River Cafe

Dine Out Calgary Lunch Menu at the River Cafe for $25 dollars.

Cannellini Bean & Sunworks Farm Chicken SoupRoasted Tomato
• 2008 SAUVIGNON BLANC FROG’S LEAP RUTHERFORD

Comments: The soup was nothing special and tasted like something I could prepare on my own, and everyone knows I can't cook. It was light and suitable as a start, but it was too watery and didn't even have much chicken in it, or much chicken essence.

Slow Roasted Broek Acres PorchettaPoplar Bluff Purple PotatoSmoked Honeycrisp Apple Purée
• 2007 MORELLINO DI SCANSANO CASTELLO ROMITORIO TUSCANY

Comments: The main is a hit and miss. The hit... it tasted absolutely fantastic and the pork positively melts in your mouth when you eat it just a tinge of fat. However, the pork itself was TOO fatty even for me and those were cut out. So the the miss... when you cut out the fat, what was left of the pork was TOO dry and tasted like eating sandpaper. (Rough, dry and tasteless -- not that I would know what sandpaper taste like).

Maple Créme CaramelHazelnut-Orange Biscotti, BC Huckleberries
• 2006 SAUTERNES CHATEAU ROUMIEU BORDEAUX

Comments: OMG. This was the saving grace and the delight of the whole Dine Out menu. I have never tasted any creme caramel quite so good. It was so light and so smooth that it literally melted like snow in your mouth. The taste was light and sweet, but not overpowering sweet. It had a taste of light caramel and a tinge of orange, served chilled. Just recalling its taste is enough to heighten my delight with this dessert. I had hope to go back to try this again and see whether it was a fluke or truly a dessert marvel but unfortunately, it is no longer on their menu.

Moxie's Classic Grill

Entrees

spinach salad | warm bacon dressing, sweet red onions, chopped hard boiled eggs, mushrooms and crisp bacon, served with asiago crisps

steak oscar with jumbo prawns | atlantic crab and a skewered trio of jumbo prawns crown our 8 oz top sirloin drizzled with a creamy béarnaise sauce

Dessert

bite of brownie | smaller version of the ultimate dessert encounter, white and dark chocolate folded into a white chocolate brownie, finishe with french vanilla ice cream, real whipped cream and warm chocolate sauce

Moxie's Classic Grill
Address: 888 7 Ave SW Calgary

Thomsons Restaurant

Complimentary:

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Salad | Mache greens, friscee, crumbled goat cheese, dried  cherries, toasted walnuts, air-dreid biscon, honey truffle vinaigrette
Soup | Fennel and spinach soup, rock shrimp

Entree | House smoked Alberta beef tenderloin, caramelized carrots, green onion, parsnips, porcini and truffle butter, merlot wine reduction

Lunch Menu

Grilled Seafood Salad | Grilled wild Sockeye salmon, sea scallops, tiger prawns. Served on mache greens, creamy lemon poppy seed dressing, Full size 17

Scallops were nicely seared to perfection. The seared scallops and tiger prawns were grilled to the right texture. The size of these tiger prawns - well, the name of tiger prawns does not fail here. Unfortunately, this dish is not perfect. The sockeye salmon was either grilled too long or it was not fresh at the time of grilling. The finished product of this fish was way too dry. For someone that would only eat seafood like myself, this salmon was not acceptable. The bed of mache greens was very fresh and crisp. I guess overall, this dish was saved by its scallops and TIGER prawns.

Thomsons Restaurant
Address: 112 8 Ave SE Calgary

Escoba Bistro & Wine Bar

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Escoba Signature Sampler | Calabrese wrapped prawn, Spinach feta and almond spring roll, Shrimp and asiago stuffed mushroom

New York Striploin | Medium Rare with roasted garlic and shallot marinade, peppercorn demi-glaze, confit potato, seasonal vegetabes

White chocolate & espresso crème brulée with poached pear

Salad

Poached Pear Salad | Poached pear & golden beet, pickled red onion, manchengo cheese with rhum rosemary vinaigrette & crispy proscuitto 16

Overall, nice presentation with overwhelming flavours. This dish is heavily seasoned with marinade sauce by itself without the need of using its featured rhym rosemary vinaigrette dressing. Proscuitto was very crisp but salty.

Service
Our whole meal took about 1.45 hours, from the minute we sat down to the minute we stepped out. However, it is worth noting that the dining room had a large group of 16 guests at the same time. But at the same time, this is no excuse for our glasses of tap water to take 15 minutes to arrive.

Menu
Selection of entrees is minimal compared to its 4 pages of wine selection out of its 6 page menu.

Escoba Bistro & Wine Bar
Address: 624 8 Ave SW Calgary

Ric's Grill

Appetizer (Happy Hour)

Crispy Calamari | Garlic and lemon pepper coating with housemade tzatziki 7
Lemon Pepper Dry Ribs | Fire spice or lemon pepper 7

Entrees

Grilled Wild Salmon Spinach Salad | Housemade dressing, fresh seasonal fruit

Sirloin & King Crab Legs | 6oz Sirloin and a ½lb of Merus only king crab legs, with hot drawn butter + Nova Scotia Lobster Tail | hot drawn butter

Dessert

Crème Brule

Ric's Grill
Address: 1436 8 Street SW Calgary

Redwater Rustic Grille

Entrees

Field Mixed Greens | carrot and beet curls, toasted pumpkins seeds, sundried cranberries, crumbled deta, lemon oregano vinaigrette 9 & ahi tuna 7

Redwater Grille
Address: 9223 Macleod Trail S Calgary

Cactus Club Cafe

Appetizer:

calamari | red pepper, jalapeno, fresh dill, chipotle aioli and tzatziki 11½

Entree:

bbq duck clubhouse | bbq duck, pan seared chicken and crisp prosciutto on pecan fruit bread 17½ +
season greens + 1½

Dessert:

white chocolate  cheesecake | dark chocolate crust and the sweet in-house made mixed berry compote, topped off with a chocolate fudge sauce 7¾

Cactus Club Cafe
Address: 2612 39 Ave NE Calgary

The Coup & Meet Restaurant and Lounge

Meet:

poutine, new school | layers of organic local baked fries, mushroom gravy and cheese curds

Entrees:

organic rainbow green | topped with pea shoots, shredded carrots, beet and seeds with your choice of dressing | full 9

tai pizza | peanut satay sauce, green onion, carrots, smoked tofu and cheddar topped with chili flakes on a brown rice tortilla 12

Love the presentation of salad; it was served in a bowl with chopsticks.

The Coup Inc.
Address: 924B 17th Avenue SW | Calgary, AB | T2T 0A2

Earls Restaurant & Bar

Starter:

Baby Calamari | sweet red onions and Earl's owm tzatziki 10

Entrees:

Mixed Field Greens | feta cheese and candied pecans, organic greens, julienne apples, apple cider vinagrette 7.55

Wine:

Quail's Gate Gewarztraminer | Okanagan Valley, BC

Earls
Address: Space A1, Level 1,315 - 8th Avenue SW Calgary

Valentines at Alloy

Complimentary:

hummus & olives | house made naan bread

Starter:

papaya lobster bisque | lobster blini 9

Entrees:

winter salad | seared ahi tuna . warm potato . baby spinach . tomato confit . rocoto pepper dressing 18

Some type of fish special

Dessert:

crème brulee | blueberry ginger . white chocolate   9

Tea:

Alloy Fine Dining
Address: 220 42 Avenue SE Calgary T2F 1Y4