{"id":149089,"date":"2017-09-19T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T13:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/?p=149089"},"modified":"2022-01-19T12:12:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T19:12:47","slug":"raw-bar-hotel-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts: Artistically Delicious"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing I adore,\u00a0it\u2019s good food. As a Calgarian, it\u2019s easy to see why- we have a vibrant food scene! Nothing beats the feeling of entering an establishment packed to the brim with tasty eats you hadn\u2019t tried before. As a new parent living in a city without family I, regrettably, haven\u2019t done a lot of dining out in the last year. And I miss it. The sights, sounds, and smells of a packed restaurant. The people-watching. The flowing wine. I miss it all!<\/p>\n

So, when my sister was visiting last weekend, I took the opportunity to get gussied up and head out on the town. We chose a restaurant carefully, ensuring it was one neither of us had visited before.\u00a0Raw Bar<\/a>, located in the trendy Hotel Arts downtown, won our vote. We went in with high expectations, hoping for something to wow us. We were not disappointed!<\/p>\n

Offering a wide array of Vietnamese fusion dishes, Raw Bar\u2019s menu is scintillating. Their food is a culinary experience, and I can say so with authority as my sister and I ordered about 1\/4th of the menu! We settled in with a charmingly funny waitress, who made a superb wine recommendation and started our feast.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Taro & Papaya Slaw
Photo credit: Raw Bar<\/p><\/div>\n

We ordered four appetisers. Yes, four! The salt and pepper cauliflower and crispy sweet potato roll were ordered first and were amazing. We only set out to have two\u00a0appies but couldn\u2019t stop after we had eaten them! I was so impressed with the cauliflower that I wanted to order a second helping but my sister, in her infinite wisdom, suggested we order some new items instead.<\/p>\n

\"Hotel

Pork Belly Steamed Buns Photo credit: Raw Bar<\/p><\/div>\n

Cue the taro and papaya slaw, which we ordered as it walked by en route to another table, and the pork belly steam buns. That slaw was the biggest surprise of the night for me as I generally don\u2019t enjoy slaw of any kind. But it looked just stunning as it passed our table, and my sister loves salads, so I took the risk. It paid off! Light, fragrant, and fruity- it was a revelation. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Lemongrass sliced duck Photo credit: Raw Bar<\/p><\/div>\n

While we were practically licking the slaw\u2019s citrus dressing from the plate, our one entr\u00e9e, to split, arrived. The lemongrass roasted half duck, excuse my drool, was fantastic. With sliced breast and chunked dark meat on the plate, we were not left wanting more. This was exactly what I was after when we booked our reservation. This entr\u00e9e was the reason we chose Raw Bar over the many other acclaimed restaurants in town. The dish was like a high-end, trendy Peking duck. Hoisin sauce on rice crepes, add greens and a healthy helping of duck, all wrapped up in a mini roll. I believe the phrase \u201com, nom, nom\u201d was created specifically for dishes like this. We cleaned the plate.<\/p>\n

And, lastly, our dessert arrived- The tamarind curd. We didn\u2019t know what it was when we ordered it. Truthfully, we still don\u2019t know what it was now that we’d devoured it, but we would order and inhale it again. Which is all you need to know! It was either a gel or firm pudding. At any rate, it was creamy and spiced and had a scrumptious red coulis to accompany it. It left a perfectly light final note on our evening.<\/p>\n

At the end of our nearly 3-hour dinner date, my sister and I were stuffed, satisfied, and happy as could be with our choice of Raw Bar. We tipped our server well, for her perfect demeanour and fabulous wine suggestion, and headed out to the car.
\nAs we were walking out of Hotel Arts, we almost fell into another restaurant, Yellow Door, located in the same hallway. It had an enchantingly quirky d\u00e9cor that the host, who had one of the craziest moustaches I\u2019ve ever seen, allowed us in to examine. I don\u2019t know if it was the lingering good mood from our feast at Raw Bar, but we were smitten beyond belief. It appears we will pay Hotel Arts another visit in the near future. Yellow Door, we are coming for you!\u00a0www.rawbaryyc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Written by Kaeleigh MacDonald
\nKaeleigh MacDonald runs the popular infertility blog Unpregnant Chicken<\/a> where she writes her musings on the wild world that is “trying to conceive”. She holds a B.Ed. in Educational Psychology as well as an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology although nowadays she spends most of her time entertaining her toddler and exploring Calgary. Follow Kaeleigh on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 2017 If there\u2019s one thing I adore,\u00a0it\u2019s good food. As a Calgarian, it\u2019s easy to see why- we have a vibrant food scene! Nothing beats the feeling of entering an establishment packed to the brim with tasty eats you hadn\u2019t tried before. As a new parent living in a
Continue Reading »<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":323191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-drink","cat-22-id","has_thumb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRaw Bar at Hotel Arts - Artistically Delicious | Family Fun Calgary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Raw Bar, located in the trendy Hotel Arts downtown offers a wide array of Vietnamese fusion dishes and artisanally crafted desserts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts - Artistically Delicious | Family Fun Calgary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raw Bar, located in the trendy Hotel Arts downtown offers a wide array of Vietnamese fusion dishes and artisanally crafted desserts.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Family Fun Calgary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/familyfuncalgary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-19T13:30:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-19T19:12:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/files\/2018\/08\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1049\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Family Fun Canada\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@familyfunyyc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@familyfunyyc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Family Fun Canada\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Family Fun Canada\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ac41956e5518b5459cb434052a1c225\"},\"headline\":\"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts: Artistically Delicious\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-19T13:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-19T19:12:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":823,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Food & Drink\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/\",\"name\":\"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts - Artistically Delicious | Family Fun Calgary\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-19T13:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-19T19:12:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ac41956e5518b5459cb434052a1c225\"},\"description\":\"Raw Bar, located in the trendy Hotel Arts downtown offers a wide array of Vietnamese fusion dishes and artisanally crafted desserts.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg\",\"width\":1049,\"height\":700,\"caption\":\"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts (Family Fun Calgary)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts: Artistically Delicious\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/\",\"name\":\"Family Fun Calgary\",\"description\":\"Your source for the best family friendly events and activities\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ac41956e5518b5459cb434052a1c225\",\"name\":\"Family Fun Canada\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec9f7f6e2647041110528b144389d8ff068801979a7b49b08f3bc1694b822ba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec9f7f6e2647041110528b144389d8ff068801979a7b49b08f3bc1694b822ba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ec9f7f6e2647041110528b144389d8ff068801979a7b49b08f3bc1694b822ba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Family Fun Canada\"},\"description\":\"Family Fun Canada is about family-focused adventures! We provide news and information about upcoming events and great attractions in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Halifax.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/calgary\\\/author\\\/familyfuncanada\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts - Artistically Delicious | Family Fun Calgary","description":"Raw Bar, located in the trendy Hotel Arts downtown offers a wide array of Vietnamese fusion dishes and artisanally crafted desserts.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts - Artistically Delicious | Family Fun Calgary","og_description":"Raw Bar, located in the trendy Hotel Arts downtown offers a wide array of Vietnamese fusion dishes and artisanally crafted desserts.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/","og_site_name":"Family Fun Calgary","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/familyfuncalgary","article_published_time":"2017-09-19T13:30:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-19T19:12:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1049,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/files\/2018\/08\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Family Fun Canada","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@familyfunyyc","twitter_site":"@familyfunyyc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Family Fun Canada","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/"},"author":{"name":"Family Fun Canada","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/#\/schema\/person\/6ac41956e5518b5459cb434052a1c225"},"headline":"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts: Artistically Delicious","datePublished":"2017-09-19T13:30:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-19T19:12:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/"},"wordCount":823,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/files\/2018\/08\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg","articleSection":["Food & Drink"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/","name":"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts - Artistically Delicious | Family Fun Calgary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/files\/2018\/08\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-19T13:30:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-19T19:12:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/#\/schema\/person\/6ac41956e5518b5459cb434052a1c225"},"description":"Raw Bar, located in the trendy Hotel Arts downtown offers a wide array of Vietnamese fusion dishes and artisanally crafted desserts.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/files\/2018\/08\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/files\/2018\/08\/Raw-Bar-Duck.jpg","width":1049,"height":700,"caption":"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts (Family Fun Calgary)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/raw-bar-hotel-arts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Raw Bar at Hotel Arts: Artistically Delicious"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/","name":"Family Fun Calgary","description":"Your source for the best family friendly events and activities","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/#\/schema\/person\/6ac41956e5518b5459cb434052a1c225","name":"Family Fun Canada","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec9f7f6e2647041110528b144389d8ff068801979a7b49b08f3bc1694b822ba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec9f7f6e2647041110528b144389d8ff068801979a7b49b08f3bc1694b822ba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec9f7f6e2647041110528b144389d8ff068801979a7b49b08f3bc1694b822ba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Family Fun Canada"},"description":"Family Fun Canada is about family-focused adventures! We provide news and information about upcoming events and great attractions in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Halifax.","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/author\/familyfuncanada\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}