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Cactus Club Restaurant-Abbotsford, BC

While back in Abbotsford this week, we took my dicdt guru and friend of Don and myself to the brand spanking new Cactus Club.http://www.cactusclubcafe.com/tag/abbotsford/

 They have one of the best establishments in the country and everytime we go to one of them, it is super clean, consistant in quality and taste of foods offered. The servers are young, slim and very attractive and very good at their jobs. 

Bill ordered the 3 sliders and seemed to enjoy every mouthful. It was enough for him for lunch (doesn’t eat much – boo).  Don ordered the Jambalaya Rice Bowl and ate all his up. He liked the flavours.  I ordered the 3 butternut squash with Shrimp ravioli with toasted pine nuts and a sauce to absolutely die for. The shrimp were large and cooked to perfection.  It was enough, believe me. Our server commented that there was a larger order of 7 – couldn’t do that one. 

If you thought we were done, guess again.  Dessert: a dessert with 3 forks (of course).  It contained a white chocolate cheesecake with a tart raspberry sauce.  The darn thing was a mile high and sooooooo yummy! 

If you ever get the chance, don ‘t pass them by. Also thanks to Jaime. our server. 

 

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Salty’s Restaurant, Penticton

What a  treat today.  Don took me for lunch to Salty’s in Penticton.  They have the girls with the prettiest smiles on the planet as their servers. Love dining here. http://www.saltysbeachhouse.com/

 A good change are the adjustments made to their lunch menu.

 

These changes are all for the good  I might add.  Don ordered the Fisherman’s Bowl which came with rice on the side and hot, fresh Naan bread.  He loved it.  It was the 1/2 order size and it had some shrimp, scallops, a couple of mussels and clams and white fish,  along with a bevy of vegetables in a coconut milk/curry sauce. He said it tasted like Pad Thai. It was mildly spicy hot. This was a new size for lunch.

 

On the other hand, I ordered the crab cakes that came with a fantastic salad and garlic toast.  Mine is one of the newer items on the menu.  It was great tasting,  but needs a little adjustment to make it perfect.  The adjustment (in my mind) was to add another crab cake to make it three small ones OR enlarge the size of the two that were served. It wouldn’t be disappointing to the eye then.  The salad was spring greens with toasted almonds and big, juicy blueberries with a wonderful dressing.

 

To add to the sins of the day, we shared a dessert.  Chocolate cake with a layer of caramel, ganache, another layer of chocolate cake and a ganache frosting sitting on a raspberry coulis.  Uhuh!  It was fabulous.

 

Our server, Kiara has a smile that lights up a room when she is attendng to  customers.

 

As always, great place, great staff and a manager who is on top of it all, all the time.  We will return for sure.

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