Pre-Christmas Brunch
Hi all
Dennis and I had a wonderful brunch this morning at River Café here in Calgary. They have, arguably, probably the best location in town, an amazing (and ever-changing) menu and terrific wine list. On Sundays, they even let you BYOB and waive the corkage charge.
We split an appetizer of wild boar proscuitto that was perfect -- not too salty, and very rich -- served with some shiitake and oyster mushrooms, and some wedges of very filling johnnycake. For mains, Dennis had the Elk Bacon Benedict and I had the barbequed rainbow trout with scrambled eggs. Although we looked hard at the Blue Mountain Brut (for $50) and the rosé (for $65!), we settled on a 750 ml bottle of DuMinot cider from Quebec for $30.
Wish we could find this here at a liquor store! Yohanna brought us out a bottle of this when she visited a few years ago, and it was wonderful to find it on the wine list.
Happy Holidays to all!
Dennis and I had a wonderful brunch this morning at River Café here in Calgary. They have, arguably, probably the best location in town, an amazing (and ever-changing) menu and terrific wine list. On Sundays, they even let you BYOB and waive the corkage charge.
We split an appetizer of wild boar proscuitto that was perfect -- not too salty, and very rich -- served with some shiitake and oyster mushrooms, and some wedges of very filling johnnycake. For mains, Dennis had the Elk Bacon Benedict and I had the barbequed rainbow trout with scrambled eggs. Although we looked hard at the Blue Mountain Brut (for $50) and the rosé (for $65!), we settled on a 750 ml bottle of DuMinot cider from Quebec for $30.
Wish we could find this here at a liquor store! Yohanna brought us out a bottle of this when she visited a few years ago, and it was wonderful to find it on the wine list.
Happy Holidays to all!
posted by Linda | 12:52 p.m.
1 Comments:
I am envious Linda.
At any time of the year, River Cafe is wonderful. I enjoy "escaping" from downtown to the peace and quiet of Prince's Island.
In the summer I have enjoyed sitting on their deck watching the ducks paddle by with some of that Blue Mountain Rose you have described [smile].
Their charcuterrie selection is always good.
Big proponent's of good, often hard to find...too hard in the case of the cider you mentioned apparenently...Canadian labels.
Did you check at Bin 905 for the cider?
Sandy and I will have to go back to River the next time we are down your way. It will be River or Capo I expect with stops at Divino on Stephen's Avenue.
Have a Merry Xmas.
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