Hi Everyone,
I had lunch at the Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant today
in Steveston Village’s waterfront area. This place is full of waterfront
restaurants with nice patios and great views of the water. It’s just a few
steps away from Sockeye City Grill,
the other restaurant that I blogged about, and in fact Jess and I were
considering trying this restaurant last time but they were busy as well, so we
walked on and ended up at Sockeye.
We arrived at this restaurant right when they opened, so
there was no trouble getting a table, but soon after the patio was filling up
fast and becoming full in no time. Their website says they won Richmond’s Best
Restaurant award, so this must be good. The patio was nice and spacious,
covered, had heating available, and several tvs as well. They also provided
blankets for each table in case it was cold, which in the beginning it was a
bit chilly as the breeze from the water was coming in and it wasn’t that warm
yet. The table was a bit sticky, but not too bad that I wouldn’t put my wallet
and phone on. Our server came by with water soon after we were seated and took
our drink order first.
I had a mojito of course.
Their mojito tasted pretty good, but it wasn’t amazing or
memorable. Overall a decent mojito still.
The oysters arrived first, and this was my first time
having raw oysters! We ordered the Fresh
Oysters of Royal Miyagi (Cortes Island, BC) and Chef Creek (Bayne Sound, BC) 12
for $31.99. I was taught to check if the oyster was separated from the
shell so that it can be slurped up, and to not cut it off from the shell. We
took a bit of each of the condiments from the middle and mixed it in, then
slurped up the oyster. Very interesting first experience with this! They tasted
very fresh indeed as they had just come off the fishing boat down by
Fisherman’s Warf below the patio, and was quite delicious! Apparently the Royal
Miyagi oysters are supposed to be one of the best, and I do agree that they
were better than the Chef Creek. Now that I’ve had my first experience with
oysters, I won’t hesitate to eat more next time around!
Next up was a dish that we did not order so we were
surprised when it arrived. A different server brought us a plate of Canoe Chicken Drumettes $13.99 in Sesame
Soy flavour and Jerk Rub flavour, and mentioned that these were compliments
of our server! How nice of him! We each started off with the Sesame Soy and
they were absolutely delicious! They were cooked through nice and even, and the
flavour was just amazing! We tried the Jerk Rub after, and either it was the
effect of the first one being so good that it caused the second one to taste
relatively less flavourful, or it just wasn’t as good as the first one at all.
The Jerk Rub flavour tasted a bit bland and was quite dry on the inside
compared to the Sesame Soy, albeit it being a dry flavour, it didn’t carry
enough flavour to make it taste as good as the Sesame Soy.
Soon after, the rest of the food arrived and our table
got filled with food very quickly. Next up was the Grilled Pork Skewers $13.99. From looking at them, they looked a
bit burnt from the grill, and when I tasted them, indeed they were. The pork
was pretty tough and did not have much flavour to them, so this dish was not
very good at all. Even if I dipped the green sauce did not help the pork, so I
don’t recommend this.
We also had the Fish
Tacos $14.99 and these were much better than the skewers. I believe it was
salmon that was in the tacos and these tasted very good. The tomatillo jalapeno
hot sauce went very nicely with the tacos as I poured it in the taco before
rolling it up. Overall a good dish and I’d recommend ordering it.
The Smoked Salmon
Flatbread $14.99 was AWESOME! The smoked salmon was amazing and the mix of
toppings (lemon dill crème fraiche, capers, red onion, shaved asparagus, fennel
& pea shoots) worked together very nicely to give it loads of flavour. I
highly recommend ordering this dish!
The Haida Gwaii
Halibut $31.99 arrived last and it a bit disappointing from what I expected
it to be. The presentation looked nice but the flavour of the fish was just not
quite there for me. It was served with some white and wild rice, with this mix
of veggies and pineapple. You definitely had to eat a mix of all 3 together to
get the most out of this, as eating just the fish did not yield much flavour as
I expected it would. I personally wouldn’t order this again but if you’re
really curious, you can give it a try.
Our meal finished with yet another surprise from our
server! We were brought a complimentary Tuna
Ceviche $14.99 from our server! This was an appetizer served in a martini
glass consisting of chilled albacore tuna marinated in coconut milk, lime,
cilantro, and avocado, with crispy plantain chips to scoop them up in like a
nacho chip. This was my first time having this type of dish so it was a very interesting
experience! The mixture in the middle was good and went well with the plantain
chips. The server even brought over another side bowl of plantain chips as we
were running out of chips with more “dip” left to eat. This was a very good
dish and I would recommend you try it out if you haven’t.
Overall this restaurant was a very good experience. The
food was great for the most part and the service was excellent. The views from
the patio were amazing on a nice summer day. I highly recommend trying this
restaurant out for the fresh seafood and top notch service!
Service:
5/5
Food:
4/5
Price:
$$-$$$$
Overall Rating:
4.5/5
Thanks for reading everyone! Happy eating!
- Phil
THIS IS PERFECT LOL YOU DO THE ACTUAL REVIEWS OF ALL THE FOOD WHILE I JUST POST THEM HEHE
ReplyDeleteHey I had my first oyster eating experience last week too! =) Did you not chew the oyster then?
ReplyDeleteNice! How did you like it?
DeleteI did chew them...was I not supposed to? lol I wasn't told anything about chewing!!