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After reading the Global Peasant‘s fabulous description of dining at Chef Todd’s apartment 12B I suggested it as an option for a dear foodie friend’s bachelorette dinner.
Here is the deal. You get 6-10 people together. You give Chef Todd a call. He sets you up with an amazing six course dinner for a minimum donation of $65.
You arrive at his apartment, 12B, on the night of to find a long table, benches, mason jars for wine glasses and a very adept man in his kitchen. You sit down. Get some wine flowing.
The chef flashes his dimples when serving his dishes, which are all impeccable. And thus, you’re won over at the first course. It’s BYOB. You can get as raucous as you want. It is, in short, a total score.
Here is what us lucky bastards ate that night (and no, I have no idea what we drank. Except there was LOTS of it):
Tarragon asparagus soup with truffled pecorino
Oven roasted figs on puff pastry with Landshire cheese and green beans and sultanas in a citrus vinaigrette
Seven-spice rubbed duck breast with pomegranate mandarin jus and honey glazed beets
Quail à la marengo stuffed with olives and roasted garlic. Served with duxelle artichoke hearts and fennel tomato sauce
Beef tenderloin with sweet onion balsamic demi, mashed potatos and buttery minted peas
Honey chai ice cream with fireball poached asian pears, cantaloup, blueberries and champagne grapes
The end
(above: roasted fig goodness)
(above: the magic duck breast)
(above: honey chai ice cream, hello! Meet my grateful tastebuds)
12B: A unique restaurant idea
Somewhere off Main St
Telephone: 778.389.7295
Hours: Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings
August 26, 2008
Andrew Morrison said,
Nice! Sounds like a lot of fun.
August 26, 2008
Anne said,
It was! If you go, do give Chef Todd my best.
August 26, 2008
Diane said,
I’m glad you gals had as awesome a time as we did! I think it would be great if we had more places like 12b to eat beautiful food, let the wine flow and just generally get our ya-ya’s out.
August 31, 2008
lyndsay said,
i love the idea of concept dining! food looks truly lovely. thanks for posting.
February 16, 2009
WorldWideWaterCooler » Blog Archive » 12B said,
[...] – I can’t think of a more perfect way to describe it. Diane at Global Peasant and Anne at Food & Tell do a great job of describing the experience and the atmosphere. I couldn’t agree more with [...]
March 05, 2009
michelle said,
Chef Todd catered my bridal shower in Calgary when he was here – as a special favour. It was fantastic. Everyone had such an amazing time. He makes amazing food and Todd has a personality to match. When we come to Vancouver we will go out of our way to plan a dinner with him. Fantastic idea and he has the talent to pull it off.
June 17, 2009
Berlin’s Hidden Restaurants | Food and Tell said,
[...] of the most popular posts on foodandtell.com is the post on Vancouver’s hidden restaurant, 12B. Since then I have seen this phenomenon covered on CNN, and most recently on the New York Times, [...]
August 04, 2009
Julia Child’s Chicken, reninvented. Hungry? | Savory Tv | Delicious chef recipe videos said,
[...] a fashion shoot, does he have a 5 star restaurant in NYC? An underground secret venue such as Chef Todd in Vancouver perhaps? What is his last [...]
August 12, 2009
Ron said,
Unpretentious location, great food, lots of fun. BUT,Chef Todd does have a potty mouth. A crude ending to an otherwise great evening…
September 21, 2009
Secret Supper | Food and Tell said,
[...] the spirit of 12B, I came across a list of underground restaurants being compiled at saltshaker.net. Not only [...]
March 07, 2010
NFA, underground goodness | Food and Tell said,
[...] Vancouver underground restaurant scene now boasts 4 restaurants: 12B, Secret Supper, Swallow Tail Supper Club, and the newest entry, [...]
March 08, 2010
PHFBlog said,
Just gave this an honourable mention for our FOMO list.
March 25, 2010
Emery said,
I’m going to Chef Todd’s tonight and am so looking forward to it.
May 24, 2010
Meet you at 12B? « Nansiepants said,
[...] Food and Tell [...]
October 14, 2010
justin anthony said,
Going to 12b tonite and am stoked for grest food, good friends and a helluva lot of wine!
December 09, 2010
Lillian said,
So, this may sound silly, but, I’m guessing the “minimum donation” of $65. is per person? Can anyone confirm?
Thanks!
December 13, 2010
ChrisR said,
Sound like Hunger Hut to me. Hmmmm….
February 13, 2011
Jason said,
Im hearing rumors of a new underground opening soon in gastowns warehouse district. Farm to table I am hearing??? any news? cant wait to try it, younger chef apparently but amazing food!!!!
November 28, 2011
Kim said,
We went this evening. Food was amazing, chef Todd was hilarious, and it was a fabulous time had by all. Highly, highly recommended!!!
December 20, 2011
Mike R said,
Looks Great! Check out Vancouver’s newest underground restaurant, F2F. Just had dinner there, quite impressive. Very refined compared to the other super clubs in the city. Fantastic service, everything was spot on. Chef features local vancouver Pacific North West fare, with a heavy emphasis on local farms produce and proteins. Everything is made from scratch , including the delectable artisan breads and omg, the macarons are out of this world, look out thomas hass!
http://www.farmtwofork.com – check them out, they’ve been getting some national recognition.
Price a bit higher than most, but the food and experience is worth every penny. 7 Courses for $70
December 30, 2011
Fashion Books said,
What an amazing idea and experience! I would like to know if there is something like that here in Los Angeles.