Edible Canada: Third dineout sealed!

Onto our third Dine Out this year, Adorables wasn't able to join us unfortunately, but I had the wonderful company of HungryPanda and friends! Edible Canada offered a $30 3-course menu with optional $8 amuse bouche and $18 BC wine pairing. Since we couldn't be seated right away at the time I had booked, we took a seat outside with warmers and blankets to look at the menu and possibly order some drinks.

After we were seated, I was delighted to hear that their controversial Seal Amuse Bouche ($8 extra, $2 donated to research on marine ecosystem health) was available for ordering this evening (it was out of stock when my friend visited two days earlier). It was a rare seared seal loin (2oz) with white bean puree and pickled sea asparagus. This gives you a chance to truly taste the flavors of the lean seal meat. All I could taste was salt. It was a super salty meat, very tender and melted in my mouth. The waitress asked us how it was and she had quite a good laugh when I told her it was salty, "It comes from the sea, of course it's salty" was her reply.

HungryPanda ordered the Pacific Cod & Pemberton Potato Pakoras with jalapeno apple chutney and fresh mint on a bed of arugula. This smelled so good and came on a pan. The pakoras were crispy and fluffy inside. This paired well with the fresh jalapeno apple chutney and fresh mint.

I ordered the Rangeland Bison Tartare with Japanese mustard, fir tip aioli paired with root vegetable chips (extra $5).

The root vegetable was taro, and it added a nice contrasting texture to the soft chewy bison meat. Lightly seasoned and mixing with the spicy mustard, it was a great start to the meal!

HungryPanda and I shared our dishes, we got the Newfoundland Seal Pappardelle with guanciale, tomato and oregano (extra $3). Most of everyone at the table ordered this plate as well, and the portion sizes of each dish varied (portions looked bigger at other tables too :c). I couldn't taste much of the seal in this plate, was like ground pork. I enjoyed the flavors and the pasta was al dente. A perfect amount of sauce for the pasta so that it was all nicely coated with flavor.

We also got Quebec Rabbit Orecchiette (ear-shaped pasta) with mushrooms, confit onions, shaved Brussels sprouts and parmesan (extra $4). The rabbit was a little gamey, tender, and was a generous amount in the dish. This was delicious, definitely a highlight of the meal for me! The pasta was al dente and each little piece was packed with umami! It was a light cream base but definitely well-rounded for flavors.

Onto dessert! We ordered Chocolate Pot Du Creme with cassis and crystalized ginger. This was a bit too sweet but very chocolately and contrasted well with the tart cassis and ginger. Smooth rich chocolate was enjoyed.

My friends highly recommended their Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Pudding with maple bourbon custard and candied walnuts. This was moist and sweet-- reminded me of autumn and pumpkin spice lattes. The candied walnuts added extra texture to the dish but it felt disconnected with the dish.

Overall it was a great experience to try seal and the company I had with me tonight. Servers were friendly but service was definitely very slow (took almost half an hour to get the bill).