Dinner at SoBo
Finally made it to SoBo. Mike, my sister and I stuck the kids in front of a movie and snuck out.
Rather than try to decide on starters and mains, we ordered a bunch of small plates and shared them around: Smoked Wild Fish Chowder, Roasted Beet & Fresh Goat Cheese Salad,
Woodstove Oven Roasted Olives (Kalamata, Agrinion & Cracked Green Olives),
Natural Pastures Island Brie cheese, wrapped and roasted in phyllo pastry, with apricot apple chutney, walnuts and roasted bread,
Shrimp & Crab Cake (Vancouver Island pink shrimp cake layered with crab and avocado served with remoulade),
Seared Vancouver Island Scallops with sweet pea risotto cake, fromage a la creme, fresh watercress, preserved lemon & mint drizzle, and a Smoked Fish Trio (above – Mike ordered it, but A and I didn’t partake).
For dessert, Key lime pie with whipped cream, of course, and a flourless chocolate cake served with a scoop of the purest strawberry sorbet – it had the graininess of a granita, without the syrupy sweetness of a typical fruit ice that makes it reminiscent of a snow cone. It tasted like small, ripe strawberries, pureed and then frozen and scraped back into a ball.
Yum.
July 18 2009 11:20 pm | eating out
Lana on 19 Jul 2009 at 6:11 am #
Wow! My mouth is watering. Your photos are beautiful! It’s nice to be caught up again with your blog now that I have internet at home. (Check your emails.)
Glad to hear your got your meal at Sobo! Yummy!
Charmian Christie on 19 Jul 2009 at 7:41 am #
The scallops look to die for. All the food looks wonderful, but that pie is calling me.
I’ve never heard of SoBo before if I’m out west, I’ll have to make a point of going.
the other Al on 19 Jul 2009 at 8:14 am #
Hey babe, I,ve been trying to contact you. I don’t have email but Marc does. No ferry from Uculet running this year…damn! I left message on Mike’s cell. You can reach me on mine…862 25….that one. Love to talk with you. I finally have internet so thought I’d try you through your blog. Tofino looks fabulous. Much quieter here. If I can figure out email I will send pics and updates. How long are you staying? much love A
Natalie B on 19 Jul 2009 at 8:45 am #
I never knew about that place! I’m definitely going to check it out the next time I’m in Tofino!
Colleen on 19 Jul 2009 at 9:14 am #
*drool*
Serious yum factor. I absolutely canNOT wait until we are in Tofino…I am counting the days. You don’t need reservations, do you?
JulieVR on 19 Jul 2009 at 3:46 pm #
Nope. In fact you can’t make them if you wanted to!
MenuManiac on 19 Jul 2009 at 4:58 pm #
WOW! Your meal looks and sounds amazing. I just checked SoBo’s site and noticed that they’ve opened a restaurant. When I had the good fortune of eating a SoBo fish taco it was in the botanical gardens served from a food truck. Can’t wait to get back to Tofino for this reason alone.
sue.d on 19 Jul 2009 at 7:03 pm #
Ah, me. I think I’d happy afterwards, no?
Barb on 20 Jul 2009 at 5:42 am #
I say again, “What a vacation!”
Sarah on 20 Jul 2009 at 11:15 am #
Reading your blog is like reading A Year in Provence: some reading, mostly drooling…why is there no SoBo in Calgary? (I guess for the same reason there isn’t a tide…..)
Erica B. on 20 Jul 2009 at 2:15 pm #
Your pix from SoBo (and the awe inspiring scenery) are the reason I’ve been pestering T to plan a trip to Tofino. Any chance of getting that delicious looking key lime pie recipe this time around? (pleasepleaseprettyplease):)