Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Artisan Eats Cafe & Fine Foods



Last time we went to Bowen Island was a few years ago in the summer time and we were lucky enough to have the chance to camp at a friend's backyard hill. It was definitely a great experience.  This time it's an one day trip to Bowen on a cloudy spring day to visit two other friends who have recently moved there :) They asked us to meeting them for lunch at Artisan Eats. When we got off the ferry, we saw a board on the side of the street that says Artisan Eats so we pulled over and parked at a lot near by. As soon we walked over to the board, we realized it's just an ad board that tells you where the restaurant is located :P So we got back in the car and drove up the hill to Artisan Square where the restaurant really is. After talking to our friends, it turns out the restaurant the ad board was placed outside of is called Tuscany and the owner owns both the Artisan Eats and Tuscany, which explained why the ad board was there. To find out more, visit their website.


Artisan Eats Outside


Lots of food to choose from :) You order and pay then they give u a number, u find a seat and wait for the food.


Pastries
 
Help yourself water station

Seating area

 We ended up ordering a bit more than we needed to eat :P but it was good to try a bit of everything I wanted to eat. 
Veggie Omelette
 Veggie omelette with goat cheese.
Potato Soup and Tofu Stick
Great potato soup and the tofu stick is separately ordered. It comes with its own sauce too, the stick is very good, something different to try! :)
Veggie Sandwich
We really enjoyed the food there. Yummy and very fresh :) Even though we were stuffed after we managed to finish all the food, we didn't feel any discomfort at all. The service is friendly and it gets packed fast but it's understandable why. I would for sure come back here again the next time I'm back on the island :)

After visiting our friends' new house, we had a driving tour around the area and went for a little walk to the beach close by ^___^ 

Beach view


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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Nirvana

Nirvana is one of the restaurants that I have been curious to check out. Sometimes things just don't happen unless a series of things happen to line up at the right time. So it just happened that my friend has recently moved into that neighborhood and had time for lunch and I was given an entertainment book with a coupon for Nirvana, so we thought it was a good time to go try it out.

Nirvana Outside
Across the street
Window view
Inside


Menu and my coupon :P
Lunch Menu
There's a veggie section on the lunch menu. It's not very big but I guess enough for us to pick two things off.

Veggie section
Friend ordered Chai Tea.
Chai
Yay papadum <3 This is what I look forward to when going for Indian food :P
Papadum
We ordered Palak Paneer and Vegetable Jalfrezi. The curries come with rice. We though the food was decent, but the curries did not have as much flavour as we liked.  It was a pretty quiet weekday lunch. I think We were the only two people there for a while, then another table of people came in. Overall it was a nice relaxing lunch with my friend and I'm glad I get to try the restaurant out :)

Palak Paneer and Vegetable Jalfrezi





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