#DineOut with @hummingbird604 and @eatDockside

I love the Dockside restaurant on Granville Island, and you all knew this. I came here for the first time, I think, when my good friend KG celebrated her birthday, many moons ago (heck, I think I was still doing my MBA!?). And then JT took me here for one of our Valentine’s Day celebrations. And then we came here randomly because we needed to have dinner on Granville Island. And I’ve come here for brunch with LJ before (a good Mexican friend whom, sadly, I have lost all touch with). So, all around, this is the place I come for, in the good and in the bad, particularly when I need a good patio to relax and have good wine and food.

The Dockside Restaurant offers superbly prepared classic dishes in a setting like no other. Located on the waterfront where Granville Island faces the city, guests can enjoy panoramic views across False Creek to the world-famous cityscape of Yaletown and beyond to the mountains of the North Shore.

The open dining room is relaxed yet refined, wrapped in spectacular floor to ceiling windows, while the lounge offers warm intimate surroundings for evening cocktails. The award-winning patio catches sunlight from morning to late afternoon. Protected on three sides it’s an oasis of calm, disturbed only by the occasional sound of boats making their way along False Creek. Recent renovations have added fireplaces and casual seating areas to this Vancouver destination.

The Dockside Restaurant has also been a partner of mine for years and this year for Dine Out Vancouver 2012 they have also partnered with me to give a lucky reader of mine the opportunity to enjoy dinner for two (drinks, taxes and gratuities excluded) at the Dockside Restaurant. This should be a very fun experience. This is the Dockside menu for Dine Out ($28).

All you need to do to enter my giveaway (2 entries per person maximum, one via Twitter, one via comment) is to tell me your favorite Granville Island activity. For me, it’s usually having dinner at a Granville Island restaurant, often the Dockside, and then head to the theatre. I also stroll through the Granville Island market.

For the second and additional entry, you can post the following on Twitter:

Mentioned my favorite activity on Granville Island on @hummingbird604′s blog to enter to #DineOut at @eatDockside http://is.gd/oJ2aO0

I will draw a random winner on January 20th at 2pm, the day that Dine Out Vancouver 2012 starts. Thanks again to the Dockside for always supporting my projects and giveaways! Stay tuned as I have another giveaway coming up with the Dockside. Check out in the mean time the delicious menu of the Dockside for Dine Out Vancouver:

Seared Scallop with smokey corn puree, crispy prosciutto and pea shoots
or
Zucchini Ribbons sauteed with cream, dried tomato, thyme and shaved asiago

ENTREE

Carrot & Caraway Braised Veal Shank with whole wheat gnocchi and brown
butter broccolini
or
Halibut and Jumbo White Prawns with tomato fillet, capers, white wine and crispy
fried dauphinoise potato with grilled asparagus
or
Grilled Vegetable & Goat Cheese Lasagne on yellow tomato oregano coulis with
black olive crostini and shaved parmesan

DESSERT

Filo Wrapped Warm Black Cherry and Marzipan Cheesecake – cinnamon
almonds and spiced white chocolate
or
Caramel Pot au Feu – with 72% Michel Cluizel and crystallized ginger, honey
roasted pears, Madeira stewed figs, orange scented, sea salted short breads

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