Hy’s Steakhouse & Cocktail Bar — Hy’s featured on CBC — Dinner and a show
January 28, 2019

Hy’s featured on CBC — Dinner and a show

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Vancouver restaurants bring dish prep to the table

CBC food columnist, Gail Johnson —

In Vancouver, one of the most iconic tableside service restaurants is Hy’s Steakhouse and Cocktail Bar, says Johnson, which first opened in 1955.

If you order a Caesar salad at Hy’s, a server will pull up a little cart — set up with a large salad bowl and all the ingredients — and prepare it on the spot.

“First goes in the cracked black pepper, fresh garlic, and chopped anchovies, then a whole egg, and so on, the server whisking furiously after each addition before tossing it all together with fresh Parmesan,” said Johnson.

“The plates, too, are dressed with fresh lemon and black pepper, et voila!”

Johnson says Hy’s also offers such tableside dishes as a Chateaubriand, Steak Diane and desserts like bananas foster.

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