Pastry PIckle!

Hold onto your hats!  This time, we’re doing something totally crazy: Sweet versus Savoury at the Pastry Pickle.  We’re gonna make some really cool food, pour some great wine, and have the same awesome time that we always do.

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Cucumber ice cream? Chocolate with Rabbit? Tomato?  We’ll be presenting the dishes and you’ll be deciding whether they are sweet or savoury.  At the end of the night, we’ll see who has won the smackdown – sweet or savoury.

We’re thrilled to be holding the Pastry Pickle – sweet vs savoury smackdown at one of Ontario’s best pastry shops: Bobette and Belle.  These folks know how to make pastry and inspired by their raw talent this dinner is going to walk that fine line between sweet and savoury.  Making this pickle be that much more spectacular.  

Still not sure?  Check out what people are saying on our website : secretpicklesupperclub.com

Pastry Pickle – Sweet-Savory smackdown!
Saturday August 13, 2011, from 7:30-11pm
Tickets are $105/person, includes dinner, wine and fun!  (fees & taxes takes it to $125)
And you are invited!

You’ll be dining at Bobbette and Belle in Leslieville.  Chef Matt Kantor is in the kitchen. Your MC for the evening will be Alexa Clark.

Notes:

  • There may be fluffy bunnies, cute lambs and adorable chicks on your plate. Vegetarians beware.
  • There will be nuts, eggs, cocoa, dairy, wheat and shellfish on your plate.  We don’t adjust the menu for allergies.
  • This meal may have a bit more sugar than our previous dinners.  You might get a bit buzzy. Enjoy it!
  • When tweeting about it, remember to use the hashtag #PastryPickle, and don’t forget to follow us@secretpickle@alexaclark and @mattkantor

Don’t miss out because we sell out, seating is limited and demand is high.

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July 16 – Contemporary Vegan aka #VeganPickle

Secret Pickle Supper Club

Vegans rejoice!

You’ve been asking and we’ve been listening, it’s time for the Secret Pickle to go Vegan with the Contemporary Vegan Secret Pickle Supper Club.

Prepared with the skill and imagination of CIA-trained Chef Matt Kantor and presented by the lovely Alexa Clark, this dinner will keep you guessing, thinking and savouring all night long. And for those of you omnivores out there, you won’t know what you’re missing unless you join us.

Think Top Chef meets Toronto’s farmers markets. Read the rest of this entry »

When We Did Tea

The last weekend in May the Secret Pickle Supper Club tookover Steeped and Infused – Jennifer Best’s fantastic tea shop in Leslieville.Through The Front WindowLong and thin, Steeped and Infused created one of the most intimate dining experiences we’ve ever had at a Secret Pickle, and as usual the Secret Picklers were lively and entertaining.

The menu was inspired by and incorporated a wide selection the fantastic teas avialable at Steeped and infused.  Matt’s menu became an exploration of all that tea can bring as aningredient.  And it brought it!

Jennifer Best, the founder of Steeped and Infused, educated us about each tea as it’s corresponding course was presented. She also presented each of the Secret Picklers with samples to take home.

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May is for Tea Pickle!

It’s Tea Time!

We’re excited to announce that the next Secret Pickle Supper Club is being held at Steeped and Infused, a great new tea shop in Leslieville with our guest speaker Jennifer Best the founder of Steeped and Infused.

You can expect fantastic flavours, surprising combinations, and Matt’s signature quality on the plate.   Matt has worked with Jennifer Best, the founder of Steeped and Infused, to hand pick teas and tisanes from her wide selection – Black,  Green, Oolong, White, Roibos and Herbal – to explore the incorporation of tea into cooking.

Tea Pickle : 1 venue, 1 menu, 7 courses, 18 diners Read the rest of this entry »

Saturday’s Spring Pickle

The Secret Pickle Supper Club‘s second Traveling Pickle was held on March 26th at Loft404.

The theme for the evening was Spring and each course was associated with a different Spring Festival from around the world. From Ostara to Korea’s Cold Food Festival, Carnivale de Ivrea to Holi, we ate our way through 7 courses of invocations and symbols of spring all presented through the playfulness of Chef Matt Kantor’s menu.

It was also Earth Hour, so at 8:30 we lit a second set of candles which were preset on the tables and Genna turned off all the lights at Loft404. Except in the kitchen, where it was safety-first.  But one kitchen cooking for 33 people seems like a reasonable way to approach Earth Hour!  We never bothered to turn back on the dining room lights. Which means some dark photos, but a great night! Read the rest of this entry »