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Salmon House on the Hill – Classics Done Right [Dine Out Vancouver 2015]

Posted in Bread, Chocolate, Culinary Events, Dessert, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, Great Views, Joyce, Meat, Restaurants, Seafood, Special Occasion, West Coast, West Vancouver, tagged Bouillabaisse, Brioche, chocolate dessert, Dine Out Vancouver, Dine Out Vancouver 2015, Lamb Chops, Lobster Bisque, salmon, Salmon House on the Hill, Seafood, West Vancouver, wild salmon on February 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

I usually use Dine Out Vancouver as the opportunity to try restaurants that I’ve never been before. Even some of the institutions that have been around for a long time. One of which was Salmon House in West Vancouver. This year, they had a pretty appealing menu for DOV, and so Mr. and I invited Mama and Papa Lam to join us for dinner.

Food

The first appetizer was the Lobster Bisque. It was rich and creamy, and you can taste the lobster essence. Mr. found it borderline salty, but to me it’s normal for most lobster bisque. What made this better was the addition of candied salmon; it added some sweetness to the savouriness, as well as accentuated the seafood flavours in the bisque.

We ordered some House Made Bread to go with our appetizers. For $3, 4 dinner rolls may seem pricey. But fresh, warm, house-made bread is always good and worth more. This was even better because two were regular bread, and two were cheesy bread. They were served with smoked salmon butter, and the salmon flavour was very prominent. If we were not conscious of the fact that it’s butter, we could probably keep eating it.

The Salmon House Sampler was a generous sized appy. (more…)

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Molten Lava Cake: Can a Food Blogger Cook?

Posted in Coquitlam, Dessert, Home Cooking, Joyce, Mr., Special Occasion, tagged chocolate dessert, Home Cooking, home-made, homemade, ice cream, molten lava cake on February 25, 2010| 6 Comments »

I’ve always wondered, could a girl who’s so good at eating be just as good at cooking? Hopefully this short review will answer that question.

Overview:

On V-Day, I had the pleasure of being treated to a delicious homemade dessert by Joyce. And yes, I’m referring to food (mind out of the gutter folks).

For us men, chocolates are simply bittersweet snacks that we sometimes choose over fruits. They have never been an important part of my life, and they will never serve as a substitute for anything else. So right off the bat, Joyce gave herself a pretty big challenge to overcome, not taking the easy way out to please a man.