Society

I never gave much thought about Society. Maybe because I always get the same thing when I go, but it was a friend's birthday and I was out to celebrate with her, and of course Michael came with me as well to back me up.

Welcome to Society restaurant - at 1257 Hamilton St in the the trendy part of Vancouver's Yaletown. I always get the poutine and tomato soup when I go and never thought their menu was special, but then I wasn't exactly making a lot of choices on their menu. The inside of the restaurant is actually very chic, dark with pink chandeliers. The theme of the restaurant is sort of "finding your inner kid" with an adult twist. So some of their alcoholic drinks have spiked milkshakes and cotton candy with their martinis.

I originally thought I would get a small salad and perhaps share an appetizer with Michael, but I ended up getting really hungry and ended with more then just a salad. Michael on the other hand wasn't that hungry because he had a late lunch. So I was a little sad that he wouldn't be munching crazy.

We ended up sharing the appetizer platter

I have always seen their Signature Appetizer Platter but never tried it. So tonight was the night and Michael is the lucky one who gets to share this platter with me. The appetizer platter ($15 per person) consists of two little dishes of poutine (my favourite), mini cheese pizza, chicken wings, mac and cheese balls, and kobe beef taquitos. It came in such a big platter and everything was served in a shareable manner. The poutine was delicious and the french fries crispy. The cheese curds were squishy and the gravy was delightful, thick and very flavourful.

The pizza was nice and cheesy and soft, I liked that I didn't have to deal with any crust, so that was nice. The chicken wings was crispy and very moist. I think that was Michael's favourite part of the platter. I really liked the hot sauce that came with the wings, enough heat for the chicken wings. Both Michael and I thought the mac and cheese balls were fun to eat, it was something different and fun to the classic mac and cheese. The pasta was fried in to little balls, you would think their meatballs, but bits of macaroni would ooze out, As for the taquitos, I originally thought it was going to be dry, maybe from all the terrible memories of school cafeteria taquitos. But the society version was really good, the beef was very moist and the tortilla was wrapped very nicely. The sour cream on top gave it a nice creamy texture and flavour to everything.

Tomato soup

Now moving away from the appetizer platter, I had to get my tomato soup ($8.95), it tasted more creamy then the soup from Burgoo, so I assume it's not as vegan friendly. The soup arrived with two little grilled cheese sandwiches which I shared with Michael, Michael and I really liked that the sandwiches were small and it was convenient to dunk into the bowl.

Fried calamari

Lastly, we got fried calamari with smoked red pepper aioli ($11.95). Michael thought it wasn't worth the price for the portion that served to us. But we both thought the calamari was very tasty,  it wasn't fried to the extreme that the squid loses it's texture and taste. The aioli was also nice and creamy. To wash everything down I got a Peach Fuzz which is a little carbonated martini with peach liqueur and Michael got a beer, he didn't like his beer that much because he thought the cup was small.

I can honestly say that I was so hungry that I didn't take notice from what I was eating, I was eating everything in sight. But my thoughts on Society hasn't changed. It's a nice place to go for casual drinks with friends but it's not somewhere I would go with Michael.

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