Indigo

A GuestLife Vancouver
Great Restaurant

At Indigo, adjacent to the spectacular lobby at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, accommodating service is a fine art — and The Art of a Fine Hotel surrounds you in both menu and décor.

Seen through muted picture windows, a bustling Burrard Street corner juxtaposes the scene within as Indigo soothes the senses and satisfies the inner self, with its splendid surroundings and delicious West Coast tastes, brought brilliantly together by Executive Chef Andrew Court and Restaurant Chef Tony Crisafi.

At lunch, as you savour grilled paillard tenderloin or other clever dishes, you will be fascinated by the colours and textures around you. Notice the art, the vibrant touches that make it all so sensually rewarding. Notice the blue lights in the slate-gray wall.

Return for dinner — your choice might be the sesame-tempura crusted ahi tuna, an Indigo favourite — and in the evening light the same wall glimmers with the restaurant’s namesake hue.

“The wall is painted in multiple layers,” says Director of Sales and Marketing James Colistro. “Different colours shine through, depending on the time of day and the light that illuminates it.”

Another stimulating element is the fun, funky, open-kitchen bistro moderne, where the art of the chef is highlighted in full view. More? The patterned, sculpted exterior windows of frosted glass, resembling champagne ice, wave upward into clear panes. Deceptively clear, no outsider can see in. For diners, the night view mutes to a discreet navy.

The seating at Indigo is a warm rainbow of crimson, violet, lemon and avocado. Dramatic scarlet and yellow screens flame up here and there between the tables; and dramatic glassworks — note the triumphantly rising Phoenix — glow brilliantly. Electric flower displays sprout luxuriously from Martha Sturdy vases.

The buoyant eclecticism of design is reflected in the menu. “We’re versatile,” says Fernando Gougain, Director of Food, Beverage Outlets. “A casual, spontaneous feel, but at the same time very professional.

“Our strong West Coast ingredient influence comes from our Vancouver base. International visitors, who return again and again, find it consistently appealing.” Invariably these visitors inquire about Indigo’s prominent selection of BC wines and welcome tastings. Easterners love the taste of Indigo’s pan-seared Dungeness crab cakes. Lunchtime clientele are mostly professionals who work nearby. For the dinner experience, neighbouring Yaletown brings a variety of urban diners.

Indigo
1088 Burrard Street
(at the South Tower Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel)
For reservations call: 604-3310-1000

Menu Highlights

pictured: Sesame Tempura Crusted Ahi over wasabi nuggets, lemongrass jus

Appetizers

Grilled snap asparagus spears and prosciutto di Parma
on black olive-rosemary croustarde with tomato-green peppercorn jam and aged Balsamic reduction

Wild mushroom tart
with roasted fennel cream and veal stock reduction

Pan seared Dungeness crab cakes
on Jicama slaw with avocado salsa and Chipotle dressing

Smoked duck confit
with quince jelly and caramelized onions on warm spinach salad with maple-Balsamic vinaigrette

Organic goat cheese soufflé
served on Fraser Valley greens with thyme and wildflower honey vinaigrette

Entrées

Roasted sirloin of Canada-west lamb
on cumin-scented Quinoa with veal jus and spicy apricot coulis

Pan seared wild sockeye salmon
and grilled pink scallops served on a warm potato, artichoke and haricots verts salad with grainy mustard beurre blanc

Classic steak frites
Canadian ribeye with pommes frites, Caesar salad, sauce Béarnaise and veal stock reduction

Sesame tempura crusted Ahi tuna
wasabi crushed nuggets

Fireweed honey & spice seared Cowichan Valley duck breast
over confit risotto, blackberry port reduction

Desserts

Chocolate-pecan-caramel tart
with gooey amaretto pecans

Corn crème brûlée
with blueberry polenta cake

Warm, liquid centre chocolate lava cake
with raspberry-port ice cream

Warm apple spice cake
with vanilla ice cream

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