As part of a gastronomic club of five persons, we went to Ca Va Bistro Moderne. It is new within the last year and my wife's bosses raved about it. It fuses classic French, modern Australian and Westcoast cuisines. The interior is nicely decorated and one side of the room is a chalk board which has the entirety of the menu.
I ordered warm sourdough bread, olive oil, zatar with the extra of creton and pickles for everyone. The creton had allspice added, which is different than other creton I have tried in the past and added a nice little zip (creton is ground pork slowly sauteed in milk or cream with pickling spices which is then refrigerated and served with toast or crackers. It freezes for a long time too.).
For an appetizer I had butternut squash ravioli with truffle oil and a warm fig with slivers of manchego cheese. Not as good as Zambri's butternut squash ravioli but very tasty.
For my main it was duck confit with pureed fennel, beans with chizoro and olive oil which was very delicious and filling.
For dessert, my wife and I shared a chocolate puree with pinot noir sorbet and fresh raspberries with a berry coulee. Very dense, intense and filled the last bit of my stomach up.
For a wine the others had wine from the tap. Its a relatively new thing and it provides wine by the glass, half-liter or full liter. The wine was a Pinot Noir, from the Eau Vivre winery in Similkameen Valley, BC.
As a note, they use as much local and fresh ingredients that they can, so the good stuff does not last long. They are also open for brunch and lunch. My wife and I would come back again.
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