24 Oct, 2013
Ottawa Giveaway alert: DATE NIGHT! Tickets to Casual Fridays at the NAC
Posted by andrea tomkins in: Fishbowl patrons|Giveaways and product reviews
We have a winner! Thanks everyone for your entries…. and a big thanks as well to the NAC for hosting this great giveaway.
Dear Fishies.
I can’t tell you how excited I was when I heard the National Arts Centre (a Fishbowl patron!) was launching this amazing new series called Casual Fridays. How can I describe Casual Fridays, other than to say that it promises to be a fabulous evening out? (In fact there’s a photo of me on the NAC Facebook page busily enjoying myself at the media preview for Casual Fridays. Ha.)
As someone who loves (a) going out somewhere lovely (b) food and wine (c) good conversations and (d) great entertainment… this kind of event has huge appeal.
This is how it works (provided you’ve bought your ticket or won it here of course):
Upon arrival you are presented with a glass of wine (it’s included in your ticket) and if you bought into the Culinary Overture (it’s $20 and SO WORTH IT) you’ll be able to nosh on some amazing tapas prepared by the NAC culinary team. The food I sampled at the media preview was amazing. You will die – DIE – with a mouthful of heaven. These are some of the items that knocked my socks off:
- caramelized cauliflower and cashew soup cocktail, bleu Bénédictin foam, bread stir stick
- pork shoulder tacos with charred pineapple, mole verde, Clarmell feta
- bbq duck lettuce wraps with pickled radish and roasted enoki mushrooms (also available in a vegetarian version with smoked tofu)
- tempura prawn po’ boy, butter leaf, smoked chili aioli (I think Mark ate SEVERAL of these)
- lump crab cake with roasted corn, ginger-tamarind chutney, cilantro sprouts
- grilled cheese “lambwich” – brioche, aged white cheddar
Are you drooling yet? (Because I am. Seriously.)
Then you are ushered to the musical portion of the evening; an early start/early finish sans intermission. The first one on November 1 is called Symphonie Fantastique and you can read more about it here. After the musical part of the evening there is time to mingle and chat with NAC Orchestra musiciansat a post-concert reception.
Doesn’t this sound like a fantastic way to end a work week AND kickstart your weekend? It’s delicious, it’s sexy, it’s stylish, it’s a night out that includes the BEST parts of a night out.
So here’s the good news. I have one pair of tickets to give away to one lucky couple for the first Casual Fridays event on November 1 AND it includes the Culinary Overture!
Please promise to have a Po’ boy or four for Mark. ;)
Interested? Please read on:
- This giveaway is for two tickets to the November 1, 2013 edition of Casual Fridays at the National Arts Centre (NAC). Please make sure you are able to go (i.e. have a sitter on speed dial) before you enter!
- In order for your entry to qualify, please leave a comment below. Tell me: which one of the musical presentations appeal to you the post? (You can see them all right here.) I’d also love to hear which of the menu items in the list above would you make a beeline for first! ;)
- This giveaway is void where prohibited by law.
- If you can’t post your comment for whatever reason you can email it to me for posting at andrea at quietfish dot com. Please note, I cannot be responsible if your entry is misdirected or gets stuck in my Spam folder!
I will draw one name using Random.org at noon EST on October 30, 2013. The winners will be able to pick up their tickets at the box office on November 1.
Good luck!
