The fresh, rugged spirit of the West Coast will be front and centre this February when Wildlight Kitchen + Bar opens its doors in West Point Grey at UBC. This new restaurant will be under the culinary helm of homegrown talent, Chef Warren Chow. The approachable, premium-casual concept will celebrate the diversity of the province’s West Coast cuisine with modern, regional, all-day dishes. Wildlight will also feature select B.C. wines, handcrafted cocktails and weekend brunch.
Thoughtfully constructed and deeply satisfying, Chow’s dishes focus on sustainable regional and seasonal ingredients. This will include using produce from nearby UBC Farm, fresh Pacific seafood, and ethically raised meat. Highlights include the Wildlight pescatarian charcuterie board, laid with housemade salmon pastrami, beet-cured ling cod, marinated Salt Spring Island Mussels, smoked albacore tataki, cod rillette, pickled sea asparagus, warm olives, rye, poppadom and nori crackers. The Wildlight burger, with dry-aged, grass-fed Two Rivers beef, thick-cut bacon, aged white-cheddar, fried onions, tomato jam and smoked onion aioli on a poppy seed bun.
Seafood offerings such as Seared Hokkaido scallops with truffle risotto and miso koji Gindara Sablefish with soba noodles, glazed baby bok choy, edamame, dashi consommé. The all-day menu is paired with a beverage program that features creatively crafted libations with ingredients from local producers. There will also be an extensive selection of the best of B.C. wines, available by the glass or bottle. Wildlight will also offer daily and late-night happy hours as well as weekend brunch.
Wildlight Kitchen + Bar
Address: 107-5380 University Boulevard Vancouver, BC
Website: https://wildlightrestaurant.ca/