Goldfish Seafood and Chops (Yaletown)

So strange. I swear to God Goldfish used to call itself Goldfish Kitchen. But since the last time I visited (which was A LONG TIME AGO, when Steve Jagger invited Rebecca and me for lunch), Goldfish has experienced some rebranding and relaunching of menus and is now Goldfish Seafood and Chops. The very first people I saw right after my head shave were my good friends Mat Wilcox, Erin McConnell and Wendy Hartley (Erin and Wendy both formerly worked at Wilcox PR) who were there with another couple of friends (one of them, Lecia Stewart with whom I had an absolutely wonderful chat.

Mat and Erin

Me and Mat

Wendy Hartley and me

Wendy invited me along to join their “Girls Night Out” at Goldfish Seafood and Chophouse for a glass of wine, which I accepted as I hadn’t seen them in months, and wanted to catch up. And of course, show off my new hairless do. Interestingly, I can tell I blog about food because I totally went in to take photos of the food before I even let anyone sample it.

We ordered a few appies and shared a couple of bottles of white wine. I’ll have to say, Goldfish definitely has upped the ante on the seafood menu. I hadn’t had any of their food recently and came to be quite surprised.

The marinated Tiger prawns with chili (available on the Happy Hour Menu) were to-die-for. Even if you aren’t a fan of the BBQ short ribs (which I’m not), they were still very tasty. But again, those marinated Tiger prawns totally captivated me. We also sampled some scallops with capers and a creamy dill (those were also to-die-for).

Overall, my verdict on the new Happy Hour Menu at Goldfish Seafood and Chophouse? I like it. I’ll have to come back for dinner!

And also… who doesn’t love dinner companions who are bright, smart, opinionated, entrepreneurial AND who are thoughtful enough to make me pull my gut so I don’t show like I weigh 300 pounds on photos?

Disclosure: My appies and drinks were compliments of Wendy who would NOT let me pay (thanks, Wendy!). While not a full review of the Goldfish Seafood and Chophouse menu, I sampled and loved the Happy Hour menu and will have to come back for dinner on my own dime and taste the rest of their food after the rebranding. As always, I retain editorial control on anything I publish on my site.

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