Dine Out Vancouver (celebration of food & drink at special prices for a limited time) 2024 is in full swing. Thought I'd take advantage of it for the savings & a chance to try a new restaurant. Recently awarded a Michelin star for the Young Chef Award, Warren Chow is head chef at Wildlight Kitchen + Bar. The award is awesome but that's not why I wanted to try it out. It was more - 'word on the street' - that conjured up my curiosity more than anything else. Located at the University of British Columbia, WKB is part of the Jim Pattison (local billionaire & very nice dude) Group of companies. There's plenty fast food restaurants at UBC & so few of the 'fine dining' nature. This is a newly built up residential area called Lelm(not spelt this way - autocorrected by Yelp!?) Village ('home' in the Musqueam language) with shops, Urban Fare (gourmet grocery) & the year old WKB restaurant. I was mighty impressed with the stylistic decor & swankiness of the interior. This restaurant is classy with an easy on the eyes lighting system, beautiful wood panels & exceptional artwork. The Sablefish Chowder was excellent - lots of chunky seafood bits in it. The Confit Duck Tart was a tasty twist with the croissant base. Whoa the Mixed Mushroom Risotto had me ooohhhing & aaahhhing with every bite. A little salty but loved it nonetheless. The Lamb Shortloin came out looking like Spam. Lol. I had not seen Lamb presented in this way before. It was good but I'd perhaps try the chicken next time. For dessert - get the Lemon Tart! Will do wonders on your palate & have your taste buds dancing. The Coconut Cannoli is for those that best love Cannoli & love it more than I do aka my lack of an Italian palate prevents me from truly rating any Cannoli fairly. I did love the Passionfruit Sorbet that came with it. I want to go back asap & try other menu items as well as popping in for happy hour. Also of note - weekend brunch is on till 3pm. Yelpies get over to WKB pronto! read more