10 Acres restaurant is a nice West coast cuisine place. My spouse, friend and I went there for supper as part of Victoria's dine around program that they have every year.
I started with confit game hen with braised cabbage. It was cooked perfectly and the cabbage and sauce worked fantastically with the hen. I next had the lamb shank with a parsnip and potato puree with red wine jus. Delicious and the puree was had a little bit of sweetness that brought out lots of flavour from the lamb. For dessert I had the sticky toffee pudding with warm toffee sauce and Chantilly cream. A nice comfy way to end the meal.
As part of dine around, the above was a $30 meal. They had other selections for appy, main and dessert. I'd go back here again.
Travel, Food, History and Life around Victoria BC, Canada.
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Postcard of the Interwebs - 17 Feb 2016
Choanoflagellates...The Mutation that created Multi-Cellular Life: The university of Oregon have published a paper that pinpoints the mutation six-hundred million years ago that made our single-cell protozoa ancestors benefit from cooperating. Very cool article.
Cabin footprint under 108 sq ft for ~11k: Cool article on someone building a little cabin with size restrictions.
Excel hints: Some great advice to utilise your excel program better.
Graphene can interface with Neurons: For those who know what wetware is (man-machine interface) then this article will interest you. The future will be very interesting.
Greek Teacher Manuscripts Reveal Roman Life: Many Greeks were teaching Romans and some new documents give light into the common language being taught.
Detecting Gravitational Waves: This new discovery based on Einstein's theories on gravity and how it works an be detected could spearhead many new technologies: Earthquake detection, astronomy, theoretical physics, large mass detectors...etc.
Cancer Breakthrough using Modified T Cells: Changing the bodies own T-Cells to reduce the chance of cancer cells evading destruction is innovative and currently at 94% effective on human patients with late stage leukaemia.
Cabin footprint under 108 sq ft for ~11k: Cool article on someone building a little cabin with size restrictions.
Excel hints: Some great advice to utilise your excel program better.
Graphene can interface with Neurons: For those who know what wetware is (man-machine interface) then this article will interest you. The future will be very interesting.
Greek Teacher Manuscripts Reveal Roman Life: Many Greeks were teaching Romans and some new documents give light into the common language being taught.
Detecting Gravitational Waves: This new discovery based on Einstein's theories on gravity and how it works an be detected could spearhead many new technologies: Earthquake detection, astronomy, theoretical physics, large mass detectors...etc.
Cancer Breakthrough using Modified T Cells: Changing the bodies own T-Cells to reduce the chance of cancer cells evading destruction is innovative and currently at 94% effective on human patients with late stage leukaemia.
Friday, 12 February 2016
OLO Restaurant
OLO restaurant used to be Ulla before a restructuring of its menu and style.
I always enjoyed my experience at Ulla and my first one at OLO did not fail to impress. I started with musque de Provence squash soup with creme fraiche. Then I shared a geoduck appy with my spouse. I then had a half order of Pumpkin chitarra pasta with sage brown butter and pecorino cheese. For my main I had a seafood bowl with octopus, clams, prawns, lingcod, potato, and leek in a prawn bisque.
I would eat there again and again.
I always enjoyed my experience at Ulla and my first one at OLO did not fail to impress. I started with musque de Provence squash soup with creme fraiche. Then I shared a geoduck appy with my spouse. I then had a half order of Pumpkin chitarra pasta with sage brown butter and pecorino cheese. For my main I had a seafood bowl with octopus, clams, prawns, lingcod, potato, and leek in a prawn bisque.
I would eat there again and again.