COAST Restaurant

Went to COAST in Yaletown as part of the Taste of Yaletown event. Parking around yaletown is already an issue, with this special event taking place, it's impossible to find a spot 3 blocks around the area. And it's pouring the day I was there. I ended up doing a valet parking which cost me $7 when I could've paid only $2 for one hour of street parking.

The food was not bad. The crab cake was ok, a bit too flaky for me, and it's filling. I ordered the Surf n Turf. At first I wasn't too impressed because they gave me a rare when I ordered a medium rare. But the beef tenderloin turned out to be really good. Perhaps I should consider ordering rare in the future.

Tried a bite of the risotto. I personally don't like too much cheese in my food and the risotto had a bit too much. The cheese made the risotto really rich and filling. The dessert was a bit disappointing. I was hoping the fondue to be a bit more exciting, but the German chocolate cake was good.

Bread under the candle light.

Appetizer: Dungeness Crab & Halibut Cake

Entree Choice #1: Seared Baja Scallops on Johna crab and pea risotto - A bit cheesy and too rich.

Entree Choice #2: Surf n Turf - the beef tenderloin was really good.

Dessert: Dessert duo - Warm milk chocolate fondue & German chocolate cake

COAST Restaurant
Food: 8.5
Presentation: 8.5
Environment: 7.5 (Score would've been higher if the parking wasn't that terrible)
View: 7
Service: 8
Overall: 7.9

Taste of Yaletown

Similar to Dine Out Vancouver, a number of Yaletown restaurants are doing something called "Taste of Yaletown" and it runs from Oct. 12 to Oct. 28.

http://www.yaletowninfo.com/events/toy.aspx

I think it's great to have initiatives like this to raise awareness for restaurants in the communities. But there were just too many of them this year, the novelty effect seems to be wearing off. To name a few, there's Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Italia, Eat BC, and individual restaurants also host their own. Wouldn't it be more effective if all restaurants are grouped together to have one gigantic Dine Out BC event? Just hold it for a longer period of time to allow people to try multiple restaurants...