La Pentola, located on the main floor of the Opus Hotel Vancouver, delivers Northern Italian cuisine artfully crafted by award-winning duo Adam Pegg and Lucais Syme.  You can enjoy the family-style restaurant setting, or order food a la carte daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or late night.

We were treated to breakfast at La Pentola, to experience the food first hand.  I ordered the OPUS Breakfast which has two eggs, your choice of bacon or sausage, toast and rosti.  Although it sounds simple, some of the touches like the multi-grain bread and spicy Italian sausage made it feel special, and sated my morning craving for protein and salt.  On the other hand, my partner ordered the Kaiserschmarrn (Northern Italian pancake) with raisins, pine-nuts, cream, and house-made jam – sprinkled lightly with frosting sugar.  It was deliciously sweet and yet very hearty.

Although we didn’t get to try any items from their lunch or dinner menus, these two simple but surprising breakfast dishes were a good indication of what one can expect from La Pentola della Quercia.