Exploring Victoria鈥檚 Food & Drink Scene, Victoria, British Columbia
y home base of Vancouver B.C. is well established as a foodie destination in Canada, if not the world. It is also enjoying an explosion of craft breweries making it a聽beer lovers paradise.1聽Yes, it is a great time to be a foodie in Vancouver. This got me thinking about what it is like in other major Canadian cities. Are the聽global trends聽of sourcing fresh and local ingredients for our meals and expecting more than watered down beer isolated to just Vancouver? With that in mind, I made the short trip across the Georgia Straight for a weekend of exploring Victoria鈥檚 food and drinks scene.
It didn鈥檛 take long for this foodie weekend to begin. Shortly after leaving Vancouver on board the brand聽V2V Empress luxury passenger ferry, I tucked into a Salish Sea inspired meal that kicked this weekend off right.聽V2V Vacations聽uses Victoria catering company聽Truffles聽who emphasize on sourcing local and sustainable ingredients. I enjoyed an open faced Ocean Wise smoked salmon sandwich topped with crispy capers and washed it down with a Blue Buck from Victoria鈥檚 own Phillips Brewing Company. This was capped off with the best truffles I have ever had from聽Bernard Callebaut chocolate. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
It didn鈥檛 take long for this foodie weekend to begin. Shortly after leaving Vancouver on board the brand聽V2V Empress luxury passenger ferry, I tucked into a Salish Sea inspired meal that kicked this weekend off right.聽V2V Vacations聽uses Victoria catering company聽Truffles聽who emphasize on sourcing local and sustainable ingredients. I enjoyed an open faced Ocean Wise smoked salmon sandwich topped with crispy capers and washed it down with a Blue Buck from Victoria鈥檚 own Phillips Brewing Company. This was capped off with the best truffles I have ever had from聽Bernard Callebaut chocolate. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Exploring Victoria鈥檚 Food & Drink Scene
Guide Location: Canada » Victoria
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Shaun Robertson
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Guide Location: Canada » Victoria
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Shaun Robertson
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Hotel Grand Pacific
- B.C. Royal Museum
- 10 Acres Commons
- Bard & Banker
- Hoyne
- Philips
- Driftwood
- Olive the Senses Gourmet Foods Ltd
- French Oven Bakery
- Chinatown
- S眉lt Pierogi Bar
- Rogers Chocolates
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