Sunday 18 May 2014

Alta Bistro - $25 3-course dinner


Bread (nite lake lodge bakery baguette with savoury spread) $3 4/5 - Too bad the bread was not warm.  The savoury spread tasted like hummus, olive oil with black pepper to me.

Smoky cherry tomato & pork larzo (lemon thyme ricotta, port fat crouton, basil & fried garlic) $14 3/5 - smaller than most of the other appetizers.  Nothing really stood out too.  The cured ham was 90% fat.


Alberta Elk Tartar & Duck Liver Parfait (parsley, endive, molasses rye bread, apple, smoked shallots, cocoa nibs) $14 5/6 - very popular dish.  Almost every table ordered this or the oysters.  It tasted like a creamy pate with pickles.  Where was the bread?  It was a little too filling for me.


Half dozen of Raw local oysters (Douglas Fir vinaigrette, fresh lemon, horseradish, alta hot sauce) $17 4/5 - it didn't come with cocktail sauce or hot sauce.  I had to ask for the hot sauce.  Fresh oysters but nothing more than that.


Manilla Clams & Tiroler Bacon (white beans, double cream, english peas, chevril, spicy toast, cured ham) $25 4/5 - very tender beans.  The in-house made bacon were better than the clams.  


Arctic Char (Jade radish, cilantro, apple, quinoa & zucchini fritters, mint jalapeno mayo) $27 4.5/5 - Exactly how I wanted my fish to be. Rare to medium rare with a crunchy skin!  The sides were mostly fresh vegetables.


Roasted Lamb Shoulder (faro risotto, sweetbreads, black garlic olive butter, mushrooms, tarragon) $27 3.5/5 - there were only 2 slices of lamb and the rest were chicken.  It was acceptable given it was only $27.

Roasted Heritage Angus Beef Shin (chick peas, local carrots & verjus, oregon bay leaf, puffed millet seed, dill) $32 3.5/5 - not a big fan of braised beef but very tender.    Came with quite a bit of chickpeas too to fill up the gentlemen.

Cardamon Financier Cake & Vanilla Semifreddo (apple granite, mulled wine, sharp cheddar shortbread, almond praline, sarsaparilla) $12 4/5 - better than what I thought it would be.  I liked the semifreddo than the financier.  The cake was a little too sweet so I just had the semifreddo part.  Very creamy!

Our server knew we were not interested in alcohol so she suggested some non-alcohol drinks.  Surprisingly, they do not have a non-alcohol drink menu.  I've got the orange juice pop.  She described it as fizzy orange juice but I didn't find it anything special.  Don't think I would order this again.

We got a reservation at 6pm (just in time to make it for the $25 3 course dinner).  Service was excellent.  There was a little wait between the appetizers and the entree.  I guess most of the appetizers were pre-made and most of them were there for the $25 dinner.  Still acceptable and nothing to complain. (Ya! my first post is done!  It wasn't as hard as I thought)

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  3. 你好捨得食呀!! 而且, 每一樣食物,都介紹得好詳細, 你真係好識食呀!

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    1. 多謝光臨! 都唔係講得好詳細jei, 覺得無咩形容詞.
      真係覺得我好好捨得食咩? 有人話過不過又唔係餐餐係gum..特別個d先寫

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  4. Great start babe! Your background hurts my eyes though LOL :(

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    1. thanks for the feedback. I hope this background is better (although I like the last one better)

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