Ummm... 5 stars in a hotel seafood joint... In land-bound Calgary? Yes. The culinary gods must be crazy.
So, one good thing about cheap jet fuel is that fresh seafood can be flown almost anywhere -fresh and tasty. Case in point: Catch.
Located inside the Grand Hyatt in downtown Calgary, Catch is a individually owned restaurant, not a chain! And it is worth a visit...
There are two dining areas: one upstairs is a more formal dining and the one downstairs in a pub area, sleek and cozy, with lots of leather booths and dark wood. That is where I sat.
I enjoyed a half dozen oysters from the East Coast: Caraquets and St. Simons. They were superb and served with a lovely mignonette and fresh grated horseradish with a house hot sauce.
I followed up with the Thai noodle bowl which was a curry based shellfish and noodle dish that was in the most delicate coconut milk sauce, garnished with cilantro, and housing plenty of mussels, clams, shrimp and succulent fish bits. Fabulous!
I also quite enjoyed the wine by the glass menu. This was quite a surprise coming from inside the hotel and I couldn't be more pleased! What a great little restaurant.