According to etiquette manuals, napkins may only be used to cover laps, clean up spills, or signal to the waiter that your table has hit an iceberg. Master restaurant etiquette over a gourmet meal with today's Groupon: for $125, you get a dining experience for two at Raincity Grill (a $250 total value). The experience includes the following:
- A 10-course tasting menu for two (a $200 value). This is valid during lunch hours Monday–Friday and dinner hours seven days a week.
- A $50 gift certificate, valid for redemption beginning December 26. Entrees range from $19 to $36.
Nestled along the scenic False Creek waterfront, Raincity Grill dazzles palates with award-winning service and upscale Pacific Northwest cuisine. Executive chef Robert Clark leads the restaurant's team of culinary wizards in transforming locally sourced ingredients into a 10-course tasting menu, which kicks off as a spoonful of seafood arancini opens for a demitasse of squash soup, melding toasted sunflower seeds and crème fraîche. Servers keep the food train chugging with North Arm Farm beetroot salad and Vancouver Island manila clams, followed by a mushroom risotto that fuels gustatory second winds with a motivational speech delivered by the parmesan. Confit of pork belly takes the arduous trek from plate to mouth with a steadfast sidekick of puréed quince, and Peace River lamb cheek flies into mouths wearing a cape of honey and horseradish.
Upon arriving at the three-course finale with all limbs intact, tandems flood mouth-caves with dulcet waves from an apple-and-pear sorbet, pumpkin pot de crème, and house-made hazelnut macaroons. While taste buds revel in the flavours, eyes can drink in panoramic views of the water and urban Sasquatches—vistas afforded by the multilevel dining room’s floor-to-ceiling windows.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Drink Orders
Nothing impresses the lads and ladies at the local watering hole more than a classy drink order like they may have seen on the television or a rich person’s T-shirt. Here are some drink orders that are sure to impress the publodytes the next time you’re on the town:
Straight Up: This classy order tells the bartender you aren’t kidding around. You want your drink served in a glass that’s pointing straight up. None of this almost-upside-down junk. Just remember: perpendicular to the bar—you’re drinkin' like a star.
Neat: This means you want the drink you ordered not to be boring, but neat. The bartender will usually add a pint of fruit juice and a copy of Reader's Digest to drinks ordered this way.
On the Rocks: This drink is for tough guys or gals who want the bartender to argue with them about their drink order as if they are in an on-the-rocks marriage. People do this mostly to practice fighting or pretend they aren’t alone.
Shaken, Not Stirred: This is a great drink order for when you want to embarrass everyone you are with.
Dirty: You want your drink to be a fancy old bottle of wine from the dusty, dirty wine cellar. Enjoy the wine, millionaire.
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