Up in Ontario

Purloined Restaurant July Menu

All of these items, or at least the ideas for them, have been stolen from elsewhere. Cookbooks, newspapers, TV shows, restaurants. Everything is fair game as a source to be purloined.

Starters

Crostini platter • basket of French bread crostinis • herb butter • grilled vegetables • mixed spiced meats • select cheeses • mixed olives

Grilled mixed vegetables • peppers, gourds and roots • savoury humous • French-bread crostinis

Raw vegetables and dip • season cut veggies • daily dips

Kettle-popped popcorn • salted and drizzled melted butter

Bowls of Cheezies • Hawkins' Cheezies • 3 blue bowls

Salads

(all salads served with crostini and a daily selection of custom-made dressings)

Savoury • belgian endive • bartlet pears • camenzola cheese • toasted slivered almonds • white-wine vinegrette

Beet • sliced beets • sliced celeriac • thin-sliced red onions • warmed chevre • white-wine vinegrette

Potato • red nugget potatoes • sweet onions • shallots • celery stalks and fronds • seasonal herbs

Grilled Sandwiches

Back bacon • sun-dried tomato pesto • aged white cheddar • multigrain bread • basil leaves

Asparagus croque monsieur • maple-glazed ham • melted swiss cheese • thick-sliced rye bread • served open-face

Gala apples • softened brie • maple butter • multigrain bread • served open-face

Mains

Braised beef short ribs • port and red wine reduction • roasted pearl onions • wilted swiss chard leaves • herb mashed potatoes

Grilled Lamb Burger • carmelized shallots • aged white cheddar • tzatziki spread • fresh spinach salad • lemon wedge potatoes

Finish

Hot Daily Crisp • fresh seasonal berries • cinnamon-granola crust • French vanilla ice cream

Pa's Special • French vanilla ice cream • fresh seasonal berries • warmed maple syrup

We're taking reservations in the Comments.

Go see Global Metal

Last night we went to the opening of Global Metal here in Vancouver at Tinseltown. Although they maintain the city's worst theatre popcorn, Tinseltown does show some good flicks. Damn them. Because the popcorn and the location both stink.

But enough griping. Global Metal made up for the location.

As a sequel to Sam Dunn and Scott McFadyen's first movie, Metal: a headbanger's journey, Global Metal is another great leap forward for anyone interested in how cultures intermingle, change and are adopted at every scale from global to local. Their storytelling abilities are greatly improved and some of the images are really wonderful. Totally worth seeing on the big screen. And the music rocks and the crowd scenes are fantastic.

But what really sets the both Metal and Global Metal apart from most documentaries is the intimacy and enthusiasm of the filmmakers. Dunn is an avowed metal head from Victoria, BC, and it shows. He's intensely curious about the culture and a fan at the same time. Shooting the crowd and part of the crowd. It's really charming.

And it's a Canadian film that you should support by going to see it at the theatre. It's opened in Vancouver and Toronto this week, and opening in Montreal and Calgary next week. If you can't find a date for it to open in your city, get a copy (c'mon, you must know how) and screen it yourself. Then tell the filmmakers about it, because that's how they came up with the idea for Global Metal — they got it from their fans.

To let them tell their own story, here's a very cool an interview with Global Metal directors Sam Dunn and Scott McFadyen from CBC Radio 3.