Christmas Menu # 1
Roasted winter squash soup with sage, pancetta lardons and whipped crème fraîche
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Water cress salad with shaved parmigiano reggiano, crisp crostini and aceto balsamico vinaigrette
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Pan roasted, fresh local Snapper filet with confît roma tomatoes, winter vegetables and potato straw
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Oven roasted free range chicken breast with whipped potatoes, local organic brussel sprouts and cranberry compote
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Spiced vanilla bean parfait with raspberry coulis and crisp almond tuille cookie
$50/person*
*price does not include beverages, hst or gratuities
Christmas menu #2
Homemade mushroom Raviolo with a white wine-sage cream sauce and crisp vegetable juliennes
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Local organic parsnip soup with house smoked Sooke Trout and whipped crème fraiche
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Sautéed wild Pacific ocean scallops and prawns on squash ribbons with tomato butter sauce and roasted Yukon potatoes
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Oven roasted Pork tenderloin stuffed with figs, green peppercorn demi-glace and caramelized onion bread pudding
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Lebkuchen crème brûleé with sour cherry compote & pecan tuille cookie
$55/person*
*price does not include beverages, hst or gratuities
Christmas menu #3
Duck confît crèpe with local organic greens and cassis gastrique
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Seared scallops with a roasted red pepper & Kalamata olive tapenade and crisp Parmigiano tuille
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Smoked Queen Charlotte Island black cod on homemade papardelle noodles with a lemon-Pastis butter sauce and green asparagus
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Oven roasted fresh B.C Venison loin with Spaetzle, cranberry preserve, seasonal vegetables and pan juices
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Roasted, spiced pumpkin tartlette with vanilla bean and dark rum whipped cream
$68/person*
*price does not include beverages, hst or gratuities
Markus’
Wharfside Restaurant
New Year’s Eve 2011
Local Dungeness crab salad with watercress and a lemon & extra virgin olive oil vinaigrette
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Gin-tomato soup with wild Pacific Ocean scallops and chive infused oil
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Braised Queen Charlotte Island Black Cod on sautéed leeks & fresh local shrimp with a Pernod and pink peppercorn butter sauce
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Grilled Sterling silver beef tenderloin with truffled winter vegetable strudel and Beaujolais demi-glace
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Dark Belgian chocolate mousse & pecan toffee crisp with berry coulis and orange reduction
$70/person