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Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop House

A week ago while in Vancouver, we had the opportunity to enjoy a dinner with daughter Suzanne and family. We came to this establishment as Suzanne and Victor had been before and really like it.

The staff are amazing..attentive but not over-bearing and our server, Vincent was on top of his game. We all ordered a beverage and appies to share. The crab and corn fritters were soooo tasty and Don and Jade loved the oysters.

I think the majority of the table ordered the seafood linguine, and Don ordered the Halibut. Everyone loved their meal and would go back in a heartbeat.

At the end of the meal there was a tiny bottle of hot sauce sitting there. (it probably held 3 drops) and Sydney was hoping to keep it (it was used) but had been removed from the table. Another server came over and told Don there was more where that came from and brought two of them. Sydney took one and of course, Granddad took the other. Dessert was chocolate with a lot of spoons.

Thank you Suzanne and family for such a wonderful treat and being able to see you all again.

Yes, we all took care with masks and sanitizers as did the staff at the restaurant.

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Auntie Pesto’s Café, Salt Spring Island

Yesterday, while Trevor was here for a few days, we went to Salt Spring Island. Driving to Chemainus and seeing the scenery was pretty nice and then we continued on to the Ferry at Crofton.

On the other side at Vesuvius Bay, we drove a few kilometers to the center of town and wait for the Farmer’s market to open. We walked a bit and then decided to have some lunch. We spotted Auntie Pesto’s Café and were seated outside on the patio over looking all the different boats being moored there.

Trevor ordered “The Mateo” – a sandwich made with genoa and calabrese salami, provolone cheese, and sundried tomato tapenade on their in-house ciabatta bread; toasted to perfection and he ate it all up.

Don ordered the lox and dill cream cheese platter with pickled shallots, fried capers, shaved pickled zucchini and slices of toasted in-house made brown bread. Yup, he ate it as well.

I ordered the Grilled Chicken Panini with roasted red peppers, and provolone on their in-house made ciabatta bread. Believe me, this bread is absolutely awesome. These sandwiches were so large, I could not eat the whole thing. THEN, they ordered Onion rings.

If you are fortunate enough to travel to Salt Spring Island, be sure to go in and eat here. It is clean, the food is great and the staff are so friendly.

I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you a tale of woe (for me but funny for everyone else). Lunch was my treat for these two wonderful men and I always tip 20 per cent. I put in the numbers and handed the machine back and the lady looked at it and asked what she had done so wrong. I had put in 20 cents, not the 20 percent. We rectified it, thanks to Don and Trevor thought this was pretty funny. Me? I was totally embarrassed.

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