Christmas Dinner

Another highly enjoyable Christmas dinner event – they seem to get better every year! Everyone agreed that Vancouver’s Terminal City Club provided the perfect venue for a five-course dinner presented by Executive Chef Dan Creyke, which deserved the fine wines that paired well with each course.

We started with a glass of Bruno Gobillard Champagne Brut, a tasty bubble to accompany canapes of Pear & Chevre Tart with walnuts and honey pearls, Crispy Confit Pork Belly with black bean glaze and crispy shallots and Japanese Nobashi Prawns with okonomi sauce, kewpie and seaweed dust, all excellently presented and interesting tastes.

Upon seating for our five-course dinner, we started with a winter salad of roast golden beets, pomegranate, Pemberton kale and a truffled goat cheese fritter paired with 2019 Gilbert Picq & Ses Fils Chablis Dessus La Carrière, followed by prosciutto wrapped sturgeon with brown butter celeriac velouté and spring salmon ikura and a 2021 Château Carbonnieux Blanc from Bordeaux.

Our main course was cranberry-glazed venison with robuchon potato, crisp brussels, miso creamed spinach, roast carrots and jus paired with a 2009 Chateau Gloria at the peak of maturity, followed by a cheese course of tickler cheddar & Shropshire blue with red wine poached pear mostada and crostini together with a glass of 2012 Michael-David Vineyards Zinfandel Lust. Our sweet finish was a chocolate hazelnut rocher bar with whipped frangelico ganache and fresh raspberry, paired with 1988 Graham Porto Vintage Malvedos, an excellent ending to a fantastic dinner.

During the evening, we were pleased to present membership commemorations for 20, 45 and even 50 years to members, magnificent achievements!

Our thanks go to Chef Dan Creyke for his splendid menu, to Wine Director of the Terminal City Club, the delightfully informative DJ Kearney for her commentary on the wines, to our Cellarmaster Kim Mead for her selection and comments on the wines and to Milena Robertson and Ina Hunt for their record and photographs of a very successful event.