MOON MENU SERIES

Canadian chef and restaurateur Andrea Carlson opened Burdock & Co. in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood in 2013. In 2022, it became the first Canadian restaurant owned and operated by a female chef to earn the coveted Michelin Star. In addition to her farm-to-table Michelin-starred restaurant, she also owns and operates Harvest Community Foods, a local foods grocer and ramen bar, and Bar Gobo, a wine bar in the Chinatown neighbourhood of Vancouver. 

 

Called ‘The High Priestess of Pacific Northwest Cuisine’ by the Globe and Mail’s Alexandra Gill, Andrea has positioned Burdock & Co. to be on the leading edge of sustainable dining by nourishing relationships with local growers, producers and foragers, investing in people and practices that celebrate the natural world, sustainability, and organic ingredients. In this light, Burdock & Co. is Andrea’s culinary love letter to the land, the people who nurture it, and the seasonal rhythms of the majestic Pacific Northwest.
 

At Burdock & Co, Andrea composes her Moon-themed tasting menus around hyper-regional botanical motifs that wax and wane with the micro-seasons. The full-moon names are drawn from Indigenous calendars and the Old Farmer’s Almanac. 

 

“I keep thinking about the term ‘lighthearted" she says, "There is a light touch at Burdock, a lightness in the way we work — a lightness in the food. Our job is to let the food and wine tell a story — of the land they came from, of the people who spent so much effort growing, tending, foraging — and we are privileged to be a small part of that story.” 

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