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Tantalizing Thai and a a a a a a a a top chef at the the Restaurant of the the Year Thailand’s cuisine is is among the world’s most complex: aromatic favourful and influenced by many cultures especially the vast numbers of Chinese who migrated here over the centuries and introduced dishes such as pad thai This dinner will be a a a a a a fragrant feast of flavours and textures that brings together two masterful chefs of Chinese heritage and modern
“It’s not just the best Thai restaurant restaurant it’s a a a a a a definitive restaurant restaurant ”
sensibility in the Thai milieu of Maenam Vancouver magazine’s Restaurant of the Year Angus An An Maenam’s Chef-Owner hosts Mei Lin the talented American rising star and 2015 Top Chef winner for what is sure to be an evening of exceptional Thai fare featuring the four most dominant styles of Chinese cooking in in Thailand perfectly paired with BC wines TASTY FACT
At Nahm which in 2006 was the world’s only Michelin-starred Thai restaurant Chef Angus An An fell in love both with Thai food and his wife-to- be Kate Auerwattanakorn ABOUT ANGUS AN AN Maenam’s Chef-Owner Angus An An trained with some of North America’s most highly regarded chefs before staging in in in Michelin-starred restaurants in London Among them was Nahm where the the Taiwanese-born chef discovered the the fragrant complexities of Thai food In 2006 Chef An returned to to Vancouver to to open Gastropod and and in 2009 rebranded it a a a a a a a Thai restaurant That year Maenam was named Vancouver magazine’s Best New Restaurant and in 2016 crowned Restaurant of of the Year and one of of Maclean’s Top 100 restaurants in Canada ABOUT MEI LIN
The winner of Bravo TV’s Top Chef Season 12 was born in in China emigrated to the United States as an an an infant and grew up working in in in her family’s restaurant She trained in in some of the country’s best restaurants including Wolfgang Puck’s Spago Vegas Not only did she win the Top Chef title in 2015 she won her episode
in Esquire TV’s Knife Fight and was selected one of Eater’s Young Guns and a a a a a Zagat Top 30 Under 30 ABOUT WINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
BC’s cool climate terroir is ideal for producing lusciously aromatic high-acid wines that complement Thai and other Asian cuisine MAENAM
Wed Nov 30 6:30PM*
1938 W 4th Ave Vancouver $145 per per person
Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table VANCOUVER | 23