The Five Fishermen
1740 Argyle St, Halifax
422-4421
www.fivefishermen.com
Rating: *****
Dinner for two with drinks: $100
Signature Dish: Mussels
Signature Drink: Wine
How can you go wrong with a complimentary mussel and salad bar?
I’m with out-of-town friends and they are suitably impressed. Five Fishermen is one of the city’s oldest restaurants — in an historic building with a lot of class. The service is impeccable.
The mussels are large and sweet, with choices of several sauces.
The salad bar includes a wide variety such as cucumber, olives, beans and potatoes.
The Grilled Tatamagouche Leg of Lamb (on a special menu for $40 including dessert) is tasty and tender and comes on a bed of herbed spaetzle (German noodles) with asparagus.
The Seafood Pie is on the same list of specials — a flaky crust over a delicious seafood assortment.
The Blackened Haddock ($37) tastes fresh and has a spicy kick, served with rice, asparagus and shrimp gumbo.
Five Fishermen Bouillabaisse ($36) is loaded with seafood, shrimp, scallops, haddock and halibut, plus a few potatoes and carrots. The sauce is rich and flavourful.
The famous Quebec specialty, Pudding Chomeur, is our favourite dessert, and, oh, so sweet.
What a meal.
Garrison Brewing gets gold medals
Halifax’s Garrison Brewing Co. recently won gold medals for its Imperial I.P.A. and its Irish Red Ale at the 2010 World Beer Championships in Chicago.
Garrison’s Hopyard Pale Ale and its Winter Warmer took silver medals at the global brew-off.
NSCC team wins at Culinary Expo
A team from NSCC Akerley campus, led by Sean Kettley, won the junior division at the Atlantic Culinary Expo in Charlottetown.
A team from the Prince George and Holiday Inn Harbourview Hotels, under the leadership of Luis Clavel, was tops in the senior division.
Elmsdale woman wins 50 wine bottles
Lynda Carter of Elmsdale is the proud owner of 50 bottles of Nova Scotia wine thanks to her visit to Jost Vineyards on Valentine’s Day.
The Nova Scotia Wine Cellar contest was a new component of this year’s Winter Icewine Festival.
Dining out
TEMPEST RESTAURANT in Wolfville has just rolled out a new spring menu featuring fresh local products, sustainable seafood and seasonal recipes: Haddock Chowder, Indian Point Mussels, Lobster Risotto and more. For more information go to tempest.ca or call 542-0588.
JANE’S ON THE COMMON has a new lunch/workplace catering menu. Cranberry mayo and gruyère cheese top their turkey sandwich. 2394 Robie St. To order call 431-5683, fax 444-3608 or email: janesonthe-common@eastlink.ca.
