4 Menus Not to Be Missed at Dine Around & Stay in Town Victoria 2018

Calling all foodies: From January 19 to February 4, something very special indeed is taking place in Victoria, BC.
 
Dine Around & Stay in Town sees some of the city’s finest restaurants offering carefully crafted three-course dinners for a set price of $20, $30, $40 or $50 per person.
 
It’s a great opportunity for foodies to sample some new restaurants without breaking a bank. Here are four menus you just should not miss at Dine Around and Stay in Town.

$20 Menu: Millos Greek Restaurant and Lounge

Millos has been serving up traditional Greek cuisine for over three decades.
 
For the Dine Around Victoria $20 menu you can enjoy a trip of dips and pita for your first course before moving on to a second course of either Greek salad or trahahas soup – a specialty of Greek Cypriot villages. For the third course you can sink your teeth into chicken souvlaki, moussaka, lanb shank or tourlu tourlu. You then get to finish off your meal with traditional baklava or galaktoboureko – which is made of syrup soaked, cinnamon sprinkled layers of thin buttery phyllo filled with rich semolina custard. Yum!

$30 Menu: The Ruby

Casual and traditional, The Ruby is a breakfast and brunch hot spot that likes to spin vinyl records as you eat.
 
For the Dine Around Victoria $30 menu you can kick off your meal with quinoa crusted cauliflower with cheddar aioli, shrimp chowder with house corn bread, or smoked pork jowls with crispy grits and pickled pepper herb slaw. Then you can move on to crispy fried coq au vin, braised been short rib, or vegetarian shepherd’s pie before bringing your Dine Around meal to a magical finale with chocolate peanut butter torte, lime curd tart or apple fritter. And for extra satisfaction, you can pair the whole meal for just $20!

$40 Menu: The Blue Crab Seafood House

The Blue Crab is known as one of the best seafood spots in Victoria, so you really should jump at the opportunity to sample what they have on offer during Dine Around and Stay in Town.
 
The eatery is offering both $40 and $50 menus during Dine Around. Here’s what you can expect to see on the $40 menu.
 
To begin, you can choose from wild mushroom soup, Caesar salad or organic greens. The main course is all about wild salmon, organic chicken or wild prawn garganelli and dessert showcases a choice of croissant pudding, crème brulee, chocolate raspberry tote or a seasonal treat. Bon appetit!

$50 Menu: Q at the Empress

Celebrating the very best of Pacific Northwest cuisine, Q at the Empress showcases sustainably sourced seafood, traditionally raised meats and a wide variety of artisanal offerings. Here’s what the glorious $50 Dine Around menu looks like.
 
Kick off your feast with white bean and smoked ham soup or baby gem and frisee salad. You can then move on to a main of pan-seared Sooke trout, northern lite rice or primrose porchetta before a grand finale of spiced pear tarte tatin or Aiyana peanut butter bar. Wow!
 
If you’re looking for a stylish hotel in Victoria during Dine Around and Stay in Town, the Best Western PLUS Carlton Plaza is a great option. Take a walk down Government Street from this AAA Three Diamond heritage hotel and in seven minutes you’ll find yourself amid the Inner Harbour and the Legislature Buildings