Right at the entrance of Granville Island.
I've been here once on a weekday for lunch and another time for the spot prawn festival for dinner.
Lunch: I was with a friend for the first time here and we had crab cakes to start, I had grilled halibut for main, she had pork tenderloin, and I had chocolate truffle cake for dessert, she had the panna cotta. The crab cakes were well presented, tasted fairly well but nothing out of the ordinary. My grilled halibut was less than mediocre. Though it was "grilled" (it looked like it was just pan fried) it was on top of a very bland brothy liquid with tasteless pasta on the bottom. The crispiness of the fish was definitely gone because of that. My friend's pork tenderloins were okay, but the side of yam fries (who puts yam fries with pork tenderloin?) were extremely soggy. My chocolate truffle cake was too rich and overly indulgent, I could not finish. The pineapple panna cotta was delicious though, very light with a subtle creamy finish in your mouth. Loved it.
Dinner: I had a special night with the bf here, or so I thought. It was a 5 course dinner. The two middle aged women next to us were rather odd- I think their taste buds must have disappeared cause they thought everything was delicious. Anyways, to start it was jellied spot prawns. I didn't expect what came out.. it was actually 2 little spot prawns stuck in a gelatin cup with a piece of cilantro and cilantro sauce circling the plate. The jelly made the prawns extremely fishy tasting and was disgusting. After that was the shrimp bisque, which was equally gross. It tasted like.. the Lee Kum Kee shrimp sauce with water or something. The intermezzo was a nice change, I forget what it's called, but it's like ice shavings of alcohol in a champagne glass, super refreshing. The main for me were grilled spot prawns, which were okay, the veggies were a bit of a mess though. My boyfriend had the veal wrapped around spot prawns which were pretty good. Dessert was delicious. Something like a strawberry napoleon cake. Scrumptious.
Anyways, I would not come back to dine, but will most definitely come back for desserts from the bakery!
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