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Dining Room Specials - Downstairs

  • Lunch Specials -Saturday, January 17th
  • Dinner Specials - Saturday, January 17th
  • Downstairs Classic Specials
  • Chef's 3-Course Prix Fixe Menu

Today's Appetizers

Pizza Caprese

$18.95
Fresh mozzarella, roma tomatoes, and basil on a hand stretched crust

Oysters on the Halfshell

$22.95/+
Half Dozen $22.95| Full Dozen $38.95 • - Fanny Bay, BC

Soup of the Day

$12.95/+
Cup $12.95 | Bowl $16.95 • Chicken Noodle

Lobster Ravioli

$20.95
Served with lemon tarragon cream

Luncheon Specials

Aloha Burger

$25.95
With grilled pineapple, sauteed Maui onion, and teriyaki glaze. Also available as a hamburger or cheese burger. Served with french fries

Asian Chicken Salad

$28.25
Crisp lettuce and fresh vegetables tossed in a tangy sesame dressing with cilantro, wontons, and almonds

Prime Rib Sandwich

$24.95
Alderwood smoked prime rib served just on francese bread with sour cream-horseradish, and french fries

Blackened Chicken Sandwich

$21.95
Served on Frenchese bread with jack cheese and avocado. Served with a side of French fries.

Skirt Steak Salad

$29.95
Served over mixed greens with grilled vegetables, pine nuts, balsamic vinaigrette and goat cheese.

Seafood Thermidor

$33.95
Scallops, crab and shrimp en casserole with parmesan. Served with garlic bread and fresh vegetables.

Today's Entree Specials

Many of today's seafood items may be prepared without sauce or breading, or simply char-broiled upon request.

California Halibut

$36.95
Sauteed with wild mushrooms and asparagus in a chardonnay cream . Served over grilled polenta

Norwegian Salmon

$34.95
Chargrilled with a honey hoisin glaze and topped with a mango salsa. Served with jasmine rice.

Norwegian Salmon Szechwan

$36.95
Marinated in a spicy szechwan barbeque sauce. Chargrilled and topped with sesame seeds, cilantro and pickled ginger. Served with jasmine rice.

Pacific Swordfish

$34.95
Chargrilled and topped with porcini butter and pecorino cheese. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Petrale Sole

$34.95
Grilled and topped with bay shrimp and a lemon herb beurre blanc. Served with rice pilaf.

House - Made Dessert Specials

...to complement our After-Dinner Drink, Espresso Coffees, and Dessert menu

Chocolate Eclair

$14.50
Chocolate eclair with pastry cream

Pomegranate Hibiscus and Lemon Tart

$14.50
Creamy pomegranate curd kissed with hibiscus and lemon

Wine Specials

Rabble Sauvignon Blanc

$10.00/glass
$39.00/bottle
Bright notes of grapefruit, lemon and mango

Rabble Red Blend

$10.00/glass
$39.00/bottle
Balanced and flavorful with notes of plums, mixed berries, warm spices, black cherry and licorice.

Brunch

Crab Cake Benedict

$31.95
Crabcakes topped with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Served with an English muffin and home-fried potatoes and fresh fruit

Eggs Benedict

$26.95
Two poached eggs and Canadian bacon on frilled English muffins with hollandaise sauce, home-fried potatoes and fresh fruit

Chicken Apple Sausage Omelette

$21.45
Stuffed with tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, cheddar, and jack cheese. Served with home-fried potatoes and toast

Tofu Scramble

$18.95
Tofu, garlic, shallot, artichoke hearts, spinach, mushroom and tomato. Served with salsa Add egg s3.50

Today's Appetizers

Oysters on the Halfshell

$22.95/+
Half Dozen $22.95| Full Dozen $38.95 • - Fanny Bay, BC

Lobster Ravioli

$24.95
Served with tarragon cream

Soup of the Day

$12.95/+Cup
$16.95/Bowl
Cup $12.95 | Bowl $16.95 • Chicken Noodle

Pizza Caprese

$18.95
Fresh mozzarella, roma tomatoes, and basil on a hand stretched crust

Entree Salad Specials

Asian Chicken Salad

$29.95
Crisp lettuce and fresh vegetables tossed in a tangy sesame dressing with wontons, cilantro, and almonds

Steak Salad

$30.95
Served over mixed greens with grilled vegetables, pine nuts, basalmic vinaigrette and goat cheese

Today's Entree Specials

Pacific Swordfish

$37.95
Grilled and topped with porcini butter and pecorino cheese. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Alder Smoked Prime Rib

$36.95/+
Regular Cut $36.95 | Captain's Cut $41.95 • Covered in our own special seasonings and slow roasted. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Alaskan Halibut

$39.95
Sauteed with wild mushrooms and asparagus in a chardonnay cream. Served over grilled polenta

Norwegian Salmon Szechwan

$39.95
Marinated in a spicy szechwan barbeque sauce. Chargrilled and topped with sesame seeds, cilantro and pickled ginger. Served with jasmine rice.

Hawaiian Mahi Mahi

$37.95
Blackened and topped with a lemon saffron aioli. Served over sauteed spinach with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Chicken Parmesan

$24.95
Served over penne pomodoro

House - Made Dessert Specials

...to complement our After-Dinner Drink, Espresso Coffees, and Dessert menu

Chocolate Eclair

$14.50
Chocolate eclair with pastry cream

Pomegranated Hibiscus Lemon Tart

$14.50
Blueberries layered with coconut in our traditional bread pudding. Served warm with vanilla ice cream

Strawberry Champagne Cake

$14.50
Served warm with vanilla ice cream

Wine Specials

J Vineyards Pinot Gris

$9.00/Glass
$35.00/Bottle
Zesty and crisp with aromas of guava, cantaloupe, lime zest and notes of white florals with flavors of passionfruit, peach, grapefruit segments into black pepper cream and dry mineral finish.

Rabble Red Blend

$11.00/Glass
$43.00/Bottle
Notes of cherries, plums, mixed berries, warm spices and tobacco with hints of tannins, cinnamon and vanilla

Rabble Sauvignon Blanc

$10.00/Glass
$39.00/Bottle
Bright notes of grapefruit, lemon and mango

Hess "Lion Tamer" Cabernet Sauvignon

$16.00/Glass
$62.00/Bottle
Full bodied, broad and delicious, leading with blueberries, cocoa and blackberries, the hints of vanilla bean.

Cannonball Chardonnay

$9.00/glass
$36.00/bottle
Clean and refreshing with white grapefruit and lime

Francis Ford Coppola "Diamond Collection' Pinot Noir

$10.00/Glass
$38.00/Bottle
Intriguing aromas of strawberry, oak and vanilla with notes of juicy plum, and sweet blueberry on the palate

Join us Monday through Thursday for our Classic Specials at Lunch and Dinner.

Mondays: Choice Steak

What’s your beef ? Take your pick of three mouth-watering steak options:

Beef Short Ribs

$25.95
Braised with red wine and topped with pan juices. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes

Prime Sirloin

$27.95
Specially aged, seasoned, and chargrilled. Served with chef's steak sauce, crispy onions, and baked potato

Prime Rib

$29.95
10 oz of our alderwood-smoked prime rib. Covered in our own special seasonings and slow-roasted. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes • Add Petite Maine Lobster Tail +$14.95

Tuesdays: Lobster for Locals $29.95

Meals worthy of a tale...

Lobster Tail

Caribbean lobster served with baked potato, lemon, and drawn butter

Lobster Fettuccine

Cold water lobster meat sauteed with garlic, shallot, tomato, and asparagus tossed in our homemade alfredo sauce

Lobster Salad

Maine lobster with pancetta lardons, arugula, rainbow tomatoes, cucumbers, and crispy shallots in a champagne vinaigrette

Thursdays: Prix Fixe Menu $29.95

Set Your Course to Enjoy a Culinary Adventure

Our Executive Chef has prepared a three course gourmet experience. Begin by choosing a delicious first course, followed by a main entrée choice, and finally finish with a delectable dessert selection. The Prix Fixe menu changes monthly

Wednesdays: Pasta Specials $19.95

Feeling saucy? Take your pick between three fantastic pasta dishes each Wednesday. The pasta menus change every 4 weeks.

Feeling saucy?

Take your pick between three fantastic pasta dishes each Wednesday. The pasta menus change monthly. Ask your server about this month’s special selections. • Add a Side of Garlic Bread $4.50 | Add a Small House, Spinach or Caesar Salad $9.50

Seafood Spaghetti

Clams, scallops, shrimp and blue crab in a cilantro-lime cream sauce with tomatoes and roasted bell peppers

Portabella Mushroom Pasta

With sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, basil, pine nuts, white wine and penne pasta

Chicken Orecchiette Pasta

Checken breast sauteed with broccoli and mushrooms in a sweet potato cream sauce.

Thursdays, Lunch & Dinner • $29.95 • Executive Chef Jeff Westbrook

First Course Selections

Roasted Broccoli Salad

broccoli roasted brown, with dried cranberries, pine nuts and pomegranate tossed in Greek yogurt dressing

Roasted Pumpkin Soup

With toasted pepitas

Lamb Meatballs

With red curry glaze and yogurt mint sauce

Main Course Selections

Flat Iron Steak

With roasted potato, grilled asparagus and smoked blue cheese

Chicken Parmesan

Served with pomodoro penne pasta

Hawaiian Mahi Mahi

Grilled with Cajun seasoning served over jasmine rice and topped with curry aioli and corn salsa

Dessert Course Selections

Almond Orange Cake (GF)

Light sponge almond cake

Chocolate Eclair

Chocolate eclair filled with pastry cream

Pomegranate Hibiscus Lemon Tart

Creamy pomegranate curd kissed with hibiscus and lemon
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