ciao! reviews
yam and black bean patty, bound with
quinoa, is the basis for flavourful top-
pings including another pile of parsnip
crisps, tangy apple chutney, and pickled
onion for zip. Like all burgers on the
menu, the masterpiece is arranged art-
fully on a chewy pretzel bun.
There’s room for indulgence here,
too. The proof in three words? Farmer
sausage poutine, dripping with
gravy and molten cheese curds from
Manitoba’s own Bothwell cheese. Mac
n’ cheese, another classic comfort food,
gets some edge with the addition of a
splash of Fort Garry Dark Ale. The beer
lends a malty note to smoked Gouda
cheese sauce.
Breakfast is served all day, and start-
ing one's day at a table on the patio,
tucking into the pork belly eggs ben-
edict, rich with buttery hollandaise and
crispy fried potatoes, may be enough
'fuel' to motivate a (long) jog around
the park.
Park Cafe is open daily 8 am-4 pm.
Pineridge hollow
Neighbourhood. . . . Oakbank, MB
Address. . . 67086 Heatherdale Rd 25E
Phone. . . . . . . . . . 204-777-3881
Entrées. . . . . . . . . . . . . $14-$26
To pull off truly impeccable
regional cuisine, two elements
must be at play—a commitment
to and understanding of the land
and the creativity to transform
every ingredient into a culinary
masterpiece. At Pineridge Hollow,
where ingredients can come not only
from within the province but from
the garden mere steps away (eat your
heart out, 100 mile diet), the merging
of these two passions is evident.
Executive chef Matty Neufeld, who
joined the team this year, displays a
passion for local cuisine. Regional
specialties are crafted with Manitoba
ingredients from Wild Earth Farms
and in season vegetables fresh from
the garden, from edible flowers and
herbs to a bounty of cucumbers,
tomatoes, berries, fennel, apples, and
potatoes in the summer months.
The setting is a picture perfect
retreat inside an elegant carriage
house. The prime seats are in the
sunroom, decked out in whitewashed
board, rustic tableware (yes, those salt
and pepper shakers are mason jars),
and strings of fairy lights. Attentive
servers glide across the length of the
room, delivering pitchers of fruit
infused water to tables.
In recent years, chefs been inspired
by the foods that have been eaten here
for centuries, creating new twists on
heritage flavour. Unique prepara-
tions of ever more popular regional
ingredients set the cooking at this
idyllic spot apart. While you’d be
hard pressed to find a restaurant these
days that doesn’t have a beet salad on
Nestled inside
a greenhouse
& gifts experience
sits a wine, pizza
& homemade gelato
bistro where most
ingredients are
grown right on site.
wood fired & inspired
chinosbistro.ca
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ciao! / june/july / two thousand seventeen
Steinbach, Manitoba • 40 min drive from The Mint
Monday-Saturday, 9am-10pm