bvi captains log blog

Guess I better get on the ball with catching up on this blog before I am a month behind...

Saturday morning we arose fairly early and made our way to the airport to get a flight to Edmonton. There has been forest fires in BC and the smoke had all came Edmonton Way...






Old habits die hard, I remembered decades ago when I lived here that we used to go to the Italian Bakery on 97th st about every weekend to get Crusty Buns..You can tell my priorities when this was the first place I headed to even before seeing my boys...



We walked in and my non observant husband said "You took me here last time" and of course he remembered, I bought buns and Mortadella and he bought a box of pastries...




The other thing Bazza seemed to remember was being at Princess Auto. a favorite store apparently, and he wanted to go back. I dropped him off. Apparently while there, in the 40 minutes which was about 39 more minutes then what I needed in there, he only made it through 10% of the store!



While he bonded with Princess Auto I went to the Mayfield Inn where I spent a lot of time DECADES ago working. Was it always that small? I doubt it! Strange to wander around these places after 25 years...



We then made our way over to where my two oldest sons live, Chris and Chad for a bit...







And since this is a quick 28 hour trip to Edmonton, it was about time to go check into the Hotel MacDonald where we were staying for the night, which is across the street from the bar/nightclub that Chad was involved with opening. It too looks way smaller...I worked here too, probably about 35 years ago doing banquets!
The view looks about the same...



Soon enough Chris showed up and we walked over to the Treasury for an early dinner.





Bazza and I with the two boys



The flowers I sent for opening somehow ended up in the girls washroom...what do you think that means?



AND the men's washrooms had TV's on each urinal...



Restaurant area...



Kitchen line...



Myself with the Chef Paul



And FOOD! They had a very limited menu so they did not overwhelm the kitchen during opening, which consisted of 3 starters, 3 entrees (lamb, beef and ahi tuna) and two desserts. We about tried one if not more of everything. Some was "ok" some was outstanding...

This is the Beef Capriccio, with white truffle oil, red onion, and smoked capers...



Caesar Salad




This shrimp appetizer was amazing. It had garlic and onion sauteed, then white wine, cook the shrimp, then put in sambucca, basil, heavy cream, feta cheese, a bit of salt and pepper and served on top of toast points. I think I ordered several of these and truthfully could have all night long....



This is a duck and prawn confit Spring Roll, with Wasabi glaze.... which was also excellent (although not as good as the shrimp!)



My son Chris...



And my brother Danny



The lamb was espresso rubbed...



The medallions, I am not sure I remember what they were but the potato pancakes with them were wonderful...



The ahi tuna was spiced a bit and tasted very good, although a bit spicy for my liking...



This was a deep fried ice cream dish, which I did not think really worked too well...



The nightclub became very packed, and was operating way past the witching hour for me, but I managed to hang out until 11 PM. I think Chad was ready to get rid of us then as he was pretty busy and had all the usual opening weekend schmozzles and wrinkles to work out.

This is an unusual picture though, for those who know Chad. This is his father and his wife Val, I have not seen them in about 20 years so it was nice to visit a bit....Can you tell how much Chad looks like his father?



And one of my favorite pictures is my buns from the bakery and the meat..



Long day for us and we were happy to find bed!