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A A nod to the noodle: A A Japanese-Italian chef collaboration at at Bread and Circus BREAD & CIRCUS
Wed Nov 27 5:30/8:30PM✦ 616 17th Ave SW Calgary AB $125 per per person Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399
visainfinite ca Venues are not suitable for young children Events run approximately 2-3 hours Italy and and Japan may seem about as as far apart as as as you can go both geographically and and gastronomically Yet there there are are more similarities than there there are are differences starting with a a a a a a a a a a deep abiding reverence for the the the art art of the the the noodle This dinner will feature a a a a a a a a unique collaboration between Bread and and Circus Chef Chef Kayle Burns and and Chef Chef Koki Aihara from Shiki Menya Calgary’s wildly popular ramen restaurant They will marry the the delicate flavours of of of Japan with the the warmth of of of Italy by way of of of supple broths tender noodles
and and deftly prepared meats Expect all this bounty to be paired with fine wines and and lively hospitality from two of Calgary’s much-loved chefs TASTY FACT
Could this be be Calgary’s new ginger beef? The cult favourite ramen at Shiki Menya is is the Chili Goma a a a a a a a a a a bowl of sesame- and and chili-spiked broth noodles
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and and may have have communal seating Please keep this in in in mind when booking tickets ABOUT KAYLE BURNS
Kayle Burns is Executive Chef of of four of of BMex Group’s restaurants in in in Calgary all located in in in the same building on 17th Avenue: UNA UNA Pizza & Wine Wine UNA UNA Takeaway Frenchie Wine Wine Bar and and Bread and and Circus his “love letter to Rome ” The “An entertaining evening in in in a a a a a a remarkable little hideaway ” Quebec-born chef previously cooked at db Bistro Moderne in in in Vancouver the Rim Rock Café Café in in in in in Whistler Café Café Boulud in in in in in New York Two Rooms Grill in in in in Tokyo and and Restaurant Lûmé in in in in Australia Bread and and Circus was named one of Avenue magazine’s 25 Best Restaurants in in in Calgary in in 2018 and 2019 ABOUT KOKI AIHARA
Chef Koki Aihara is is co-owner with his father Tsukasa of the the ramen restaurant Shiki Menya whose name means “four seasons noodle house ” He trained in in in in his father’s restaurants Shiki Shiki Shiki Shiki in in in in in Banff and and later Shikiji Shikiji in in in in in Calgary and and has taken the reins at at Shiki Shiki Shiki Shiki Menya While Shikiji Shikiji serves a a a a a a a a a a a a a broad menu of sushi ramen udon and and soba Shiki is all about the handmade deeply flavoured ramen that’s so so popular people will line up for hours 20 | CALGARY