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Say hello to one of popular new coffee-bar specialties: our artisan Coffee Tonic, which marries caffeine with a tincture of cocktail inspiration. A morning cure-all, this inventive Café Medina exclusive is a bitter, fizzy quinine soda that blends the sweetness of 49th Parallel Old School Espresso and Central American-inspired Bittered Sling Moondog Bitters.
Café Medina is excited to kick off the New Year by playing host to two exclusive evening events — our Robbie Burns Whisky Supper during Dine Out Vancouver on Jan. 25, and our Icons & Heroes dinner as part of the Vancouver International Wine Festival on Feb. 25.
For our featured recipe this month, we’re focusing on one of our “hot” new items on our daily special board — our Spicy Lamb Coca. Featuring a beautiful, naturally leavened crust baked in our forno oven, this flatbread is topped with baba ghanoush, layers of decadent and spicy lamb and fig ragout, a sunny-side-up egg and Lebanese tomato salsa.
We’re not the type to toot our own horn, though we’re extremely honoured to have collected some recent accolades and want to share the good news with all of you who have shown us such an overwhelming outpouring of love and support since we made the jump to our new home in August.
In honour of the holidays, Executive Chef Jonathan Chovancek is wrapping up a gift of one of his most-loved and unique recipes — Brined Turchetta with Cascade Celery Bitters and Pumpkin Seed Salsa Verde — for our Café Medina kitchen spotlight recipe this month.
A play on porchetta, this signature Chef Chovancek offering is not a regular item on the Café Medina daily menu but has quickly proven to be a popular highlight of our evening private event menu.
The genesis of this recipe comes from one simple, burning culinary query: how do you make turkey better? “The answer? Wrap it in pork belly,” says Chovancek. “It’s been one of my specialties for the last three years and I’m excited to now make the celebrated and legendary Turchetta a feature on our holiday menu for private-event bookings.”