Win An Exclusive Dinner Experience at S+L Kitchen & Bar in Langley
I seriously envy young couples in Surrey and Langley in this day and age, with great date night and dine out options available like the impressive new S+L Kitchen & Bar.
In my early twenties, most of the date night options in my hometown suburb would have been a pub (with pull tabs), or the same casual chain restaurant I used to go to with my grade 7 volleyball team (with orders of chicken fingers and fries all around). When I heard two separate couples talking about “S+L” at an event I attended this summer, I knew John and I had to make the trip to Langley see what all the hype was about.
S+L Kitchen & Bar is located just off Highway 1 on 200th St, as you exit towards Downtown Langley. Pruned, branded foliage greeted us out front as oversized doors were opened by a staff member to invite us into the radiantly warm and welcoming venue.
I ordered an Old Fashioned to start the evening, a delightfully delicious version of my favourite cocktail that would inspire a return visit on its own, to be enjoyed again at the restaurant’s extended bar area.
We decided on two small plates to begin our meal, the scallops (pan seared, served on a butternut squash purée with brown butter, hazelnuts, smoked bacon) and the gnudi (with brown butter and wild mushrooms). I suppose brown butter was the theme, realizing this now as I type out the ingredients, but the dishes were great for our seasonal early autumn supper.
Whenever John sees a hearty pork chop on a menu, he orders it. He’s from Iowa where pork reigns supreme so he knows good chops. That was his choice for an entrée, served bone-in with sweet potato purée and pickled shiitake. The dish got a lip-smacking seal of approval from the Midwest boy, although he did comment that the pickle on the mushrooms could have been toned down.
I went with the feature entree that is showcased in several places on S+L’s menu card: Wagyu Beef. In partnership with Snake River Farms in Idaho, S+L offers a range of dishes featuring this unique cut. The intensely marbled steak I ordered was rich and silky, prepared sous vide and basted in butter — again with the butter, I know!
We topped off our decadent trio of courses with a dessert that was described as a “sphere”. When it arrived, I had to pull up my camera and film as our server drizzled warm creme anglaise over a white chocolate orb, which melted away to reveal a brownie dessert within.
Chocolate sphere! At S+ L @WEAREJRG pic.twitter.com/6CMFgRXNqI
— Rebecca Bollwitt (@Miss604) September 15, 2016
Our bellies were full and our minds were blown with this creamy coup de grâce. Of course your experience at S+L doesn’t need to be as indulgent as they offer a selection of lighter fare such as fresh oysters, a variety of crisp salads, sablefish, lobster pasta, eggplant parmesan, and more. They also have a full brunch menu, served Sundays from 10:00am to 2:00pm.
New at S+L Since Our Visit
Earlier this month, Joseph Richard Group announced that Chef Matthew Stowe joined the company as Director of Culinary Operations. Stowe, who won Top Chef Canada in 2013, is one of Canada’s most talented chefs and comes to the company with 18 years of experience in some of the best known kitchens in North America.
Stowe will work across all of JRG’s operations, his immediate focus will be on refining the menu and leading the team at all S+L Kitchen & Bar locations, including the Langley location, which includes MasterChef Canada winner David Jorge, and the soon to be open locations in Abbotsford and South Surrey.
Enter to Win
S+L Kitchen & Bar has generously offered up a dinner experience for one lucky Miss604 reader and three guests! Enjoy an exclusive five course wine and food pairing experience created by JRG Director of Culinary Operations, Chef Matthew Stowe and JRG Corporate Chef, David Jorge. The meal will be prepared and served by S+L Kitchen & Bar’s own Chef and General Manager.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
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- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Must be 19+. Please enjoy responsibly. Prize is valid for S+L Kitchen & Bar in Langley at 8399 200 St. Reservation arrangements will be made for the winner and their guests for a mutually agreed upon date.
Update The winner is Michelle Towstyka!
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Love good food 🙂
Yum!
I watched Masterchef Canada ?? this looks good ?
This would be amazing!
Wow, this looks amazingly tasty!
Would love to try out this place and go on a double date with my bf and his sister and bro-in-law!
Would love to go!
Have not tried this place yet even though it is in our neck of the woods. Going to have to though after reading your write up. ?
This would be an amazing experience 🙂
I would love to have the chance! I live down the street from S+L and have yet to visit! A date night with my husband and our best friends would be AWESOME!
Would love to try this restaurant.
I’m a real foodie junkie! Love going out and posting pics of my food!
This looks awesome!
I haven’t be able to try all the food but I have heard good things
S&L has great food, great atmosphere and great service. My hubby and I thoroughly Our experience there and can’t wait to go back! ??
Wow thanks for the chance to win this amazing and delicious prize!!!
I would LOVE to support a fellow Portuguese and local Chef!
Oh how I would love a date night here! ❤️
Can’t wait to check this place out! I love an old-fashioned cocktail.
I haven’t been yet but I’ve heard lots of great things. Would love to go!
Sounds delicious.
Tge food sounds amazing! Sounds like a must go place!
Sounds awesome! Might be worth the trek to Langley one of these days.
Looks amazing! I’ll have to try this no matter what!
Yes please !
Looks amazing! 🙂
Looks amazing!
Wow! would love to try S&L!
What a great night out!
Love S+L!!! Would love for my friends to try it!
Yes please- looks like a fantastic way to celebrate my 60th in two weeks!
My grandma and aunt live near there and never accept my dinner invites because they worry about the bill, would be nice to treat them!
Love good food! Sounds like a great place.
Sounds wonderful!
Would love to win
On second thought, please take me off this list for the contest, Langley is kind of far! Thanks anyways!
I have been meaning to try this place and now reading your blog post has again piqued my interest. Taking along three friends would be even more amazing. Cheers!
Sounds delicious! ?
Have always wanted to try this place! Would love to be able to go out on a date night or with the girls 🙂 thanks!
Looks like you had a fantastic dinner. Would love to try this out with friends!
That orb dessert – wow!
Looks great — would love to win this wine and food pairing.
Would love to have a delicious dinner here. Yum.
Lovely
Food looks good and Langley isn’t that far…
Can’t wait for the South Surrey location to open up!
Yum, nice looking grub
Sounds amazing! Would love a night out
This would be an amazing date night. ? Thank you for the chance to win. ? ?
Looks divine
What a wonderful pairing!!
Perfect reason to visit my friends in Langley!
Would love to take my wife for a night out.
I went once and just looooved this place!
It’s my 45th birthday coming up, would be awesome to celebrate there!
What an amazing experience!!
This sounds delicious!
I would love to try this place.
Great food and service. Highly recommend
This would be amazing! Great night out with my husband and friends! ?
I just got hunger pains while reading your taste worthy description of your dinner visit to S&L.
Hope we win, would be a great treat. Thanks.
Would love to win this!
Sounds super scrumptious!
Absolutely love S + L’s food & vibe
I’ve been wanting to try this place out since it opened.
This is my absolute favourite spot for date night. A double date night would be even better!
Wow! Sounds fantastic.
This place is delicious. I love the double cut porkchop!
I love the cauliflower, brussel sprouts and master chicken. Their lobster chowder is really good too.
I loved Matt Stone on Top Chef. I like going to he JR group restaurants, they always have a good atmosphere. This would be great. Interested to see where they’re putting one in South Surrey!
I drive by this place every day on my way to work. Will stop in one evening now that I know more about it.
Enjoyed the Master Chicken dish last month. Delish
I’d love to go!
yummy
would love to win this!
Please sign me up! I love the food ? there and I know exactly who I would invite to come with me. We’d love to meet Matthew Stowe and learn more about his food philosophy and plans for the restaurant…and enjoy his food too ?
?Sounds like great dining!
Would love to win this!! 🙂
Can’t wait to try it out!
What a fun give away! I’d love to try this place out
hope to try this place out soon!!
Thanks for the chance to win! ?
Would love to give this place a try.
Oooooh! Would love to try this place out!
Would love this date night. It sounds like an amazing restaurant.
I’ve been meaning to check this place out! Their menu looks fantastic!
This would be an awesome way to celebrate a big birthday !!! Pick me!
Glad we’re getting more upscale options in the valley ????
Looks good!
Planning on taking friends there for my birthday! This would be an added bonus ?
Sounds like a great place. Like to give it a try.
I love S+L Kitchen & Bar, only been once and would love to go back
I live just a 5 minute drive from there, it would be a perfect date night for me and the gf
This looks amazing, would love to win!
Would love to win this experience.
Looks good. I’ll try it tomorrow evening.
would love to win this!
Would be nice to have a date night with the hubby, don’t get many chances for date night?
The food description had me drooling, it would be fabulous to experience it in person, and share with 3 other people a foodie dream!
I’ve been meaning to try this restaurant out for a while!
Always down for some delicious food! What an informative review! Enjoyed reading 🙂
Yum
I’ve eaten at S&L several times and each time the food was delicious. I don’t mean just great but lick your plate awesome!
Would love to bring my family out to Langley to give this place a try. Sounds really good! Bored of the same old same old. Would love to try something different 🙂
I’ve driven by this place dozens of times, and I’ve yet to try it!
Love that great food is becoming standard. This place looks great, can’t wait to try it 🙂
I just started working out that way would love to win this to celebrate a big accomplishment!
I would be very interested in trying out S&L. I’ve been to that location before when it was a sushi place, so it would definitely be a different experience.
I always like to experience new things and places where I live
Have been wanting to check this place out. Looks fantastic!
I had a fabulous meal here 2 weeks ago! Would love to go again and treat some friends in the process. So good!
I would love to try out the food here .
The breakfast is awesome!
So many entries!!! S+L is delicious!!!
Looks like a fun place.
My boyfriend and I both have our birthday in the next few days. It would be lovely to go out for our birthday dinner here!
Would love to try the food. My son has gone and say’s it is great food.
Omg! Neeeeeed! Delish!
I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to eat there.
Would love to try this place
Sounds like you guys had a wonderful evening out…fingers crossed that I get a chance to enjoy this restaurant as well!
Yes please!!!
I have heard this place is really good!! I would love to go. Thank you for the contest.
This restaurant sounds really good. Thanks for the review 🙂 Here’s hoping we’ll get to try it out soon.
Never been here, however I have heard it is very very good. Would be a great date night for me and the hubby 🙂
Been wanting to check this place out sometime….close to home.
This looks delicious!! 😀
a dinner out!
Interested in checking it out. Good article!
Date night!!!
I like feee food!
Love S+L been there a few times. Have never been disappointed
Just down the street from where I work. It provides a fantastic gourmet lunch experience.
S&L is already a favourite of mine! Would love to experience the ‘next level’ of dining.
Interested in trying since hearing possible connection to Master Chefs
It’s so hard to find a great place to eat .. I have been looking for this to happen out this way for years and years now .. Have not been here yet and would truly love to go .. Yum Yum .. Looks delicious ! ???
would love to win!
Sounds like a great spot!
would love to win this experience. I love this spot!!
Would love to win
Great Prize!
Would love to win. Yum!
That dessert looks amazing
Yum !
Would love to win!
I’m excited that you don’t have to be right in Downtown Vancouver anymore to experience an amazing culinary adventure. This would be great to win!
I have heard such good things about S & L — It would be amazing to have a dinner there! (I don’t have Twitter 🙁 )
Our favorited place! Amazing food and staff!
Nice! Another date night idea.
Wow!
Have heard great thing about S&L hope I win!!
I love the sphere, so cool!
love trying new places
This place is delicious!
Would love to try!
Would love to try this place out. Been to many places and love trying new things.
We would love to spend an evening at your esteemed restaurant.
The Wagyu beef dish is a specialty item we would enjoy immensely.
Hope we can be the lucky winners!
I would love to win this!
This place came highly recommended by friends. On our list of places to try.
Yes please! #yummy
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I’ve driven by this place many times and can’t wait to try it out!
Wonderful possiblity for a grand time out with friends. Thanks for contest and promoting S+L!
My Dad’s Birthday is coming up at the end of October, and he lives in Langley. This would be the Perfect Gift.
Thank you for the introduction to this restaurant and menu selection.
Awwwlll righhhht!!!
This sounds amazing!!
Another date night idea.
Would love to win!
We LOVE JRG restaurants! Happy to hear there’s now another one in our city!
I would love to try this place!
Perfect for a girls night!
Love their food!
This would be an amazing date night!
Oh! Would love this!
Looking forward to this!
I would love to win this for my daughter & SIL. Sounds delicous.
Ooooh Steak & Lobster!
I would love to try this restaurant. thank you for the chance
I love this restaurant. The food is always amazing and the boozy drinks are so unique. Definitely one of our favourites.
I would love o win this
A gift card to S+L would make a great stocking stuffer this Xmas!
This sounds really delicious!
I would love to win this and take my husband as a surprise for his birthday!
This sounds fantastic!
I would love to win this fab night out! That dessert looks amazing!
My sister’s birthday is at the end of this month and this would be a perfect time to spoil her as she lives in langley!!!
My stomach is crossing my fingers for a win!
Oh my – sounds delicious! We’d love to introduce our friends to this awesome place. They recently moved to Langley with their two young boys, and they deserve a wonderful night out!
Looks like a fabulous place. Would love to try it out.
Sounds great
Would love to explore more in Langley!
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The white chocolate orb itself would get me to S & L Kitchen and Bar in a real hurry, but I’d love to participate in an evening of wine and meal pairing. Sounds like a perfect double date. Shared and shared and liked 🙂
Sounds like fun!
I’ve been wanting to try this place!
Ahhhhh! I pass by this restaurant every day on the way to and from work, but have never stopped in. Not sure what my excuse is. I’ve heard good things about the food and service.
Sounds amazing!!!!!!
Love S&L – pick me!
Would love to try out this place.
Would love to try it!
Would love to win!
This sounds like it will be an awesome night out!
What a lovely evening this would be!
Oh my gosh, sounds delicious!
This would be a great reason to finally visit Langley
Wow it’s not often you see nice restaurants in the valley! Would love to try this!
I would love to go!
I would be honuured to have Chef Matt Stowe prepare/reimagine a meal for me. Hope I win.
I would love to win this dinner experience and make it a double date with our good friends!
This would be so great to win – we would make it a wonderful night out!
This is what you call a Wow factor – to have a tasting menu by two of Canada’s best chefs, no brainer – sign me up and to have the wine pairs on top, amazing!! Nicely done on the promo…
Ooo lala – My family has a lot to celebrate this month, would LOVE to experience dinner at S+L Kitchen & Bar! Not to mention my husband’s fav cocktail is an old fashioned as well, sounds like our kind of date night!!
S&L is probably the best restaurant ever. They definitely know what they’re doing with lobster. Date night? PLEASE?!
One of the worst experiences i have had. Eggs Benedict with brown butter. You have to be kidding. Who is the idiot that thought this up. I suggest you get a Larousse Gastronomique encyclopedia and look up what Eggs Benedict really are.If Julia Child had seen this dish she would roll over in her grave.
I am still trying to get over the Prawn Tacos, and I have visited the washroom every hour for the past 2 days. Nothing short of mild food poisoning. If you are in business one year from now I would be very surprised.
Our server was busy constantly chatting with other people and not working the room to see if any one wanted attention.
The icing on the cake was when my wife asked for salt. All she got was attitude from the server and had to get annoyed to insist on getting salt. Your 30 year old servers need to be taught how to look after customers.
We will not be back.