, Canada's Best Restaurant 2022 and Michelin-starred 2022.
Signature: Tasting menu, BC sea urchin, Wood-fire plates
Order: The tasting menu; chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson sets the seasonal pace.
Tip: Tock reservations open 30 days out and book within hours; the chef's counter takes a separate higher-priced menu.
Published on Main from 2020 is chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson's wood-fire tasting room on Main, Canada's Best Restaurant 2022 and Michelin-starred 2022.
Signature: Tasting menu, BC sea urchin, Wood-fire plates
Order: The tasting menu; chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson sets the seasonal pace.
Tip: Tock reservations open 30 days out and book within hours; the chef's counter takes a separate higher-priced menu.
Kissa Tanto on East Pender from chef Joel Watanabe and Tannis Ling is a Japanese-Italian room with a 1960s Tokyo jazz cafe feel, Michelin-starred 2022.
Signature: Spaghettini vongole, Tagliatelle bolognese, Crispy tuna otsumami
Order: The spaghettini vongole and the crispy tuna otsumami, the kitchen's signature crossover plates.
Tip: Reservations open 30 days out on Resy; Tuesday is the harder seat. The bar takes walk-ins for spaghettini and a Negroni.
Bao Bei on Keefer Street since 2010 is Tannis Ling's modern Chinese brasserie, Michelin Bib Gourmand 2022, the city's reference natural-wine Chinese.
Signature: Shao bing pork belly, Mantou with chicken, Spicy peanut noodles
Order: Shao bing pork belly bun with the spicy peanut noodles; pair with a sake highball.
Tip: No reservations; the bar walks in from 17:30. Sunday evening is the easier seat.
Maenam on West 4th since 2009 is chef Angus An's modern Thai room, Michelin recommended 2022, the city's reference Bangkok-meets-BC kitchen.
Signature: Crispy oyster pad Thai, Spot prawn curry, Whole Fraser Valley duck
Order: The crispy oyster pad Thai with the chef's tasting; chef Angus An runs the kitchen.
Tip: Reservations on OpenTable open 30 days out; the bar walks in for pad Thai and a Tiger beer.
Tojo's on West Broadway runs chef Hidekazu Tojo's omakase since 1988, the kitchen credited with inventing the California roll and the BC roll.
Signature: Tojo's omakase, BC roll, Spot prawn nigiri
Order: The omakase at the sushi counter; chef Hidekazu Tojo invented the BC roll here in 1974.
Tip: The omakase counter books two weeks out on OpenTable; the dining room takes shorter notice.
Miku on Granville with a Coal Harbour patio has popularised flame-seared aburi sushi in Vancouver since 2008, sister to Minami room in Yaletown.
Signature: Aburi salmon oshi sushi, Aburi prime ebi oshi, Sashimi tower
Order: The Aburi salmon oshi sushi, the dish that defined Miku and aburi-style sushi in Vancouver.
Tip: Patio bookings on OpenTable need a month for summer Saturdays; lunch walks in. Try Minami in Yaletown if Miku is full.
