Five Sails

A GuestLife Vancouver
Great Restaurant

For 20 years Vancouver has been home to one of Canada’s few AAA Five Diamond restaurants, an honour the Pan Pacific Vancouver’s Five Sails Restaurant has achieved every year since 1986. One visit and you’ll agree the Five Sails deserves each of these five diamonds: One for the spectacular view, a second for Executive Chef Ernst Dorfler and his contemporary cuisine, inspired by the sea, a third diamond for the stellar wine selection, a fourth for the polished and professional service of the Five Sails team overseen by Maitre d’ Richard Ragueneau, and the fifth diamond for the elegantly understated surroundings, culminating in a flawless dining experience savoured by enthusiastic regulars and newcomers alike.

The Five Sails defines “dining with a view” in Vancouver. Overlooking the sails of Canada Place, the restaurant looks out over sweeping vistas of Vancouver’s harbour, Stanley Park and the North Shore mountains.

It is not just the spectacular vista that draws diners to the Five Sails Restaurant but the inspiring way that Executive Chef Ernst Dorfler and Five Sails Chef Masa Mabuchi have with ingredients. While remaining fresh and current, they are careful to ensure guest satisfaction, preferring an uncomplicated approach and striving to find purity and a perfect balance in the dishes. Whether you drop in for appetizers and a glass of wine, enjoy a meal from the à la carte or tasting menus or attend a winemakers’ dinner, each dish receives the same careful attention to detail.

Complementing the relaxing atmosphere and culinary excitement, the Five Sails wine cellar reveals breadth, depth and variety. The wine list has an extensive selection of international wines and features an excellent collection of West Coast wines.

If Scotch is more to your taste, there are between thirty and forty single malts to choose from including a very rare 40-year-old Bowmore. Any of the knowledgeable servers can easily match selections to go with your meal and tempt your palate.

Fine food, warm service and Vancouver’s ultimate drop-dead-gorgeous view can be yours too. Sit back, relax, and raise your glass to departing Alaska cruise ships and delight in a sparkling West Coast sunset as it disappears into Coal Harbour, a setting like no other.

Five Sails
On the Waterfront at the Pan Pacific Hotel
999 Canada Place
Complimentary valet parking
604-891-2892

Menu Highlights

pictured: Napoleon of Chilled Dungeness Crabmeat, avocado, tomato, melon juice, micro greens & black truffles

Appetizers

Napoleon of Chilled Dungeness Crabmeat
with avocado, tomato, melon juice, micro greens & black truffles

Ahi Tuna Carpaccio
with a spiced pepper crust, micro greens, crispy jumbo prawn dressed in golden shoestring potatoes & fresh cilantro scented oil

Variations of Quebec Foie Gras Chilled
served with a golden pineapple relish and Seared — served with toasted brioche, red onion jam

Chilled Atlantic Lobster Rolls
with pickled Asian pears, micro greens, citrus vinaigrette

Entrées

Catch!
grilled scallops, tiger prawns & fresh catch of the day, fennel butter sauce, shiitake mushrooms & baby vegetables

Slow Roasted Wild British Columbia Sockeye Salmon
braised fennel, artichoke, asparagus, cherry tomato & snipped chives citrus vinaigrette

Roast Fillet of Pacific Halibut
with wild mushroom ragout, artichokes & ricotta gnocchi, veal stock reduction

Crispy Sea Bass
topped with crispy shallots & leeks with orange infused butter sauce & sautéed baby spinach

Roast Rack of Lamb
with a pistachio crust and its own natural jus, bucatini gratin, parsley & carrot reduction & stuffed baby vegetables Provençal

Desserts

“Oooh La La”
A French can can of Valrhona chocolate mousse & orange foam on crunchy pecan nougatine drizzled with melted chocolate medallion orange infused Anglaise sauce, a 2005 Wine Festival Award Winning Dessert

White Chocolate Parfait
filled with cassis purée on crunchy wafer served with decadent dark chocolate ice cream passion, fruit gelée

Normandy Apple Pizza
topped with crispy “bird’s nest” & orange essence served with cinnamon ice cream

Citrus Breeze Cheesecake
served in a refreshing tropical lime soup & lush mango sorbet

Best of the Cellar

White Wine

Louis Roederer “Cristal” Champagne

CedarCreek “Platinum Reserve” Chardonnay

Cakebread Chardonnay

Meursault: “Le Pierieres” 1st Cru

Gewurztraminer “Grand Cru” Pfaffenheim Steinert

Red Wines

Quail’s Gate “Family Reserve” Pinot Noir

Joseph Phelps “Insignia”

Penfolds “Grange”

Antinori “Tignanello”

Richebourg Domaine de la Romanée Conti

Château Le Pin — Pomerol