Tofino - Basic Goodness Pizza

We decided to have a quiet night in for our last meal. This included two pizzas from Basic Goodness and some Tofino Brewing Company beers.

One of them was the Ortelana with tomato, mozzarella, and Island grown vegetables. My wife had a blonde ale.

 The other pizza was the funghi misti with wood fired mushrooms, bianca, smoked provalone, fontina cheese and thyme. I had the kelp stout.

They did not survive the encounter with us. Delicious!

Tofino - Pointe Restaurant

Located in the Wickaninnish Inn, the Pointe is a high end restaurant that never fails to satisfy our culinary tastebuds.

 We both had the tasting menu so the chef sent out an amuse bouche. Fried lichen with a tasty mayonnaise as well as a smoked salmon macron.

 First up was the beet bouquet with miso aioli, shiso, and trout roe.

 Next was the mushroom and foie gras toast with dried cherry puree, foraged mushrooms, and sourdough fried in some fatty goodness.

 Seared halibut was next with confit squash, hazelnut crust, dukkah spice, and sage oil.

 It was followed by herb encrusted beef tenderloin with truffle glazed celeriac, nostrala dauphine potato and jus.

 For dessert they served a mountain rose apple presse with Salt Spring island goat cheese mousse, brown butter, and an oat cookie.

Everything was fantastic.

They also did some changes with the dining area including two new bathrooms under the restaurant. They used the rock rather than tear it all up.

Tofino - Rainforest Trail

The Rainforest trail is a peaceful 2km split trail, one km on the North side of the highway (and the easier walk) and the 1km on the South side (lots of steps up and down). Well worth it.

Tofino - Nuu-chah-nulth Trail

Nuu-chah-nulth trail is a lovely rainforest/bog trail 3.8 km each way that has many raised portions to preserve the ecology underneath. A perfect walk to work off a big breakfast. We started at the Eastern entrance by Florence Bay.

It started off with dense growth on each side of the trail. It was good that it had not rained because there were portions that had dry mud.

 Some of the trees have subsidiary growths forming trees in their own right!

 The boardwalk is in a very good state with few boards that have rotted through.

 After reaching South Beach we walked around and saw varied colored seaweed that we do not see on other beaches.

 We then walked from there to Wickaninnish Beach. Ont he way the foliage on each side had a plethora of lichen.

Wickaninnish beach is one of the longest in Pacific Rim National Park. Many surfers were there taking advantage of the waves.

 We then walked back through the trail for a relaxing reverse of our earlier walk.

Tofino - Chesterman's Beach at Sunset

 These pictures were taken on Chesterman's beach on three separate nights. The colours were gorgeous.

Tofino - Downtown

Tofino not only has great restaurants, art galleries, and shops, but also has fantastic scenery.

Tofino - The Shed

The Shed is a new place in Tofino, partly owned by the Cactus Club chain, and they have a great thing going here. We were so impressed with our lunch that we had breakfast here the next day.

Its very slick inside with 60's/70's throwback furniture and accouterments. Every time we passed by it seemed to be either very full or moderately full.

 For lunch we had two bowls, Tsunami salad and the Poke bowl. The Tsunami salad with albacore tuna, buckwheat noodles, vegetable slaw, soy, sesame, peanut, cilantro, and green onion. The poke bowl with albacore tuna tare tare, avocado, cucumber, wakame, crispy rice, miso mustard, pickled ginger, and nori. We switched bowls halfway through for variety and found them both delicious. To drink I had Lonetree cider and my wife had a dark blonde ale.

For breakfast we both had the Yeti bowl which had scrambled eggs, mable bacon, farro, kale, peppercorn ricotta cheese, grilled tomato, and a hashbrown wedge. For a drink we had the ginger Tofino kombucha. Very delicious!

Tofino - Sobo

Sobo is one of our standby places to eat in Tofino but we have only come here for lunch. This time we decided to go here for supper. We were not disappointed. We also arrived early to beat the rush, a common occurrence in Tofino.

My wife had the iron skillet cornbead (background) and a margarita. She said both were delicious. I had the fried brussel sprouts with capers, lemon aoli, and parmesan...yum! To drink I had the Pippen's Sea Cider.

 For my main I had the seafood bowl with clams, mussels, ling cod, shrimp all in a smoked tomato broth. Delicious!

 My wife had the Chile Rellanos with toasted green chillis stuffed with parsnip and yams on a bed of black rice topped with ancho sauce, quesno fresco, and pumpkin seeds. She found it tasty and filling.

 No desserts for us but as always they are tempting.