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l/l/rX
02-15-2009, 06:23 PM
Location - Canmore, inside the Silver Creek Lodge
Food - 5/5
Ambiance - 5/5
Service - 3/5
Value - 5/5

This restaurant is fairly new, opened up end of November beginning of December some time. The executive chef is the Chef from Blowfish (Tomo).

The food was great. We got the tataki to start off with along with the chefs choice of assorted sashimi, which had scallops, octopus, salmon, annnnd...some other kind of fish.

Then we got 1 roll, forgot what it was called, but it had sun dried tomatoes with cream cheese wrapped in rice (of course) and smoked salmon.

My entree was a green curry with rice, prawns and assorted veggies. The curry reminded me of Thailand curry, soo delicious!

For dessert me and my date for the night split a mango rice pudding which was excellent.

The presentation for the food looked great! Better than your average restaurant.

The ambiance was set right for V-day. The lights were dimmed a lot, candles on the tables. Although the lights were dimmed a lot, the 3 foot high flames from the huge fire pit placed outside on the patio really lit up the inside of the restaurant.

Service was alright, most of the waitresses have only been on the job for 2-3 days prior to last night. Re-fills on water took a while, clearing of the dishes took a while, our table began to look like a cluster fuck of dishes.

At the end our bill was $52 + a $25 tip, only because the GM of the place is my friend... I also had 2 drinks, double van gogh espresso on ice and this other specialty drink.

Below are pictures, I didn't use a flash because I wanted to be considerate for others around me, I'm sure seeing a flash for every dish would get a BIT annoying. Didn't get a picture of our dessert.

Chefs choice of assorted sashimi
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2212/126/80/130600316/n130600316_30428418_4373.jpg

Beef Tataki
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2212/126/80/130600316/n130600316_30428419_4716.jpg

Sushi
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2212/126/80/130600316/n130600316_30428421_5440.jpg

Green Curry with prawns
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2212/126/80/130600316/n130600316_30428420_5063.jpg

nonlinear
02-16-2009, 10:59 AM
very yellow

eston01
02-01-2010, 11:24 PM
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