Tuesday night, Alberta’s fantastic Dishcrawl communities saw Edmonton with our second event, while Calgary was holding their first event the same night!
We began our journey on Tuesday night at The Dish Bistro (12417 Stony Plain Rd) where we were greeted by their lovely team and enjoyed a delicious savoury trio and a sweet trio! Their atmosphere and concept exuded down-to-earth comfort food and warmth. We also learned about their “Secret Garden”, which we’ll all have to make a point to visit during the spring/summer season!
Chef Michael chatted with us about the wonderful things we’d be trying. Our savoury trio included their pear and cambazola triangle, creamy (but light) artichoke and goat cheese dip with purple yam and papadam “chips”, and a lamb phyllo. Their sweet treat for us was a trio including a tangy lemon tart, toffee pudding and chocolate brownie!
Savoury Trio: Pear & Cambazola Triangle, Artichoke & Goat Cheese Dip with Papadam and Purple Yam Chips, and Lamb Phyllo
Sweet Trio: Lemon Tart, Toffee Pudding & Chocolate Brownie
Our second stop was Matahari, near the end of 124 street (10108B 124 Street). Along one wall was a great seating arrangement! Four person booths side by side within what looked like a massive BOAT! Our hostess for the evening was Wendy, who shared with us the various focal points of their cuisine. We tried mango rice paper wraps with hoisin sauce, Thai curry puffs with a tamarind dipping sauce and Babi kecap (Indonesian braised pork) with coconut rice!
Thai Curry Puff with Tamarind Sauce
Mango Rice Paper Wrap with Hoisin Dipping Sauce
Babi Kecap (Indonesian Braised Pork) with Coconut Rice
Next, we journeyed through an alley (I promised I’d keep them all safe – am certain that all our Dishcrawlers reading this would burst into laughter at that comment!) to a beautiful HOUSE, which happened to have been our third stop! The Manor Casual Bistro (10109 125 Street) was at one point the residence of former Alberta Attorney General John Farquhar Lymburn. A quaint two level home, there is a small private dining room on the main floor, then our Dishcrawlers took over the upper level of the home! Executive Chef (and co-Proprietor) Cyrilles Koppert led us through his preparation and cooking techniques for all of the dishes we tried, to the delight of the Dishcrawl crowd! We started with their poached pear salad, with Danish blue cheese and candied pecans. Our next item was a slow braised duck springroll, and we finished our sampling with their tiramisu!
Poached Pear Salad
Duck Springroll
Tiramisu
A few blocks away (thankfully! The walk in the crisp Edmonton air was great to aid with our food comas) was our final stop of the evening, the delightful d’Lish Urban Kitchen & Wine Bar (10418 124 Street)! Creative warrior and owner, Amanda talked to our crowd about their history and passion for celebrating local producers and farmers and Executive Chef Sarah got our Dishcrawlers excited about the food they were about to taste! They launched their new menu the same day of our event, and we learned about their new lunch service, and also their Sunday family-style dinners! We got to try their seasonal soup shot creation (tomato & lentil was the flavour of choice!), a pair of mini tomato risotto cakes with housemade aioli and finished our evening off with their delicious raspberry and chocolate whoopie pie! Our gracious hosts also gifted us with a lovely parting gift of a bag of Truffled Dill Perfectly Popp’d Corn to continue our experience at home!
Seasonal Soup Shot (Tomato & Lentil), Mini Tomato Risotto Cakes & Raspberry and Chocolate Whoopie Pie
Truffled Dill Perfectly Popp'd Corn
To our wonderful host restaurants – A TREMENDOUS thank you to you and your wonderful staff for the drool-worthy food and fabulous hospitality! To the fantastic Dishcrawlers…thank you for your support, encouragement and incredible company. We saw some familiar faces, met some new ones and had great conversations along the way! Thank you for sharing this experience with us ~ coming with open hearts and hungry stomachs and an appetite for adventure and trying new things/places! It was a pleasure to spend the evening with you all and we look forward to more foodie adventures to come!
In the meantime, check out our photo album posted on Facebook for additional pictures of our evening and follow us on Twitter for future Dishcrawl news!
Until we eat again 
With much gratitude, your Edmonton Dishcrawl team!
