First Visit: Wild Rice - Spectacular Cocktails and Quick Bites

We went to Wild Rice (117 West Pender, 604 642-2882) Thursday night for Dining Out for Life 2003.

It's a great, beautiful space. Perfect for cocktails and a quick bite.

We went with a large group and tried almost all of the small plates and a few of the larger plates. We enjoyed the lamb, the buffalo carpaccio ($9), the ahi tuni with wonderful sticky black rice ($9), the nice fiery and complex flavour of the kung-pao chicken ($14) and its three different kinds of broccoli.

The cocktails were exceptional! We especially like Gore Street (lime and melon combo!) and Pacific (wonderful berry flavour and aroma). $7.25 each but worth every penny.

Here's a picture of their stunning neon sign: