FLAVOURS Issue 2

UNFORGETTABLE
WEST COAST
DINING
EXPERIENCE
INLETS
RESTAURANT
WORDS NANCY PINCOMBE
Ifyou’ve dined at Inlets Restaurant in Egmont’s spectacular
West Coast Wilderness Lodge, then the view is seared into
your memory. Inlet, islet, mountain, and waterway—farreaching,
intricate, colourful, and alive. The sunset has never
had such a canvas to work on. Diners take photo after photo as
the colours and light change, and sometimes they forget to read
the menu as they watch seabirds drift on the swirling currents.
The menu does eventually grab everyone’s attention,
though. And where it veers from quintessentially West Coast
(ling cod, that magnificently versatile fish, or cedar-plank
salmon with maple whiskey glaze, a hands-down favourite with
out-of-town guests), it does so to offer the most delicious of
Italian dishes like spaghettini puttanesca or seafood tagliatelle.
The mushroom risotto is as memorable as the view, laced with
Padano cheese and just the right touch of truffle oil.
The wine list has a few favourites from France, California,
and New Zealand, but focuses on a diverse selection of awardwinning
BC wines. Inlets knows what its guests want and
encourages celebration and relaxation with specials such as
Wine’d Down Sundays (feature prices on all bottles of wine),
Double Up Saturdays (doubles just a dollar more), and a regular
Happy Hour from 3:00 to 6:00.
" . . . THE SHEER INCREASE IN NOTORIETY
THAT EGMONT AND THE SUNSHINE COAST
HAS GAINED OVER THE YEARS . . . WE ARE NO
LONGER JUST A SMALL TOWN AT THE END OF
THE ROAD, BUT THE DESTINATION ITSELF. "
INLETS RESTAURANT AT WEST COAST WILDERNESS LODGE | 6649 MAPLE ROAD, EGMONT, BC | WCWL.COM | 778.280.8610
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