Comments on: From High Tea to Humble Fish and Chips http://www.themangolassie.com/2008/08/from-high-tea-to-humble-fish-and-chips/ Going Gourmet on a Shoestring Budget Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Big Anchovy http://www.themangolassie.com/2008/08/from-high-tea-to-humble-fish-and-chips/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Big Anchovy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:02:07 +0000 http://www.themangolassie.com/?p=601#comment-2732 Ahoy you Chicago/NYC married guys! It's been a crazy few weeks in Oakland--three new housemates moving in at the same time as three old ones were moving out, with a full week of overlap plus a living-room full of boxes courtesy of another classmate--but things are settling down and Stir-Fry and I are enjoying some downtime before her teaching and my chaplaincy program start next week. At any rate (as Empanada Boy taught me to say), I sympathize with your culinary disappointment in Victoria, BC. We've been there twice (once on honeymoon, and again on our big bike trip in 2004), and I can only remember three decent meals, two of which were at the Empress. The dollar hadn't tanked yet, which took the edge off the substantial price tags. High tea was fabulous, as was our dinner the night before in The Empress Room--we passed on the $100/snifter cognac, but splurged on a fancy dessert (the pastry chef spelled out "Congratulations Stir-Fry and Big Anchovy" in chocolate sauce on the rim of the plate). The other great dinner we had was at Ferris's Oyster Bar (http://www.ferrisoysterbar.com/) in the downtown area. It was an introduction to raw oysters for both of us, as well as to oyster shooters. Not too pricy, and still some of the best oysters I've had. Good luck with the big move to the Big Apple--can't wait to read about your culinary adventures in the coming year! Ahoy you Chicago/NYC married guys! It’s been a crazy few weeks in Oakland–three new housemates moving in at the same time as three old ones were moving out, with a full week of overlap plus a living-room full of boxes courtesy of another classmate–but things are settling down and Stir-Fry and I are enjoying some downtime before her teaching and my chaplaincy program start next week.

At any rate (as Empanada Boy taught me to say), I sympathize with your culinary disappointment in Victoria, BC. We’ve been there twice (once on honeymoon, and again on our big bike trip in 2004), and I can only remember three decent meals, two of which were at the Empress. The dollar hadn’t tanked yet, which took the edge off the substantial price tags. High tea was fabulous, as was our dinner the night before in The Empress Room–we passed on the $100/snifter cognac, but splurged on a fancy dessert (the pastry chef spelled out “Congratulations Stir-Fry and Big Anchovy” in chocolate sauce on the rim of the plate).

The other great dinner we had was at Ferris’s Oyster Bar (http://www.ferrisoysterbar.com/) in the downtown area. It was an introduction to raw oysters for both of us, as well as to oyster shooters. Not too pricy, and still some of the best oysters I’ve had.

Good luck with the big move to the Big Apple–can’t wait to read about your culinary adventures in the coming year!

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