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Salty’s Beach House Restaurant-Penticton

Yesterday we went to Salty’s www.saltysbeachhouse.com to, again, book the upstairs for Don’s golf group. We were greeted at the door with a beautiful smile and sincerely given ‘welcome’. The greeter did not know us, so it was not phony.

We took a table by the window and enjoyed the beautiful lake view. The sun was giving its best, I think, and the lake view through the valley was enchanting.

I ordered my favourite (up to now) the two fish tacos. These are sooo nice. They are flour tortillas stuffed with guacamole, tempura battered shrimp. white fish, lettuce, salsa, No onions please! It came with fries (new change here) and two sauces.

The fries, I am sure for a lot of people who like pepper, would love them. For me, as I don ‘t use pepper, had to brush it off so I could eat some of them. Now, here is where Salty’s beats the competition……our astute server, Danielle, noticed I hadn’t eaten them and enquired why. I explained my reason and she left after asking if they could re-do the fries.

I told her no thank you, all was fine. Then our ‘greeter’ came over (forgive me here, I did not remember their names – must be my age) and asked me why….thanked me for my input…and looked after it.

Don ordered a pizza. Now this one I would order as it was absolutely the best pizza I have ever had. It is called the
Bahama Breeze. It has prawns, scallops, bacon, roasted garlic butter, oven dried tomatoes, mozzeralla cheese, manchego cheese, avocado slices and a wasabi lime vinaigrette.

Good grief Martha! It is sooooooo darn good!

We love this restaurant. Daya is the “one-of-a-kind manager and they have a real treasure in her. Her knowledge of operation, menus, attitude, people skills, staffing is so noticeable. She is perfect in her niche.

Would we return? In a heartbeat. Should you try it? Absolutely! Just remember to go for the Bahama Breeze pizza and tell them you read it here.

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Terry’s Comfort Food With Attitude, Penticton, B.C.

On Friday we took our daughter to the airport and continued on to do a few errands. Don wanted to stop in at this Restaurant to give it a try.  http://infotel.ca/search/TERRY’S-Comfort-Food-With-Attitude/Restaurants/Penticton-South-Okanagan-and-Similkameen-Areas/100151819-1198.htmlI have a problem with some of these “just want to see” stops we sometimes make, but that is because I am not so adventurous with food and how it is prepared when I am unsure about the conditions inside.

Don ordered the small Benny’s, home fries and a bowl of fresh fruit. The fruit wasn’t the greatest, although he said the oranges were fresh. The hollandaise sauce was ‘different’. The colour was quite orange, quite possibly from the paprika on top. He gave it 6 out of 10.

I ordered a plain waffle with butter and syrup. Okay, if it is freshly made it should be golden and crispy on the ouside and somewhat softer on the inside. It wasn’t. It was more like a frozen waffle that had been warmed up in the micro at best and was just soft. The butter was so questionable, I had to ask. I still feel it was another product but I can’t prove it. The syrup was completely watered down. The coffee was truly great! I give my meal a 1 out of 10. Sorry.

The place was full of ‘regulars’ I guess. The waitress seemed to know many of them. It needs a bit of an update for sure. The hours are 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

I guess you get what you expect from some restaurants. It is almost like they know they have a niche and now couldn’t care less about keeping it up. That is so sad.

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