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The White Whale (Courtenay, BC)

November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 Shawn 1 Comment

Only a quick forty five minute drive away from our house, the local foods epicenter of the Comox Valley might as well be across the ocean for my wife and me when planning a dinner trip. After we factor in the time and money it takes to get a hotel (dinner does mean drinking after all!) and the commute after a hard work day it just never seems worth it… So, we just go and eat at Beijing House.

And yet, there is always an exception; A day apart , and afternoon perfectly sequenced into our overly-scheduled lives, a dinner-window where we can just kick back and enjoy whatever we damn well please.

So on a rare Saturday off in October there we were: Already in Courtenay, hungry as all get out (early breakfast and no lunch) and in that strange not-quite-dinner time before 7:00pm; plenty of time to have a meal and a couple ‘o drinks before heading home. Finally, the opportunity I’d been waiting for to hit up Chef Aaron Rail’s critically acclaimed new restaurant The White Whale. Read More

Araxi (Whistler, BC)

September 22, 2015September 22, 2015 Shawn Leave a comment

Araxi 1 A month ago – Back when blueberries were blooming on alpine meadows throughout the Strathcona Park range – My wife and I were pulling into a hotel on another mountaintop. Whistler was the final stop on our invigorating mountain bike tour of the Caribou Highways and Byways and despite my physical exhaustion I was spiritually elated!

Whistler is home to, among other things, the restaurant that I most wanted to cross off my local bucket list. I’d met the chef of Araxi at the BCSGA Shellfish Dinner months back and had decided that if we ever made an appearance on the mainland that was to be my Mecca. Read More

The Wolf In The Fog (Tofino, BC)

February 15, 2015February 15, 2015 Shawn 3 Comments

The Wolf In The Fog 1 It all happened so fast.

One minute my wife Crystal is explaining what “Family Day” is, and the next she’s outlining her plan; two days off together, score a cheap hotel room over on the Pacific Rim, weekend of adventure with our mutual friends Jen and Sean and the kicker… She already nabbed four seats at The Wolf in The Fog, Canada’s best new restaurant.

“Jen and Sean have already gone over and will text us the road conditions,” she explains whiles stuffing a shopping bag full of toiletries, “They’re predicting a hurricane on Friday, but it should all be cleared up before we get there! Adventure right?”

I’m standing there in my bike pants, still soggy from my ride home from work, face squidged up in shock/concentration/confusion.

“Uhhhhhh, okay… I’m in. But ummm… What’s Family Day again?”

The Little Bavaria Restaurant ( Port Alberni, BC)

November 5, 2014November 5, 2014 Shawn Leave a comment

Little Bavaria 1 Alright, so I missed Oktoberfest.

This means that once again I’ve blown my chance to get buzzed on Bavarian lager, clad in lederhosen, publically showing my Teutonic solidarity by dancing ‘n singing like a fool. Glückliches Oktoberfest!!!

It’s cool. I’ve avoided many a St. Patrick’s Day in my time, so culturally, I’ve already got a lot to atone for. Read More

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The White Whale (Courtenay, BC)

Araxi (Whistler, BC)

The Wolf In The Fog (Tofino, BC)

The Little Bavaria Restaurant ( Port Alberni, BC)

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