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| - A good food ending after shopping located on the second floor of the Nordstrom store. It was busy for a Friday dinner, we were greeted and seated quick. The service was friendly, knowledgeable of the menu, and attentive to the customers.
After ordering from the menu, we were given slices of baguette bread with olive oil and a variety of colored olives.
For starters, we ordered the Crab Bisque, and Peppered Steak Poutine. The crab bisque was a disappointment due to the fact that we cannot taste the crab flavor, but rather it was more sour than I was expecting. The seasoning is there, but it lacks the crab flavor I was anticipating. The peppered steak poutine overall was well seasoned, soft peppered steak bits, but it could use more gravy.
For the main meal, we got Roasted Salmon & Herbed Mushroom Risotto. The risotto was cooked just right with great seasoning, creamy with added soft texture from the cheese. It had a great synergy with the bitterness of herbs and earthy mushroom taste. The salmon on the other hand was bland and had no seasoning except for a lemon drizzle on top. It felt like the salmon was left out in the dish as the rest of the ingredients were well seasoned.
A side note to take is that the menu offers the number of calories per item menu for health conscience consumers which I think was a neat feature to add.
Overall, it was a good experience and I will come back again after shopping for good deals at the Chinook Mall. Perhaps I will try their desert menu.
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