The biggest dilemma for true Foodies is often where to go for dinner. This dilemma is worse when you are trying to plan a date night in a city that is not your home. D and I are no different. Deciding where to sit down with clean palates and empty stomachs is one of the great joys of being a foodie and every once in a while D and I go just a little overboard. It is one of my favourite Foodie adventures.
We set out in the morning for the few hour drive it takes us to get to Victoria . Checked into our hotel and headed out in search of food . It was the goal to see how many places we could get too in the one night we had . Our first stop was The Churchill a belly up to the bar pub with a huge range of beer. I am fairly new to the beer drinking world and dont know much about beer. I had a pale ale that was full of citrus and hops. Sharp on my tongue and cut thirst. I dont know my beers but I know I liked that.
We split a fish taco to have a look at how they do food. My opinion was that it was not terrible but should probably stick to drinks .
We headed over to the canoe on a recommendation from a friend. The place is huge and has a cool micro brew atmosphere. The dining area walls all surrounded with big mirrors on the walls that just add to the impression of size in this place. I ordered a Caesar and it was fairly good. I am a little picky on my Caesar, they are one of my fav cocktails but I am not fussy about a lot of stuff in it. I like heavy on the Worcestershire and lighter on the Tabasco. This one was just ok. Then I ordered Calamari and it was not good. No way to disguise it, just not good. Long strips of squid no rings and no tenticals, and overdone.
We finished our drinks and headed to the next recommendation we had received. It was COLD out so we walked quickly through the old brick buildings. Victoria is an old city as far as Canadian cities go and it is a beautiful one.
Our Next stop was The Drake . Loved this place . The house was full so we got a couple seats at the bar with a very short wait. We dug in to a few beers and started to go over the menu. It does not cease to amaze me how we can east when we decide to! I had a walnut coleslaw and an order of brioche toast with fig brie and apple spread. To die for! The coleslaw sounds that it would be boring but was so refreshing and crunchy on my palate after the sadness of the calamari. The toast was a perfect small bite rich and acidic with the apple and the brie. It was very good. I could have eaten a plate full.
We stayed at The Drake for a while letting our stomachs stretch enough to make room for the real dinner that we had planned.
Where could we possible go next!? Part two will tell all
Churchilll 7/10
The Canoe 5/10
The Drake 7/10
We finished our drinks and headed to the next recommendation we had received. It was COLD out so we walked quickly through the old brick buildings. Victoria is an old city as far as Canadian cities go and it is a beautiful one.
Our Next stop was The Drake . Loved this place . The house was full so we got a couple seats at the bar with a very short wait. We dug in to a few beers and started to go over the menu. It does not cease to amaze me how we can east when we decide to! I had a walnut coleslaw and an order of brioche toast with fig brie and apple spread. To die for! The coleslaw sounds that it would be boring but was so refreshing and crunchy on my palate after the sadness of the calamari. The toast was a perfect small bite rich and acidic with the apple and the brie. It was very good. I could have eaten a plate full.
We stayed at The Drake for a while letting our stomachs stretch enough to make room for the real dinner that we had planned.
Where could we possible go next!? Part two will tell all
Churchilll 7/10
The Canoe 5/10
The Drake 7/10
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