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| - It was My Galpal's Birthday and she wanted to go to Big Fish. She had seen it featured on 'You Gotta Eat Here' and was quite adamant about trying it. Did it live up to her expectations? Enough that she wants to go back for dinner and bring The Guys and anyone else she can share her 'find' with!
We made reservations for 1 pm through the Open Table reservation format on the website. When we arrived they seated us immediately and our server was wonderful about finding out everything from what was in each drink and dish, when we couldn't quite place the taste to being quick to get our orders in and checking back without being too obtrusive.
The seafood appetizer tray is a must taste for anyone who enjoys seafood. The smoked sturgeon was our favourite and we were surprised to find it was hickory smoked right on the premises. The chutney on the plate was tasty and could have been an appetizer in it's own right with more pain croute, or as they called it 'croustini'.
There could have been a little more of the 'croustini' to spread the lovely salmon pate on. And it could have been a little less crisp for the Galpal's tastes, but I liked the harder crunch for a contrast of textures.
Admittedly the lunch menu is very small, but there are brunch choices up until 2 so My Galpal had an omelet stuffed with seafood and pronounced it excellent.
Daughter of the Hot Pink Shoes had the salad with crab and grapefruit dressing. Since we all shared bits of our lunches, I tasted a bit of the salad and was impressed.
My soup, the seafood soup was hot, temperature wise, accompanied by a huge piece of grilled sourdough bread and every mouthful was wonderful. A variety of finely chipped seafood was mixed into a creamy base.
The décor is quite simple and the restaurant is very clean with solid wood, comfortable chairs and quite a bit of light. The huge mural paintings made Daughter of the Shoes want to touch, and I was lost in their lines and abstract curves.
On to the best part - the Drinks! Always on the lookout for new drinks, we had three that were amazingly summery (it was July after all!). My Tequila-tini was very well combined. The tequila came through but so did enough other flavours I found myself asking 'what else is in this?" The other two drinks featured vodka and but I wish I'd grabbed a drink menu, because their drinks are that good! Yes, you can take the drinks menu home to plan your next excursion.
Will I go back for dinner? Yes. It's a place I will go back to. It's a bistro style of restaurant with a lot of class and very good seafood.
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