If you are a gardener and a seed saver, mark March 24th on your calendar!

From 9:00am-1:00pm we will be opening our doors and clearing our tables to make way for local food potential. Bring your extra seeds, bedding plants, bulbs etc. and meet other gardeners in the area.

We are proud to support local food and believe seed saving is an integral part of food security. We are hoping this will be an annual event. With enough interest, we can make a weekend of it!

Preregistration is not required. It is a free event with the option to donate to the Women’s Resource Society of the Fraser Valley.

For more information, call Alicia Bodaly 604-855-3545

We are pleased to bring back our Dine Around Abbotsford dinner promotion for 20 days until February 4th. The popular event gives diners a chance to enjoy a sensational three course meal at an award winning restaurant at a value price of just $30 per person. Modeled after the popular Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Around Abbotsford was launched in 2006 by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce to encourage locals and visitors to experience the city’s growing restaurant scene. In the event’s first year, several Abbotsford restaurants participated but once the chamber discontinued its support, the event lost its momentum. Since 2007, we have held our own Dine Around Abbotsford promotion even though we are now the only participating establishment. We hope that with its proven success, additional local restaurants will join us in promoting Abbotsford’s restaurant scene.

January 2012 Dine Around Menu:
Appetizers
Red wine braised imported french escargots
White asparagus, herb butter and sweet … Read More »

At Restaurant 62 we LOVE being in the heart of the Fraser Valley where we have access to endless local food choices.

One of our favourite seasons is the Fall harvest when our local farms and markets are full of fresh apples, squashes, hazelnuts, plums, carrots and more.  And with Thanksgiving here this week, we’re excited to get cooking with these fresh Fall flavours and we hope you are too!

Some of our favourite local spots for fresh turkey are JD Farms or Neufeld Farms, and for the fresh local veggies, there are so many places to choose from including Lepp Farm Market and Wisbey’s Market at 40326 No. 3 Road in Abbotsford.

Whether you’re cooking a roast turkey for a crowd or a special meal for two, we’ve got some delicious recipe ideas to help you bring farm fresh products to your … Read More »

Watch the video of Chef Jeff Massey on Urban Rush here:

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Crispy seared fresh Dungeness crab cakes with red pepper & chipotle jelly

For the crab cakes:

1 lbs fresh Dungeness crab meat

½ cup fresh made mayonnaise

½ small red onion finely chopped

2 green onions or chives or garlic scapes, finely chopped

1 lemon juiced

1 cup Japanese panko bread crumbs plus another cup for breading

Method:

Combine all of the ingredients (reserving the extra cup of panko) together in a large bowl and mix together to combine evenly

Separate the mixed crab into 12 equal portions

Pack the crab portions with the reserved panko in your hands to coat entirely, then place and form the cake shape in a ring mould of appropriate size

Sear the cakes in sunflower oil to an even golden brown and hot throughout

For the red pepper jelly:

2 whole red peppers, diced

½ a chipotle, diced

1-cup sugar

½ … Read More »

Good photography in an industry where taste is everything is very important. It’s the difference between instant coffee and a fine espresso or canned pineapple and the real thing.

Really good food photography whets the appetite, arouses the senses and may even make you salivate.

Recently we booked a photo shoot with Rob Newell, a photographer we worked with a few months ago when Restaurant 62 was featured in Indulge Magazine. We were impressed with his work then and even more so the second time around.

Feast your eyes on some of our favourite shots.

Make your reservation for Father’s Day and enjoy Chef Jeff Massey’s special “manly” dinner menu designed just for dad.

FATHER’S DAY MENU 
(available June 18 & 19)

Appetizers

Sea salt and black peppered lamb chops with fresh herbs -$14

Dulce sherry jus and a tomato jam

Seared diver scallops with smoked bacon and balsamic vinaigrette -$15

Green asparagus salad and parmesan

Smoked mozzarella and Abbotsford heirloom tomato salad -$13

Fresh basil extra virgin olive oil

Entrees

Build your own steak dinner

Choose a premium cut of Canadian beef:

10 oz New York Striploin

6 oz Beef Tenderloin Filet

10 oz Rib Eye

Grilled to your liking and seasoned with sea salt and cracked black pepper 

Choose your topping:

Sautéed tiger prawns in garlic and butter

Fresh Dungeness crab with chives

Roasted Portobello mushroom and caramelized onions

$35

Call 604-855-3545 to reserve

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RESTAURANT 62 PARTNERS WITH CAMPBELL’S GOLD HONEY FARM FOR FIRST ANNUAL MEAD FEST ON MAY 29

B.C.’s first ever honey wine festival comes to Abbotsford

Abbotsford, B.C. (May 6, 2011) – restaurant 62 is pleased to partner with Campbell’s Gold Honey Farm and Meadery for the first annual MEAD FEST in Abbotsford on May 29th. The event will be British Columbia’s first ever wine festival showcasing the ancient tradition of honey wine making.
MEAD FEST will include a Mead Makers 101 course from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Campbell’s Gold Honey Farm & Meadery followed by Mead Makers Delight, an elegant cocktail style food and wine pairing event at restaurant 62 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
“We’re excited to join forces with one of B.C.’s only meaderies to educate people about one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known … Read More »