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It's Monday January the 29 around 7:20AM and

The Vancouverite Night Out: Sip

Good lord, I'm so very glad I went to Sip Resto Lounge (1117 Granville) before going to their website (Reservations at Open Table). Otherwise I wouldn't have gone. And believe me if you stay too long the place becomes a dance club by the sounds of it. That said I shared some great starters, wine, and dessert there on the eve before Dine Out Vancouver ruined the restaurant scene for a couple of weeks. Although it seemed like some of the Dine Out population was already out. Do these people ever go out for dinner? Dine Out Vancouver is pure evil hell. That was our first topic of conversation. Next was the Serbian and Croation fans fighting at the tennis match in Australia. But that is another story, what about the damned food already:

I'm not sure if they do in fact have "The Best Crab Cakes Ever" (bold statement) like they claim to on the menu, but they were tasty - and best of all kind of as good as one of those one-bite brownie deals. Pop 'em in your mouth, yum. Then again when you have Belgium Beer Battered fries served with a bunch of shooters full of sauce you're pretty well setup. Fries and sauces are good - and it was refreshing they they weren't yam fries for a change. Not that I have anything against yam fries. But enough is enough. The 7 Cheesy Dip (how do you go, no it needs more cheese when you have say 5 or 6 cheeses in a dip?) was great and put some of that with the fries. Just do it. It says there is 18-year old Glenfiddich in there somewhere. Sure. The calamari wasn't anything special, but maybe it was because the cheese perogies had lots of chorizo bits with it. Hard to compete. Bonus meats, always a good call.

Oh ya, and the Mocha Bailey's Creme Brulee was completely ridiculous. As is my nature I am writing them a letter to see if they would come make over to my place and turn my bathtub into the biggest creme brulee ever. Yes, it was that delightful. And don't forget, it is open until 2am, which is nice if you want a late night crab cake.