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Thanksgiving sample menu

Posted by The Innkeepers on Sep 29, 2010 in Menus | Comments Off

Share a delicious holiday meal with family and friends in our ocean-front dining room. Open at 5:30pm, enjoy a 4 course dinner for 74.95 per person. Phone 250-642-3421 to reserve your table. We look forward to welcoming you and yours to the Inn. Click on the link to see last year’s Thanksgiving day menu. LINK TO MENU

Feast of Fields, our 13 year with Feast of Fields

Posted by The Innkeepers on Sep 23, 2010 in Innkeepers Blog | Comments Off

13 years of Feast of Fields: What we served over the years, a celebration of land and ocean, of farmers, gardeners, foragers and of our very talented chefs, cooks and apprentices. 1998 Qualicum Bay weathervane scallop with Venturi Schulze Balsamic vinegar and herbs of Vancouver Island Indigenous people 1999 Stuffed Cedar Glen Farm Suckling Kid roast with salal berry jelly 2000 Grilled octopus on flat bread with Gentian sage flower vinaigrette 2001 Seaweed salad in a cracker cone 2002 Chilled soufflé Sooke Dungeness crab with Feather boa...

Chinese Canadian Auto Publication, AutoNerve

Posted by The Innkeepers on Sep 23, 2010 in Articles | Comments Off

To learn about the Pacific Marine Circle Route through an article published in AutoNerve please select Read More and then click on the Link....

“Heaven on Earth” latest review from one of our happy guests.

Posted by Frederique on Sep 22, 2010 in Innkeepers Blog | Comments Off

“Heaven on Earth” as seen on Trip Advisor Lawrence, Kansas Sep 17, 2010 | Trip type: Couples Grandifolia Room My husband and I were married here on September 10th. It was the most beautiful setting…right on the water with the mountains in the background. Only a 45 minute drive to Victoria. We were so happy with our room. Very large, fireplace, balcony, soft bedding, luxury soaps, I could go on and on. It is a very romantic place so be sure to share it with someone you love. Oh and the artwork! The House could be a gallery in itself. If...

King Boletus and Blue Chanterelles

Posted by Sinclair Philip on Sep 21, 2010 in Mushroom Blog | Comments Off

Blue Chanterelle, Polyozellus multiplex Michel Jansen-Reynaud, former Sooke Harbour House waiter and active mushroom forager, found this very rare mushroom north of Sooke. Although this is a good edible mushroom, it should be picked with restraint. I found this text book cep or porcini, Boletus edulis, on September 9th. Michel Jansen-Reynaud is delivering the King Bolete or porcini and is probably the forager with the greatest knowledge of mushrooms and good sites between Sooke and Port Renfrew. The mushrooms he delivers are always...

Avatar Grove, Sept 17, 2010

Posted by Sinclair Philip on Sep 20, 2010 in Mushroom Blog | Comments Off

Here are a few images of Phaeocollybia that our group found during a SVIMS outing led by Oluna and Adolf Ceska on Friday, September 17th. It was an amazing day in a beautiful, old growth forest that is slated for logging. You will see that Oluna’s specimens are impeccable. She took a great deal of time extracting them. I fractured the tap root on a few of my own but feel a little better after looking at the photographs in Mushrooms Demystified, page 415, since the images there show damage to the deepest segment of the tap root. Arora...

Why do we have an edible garden and now a farm at the Sooke Harbour House?

Posted by Frederique on Sep 16, 2010 in Innkeepers Blog | Comments Off

Link to Don Genova’s blog

Hasselbach Visit and Martin’s Lane Riesling by the Glass

Posted by Sinclair Philip on Sep 5, 2010 in Innkeepers Blog | Comments Off

On August 24th, I had the good fortune of dining with Agnes Gunderloch and Fritz Hasselbach of Gunderloch Winery in Rheinhessen, at Sooke Harbour House. I was lucky enough to meet them during a Canadian Governor General’s tour to Germany with Her Excellency, Adrianne Clarkson and John Ralston Saul in 2005 when we enjoyed a delicious lunch together at the winery. I truly enjoyed their wines that day and am convinced that Gunderloch wines are amongst the very best in the world. Agnes Gunderloch and Fritz Hasselbach were here for the marriage...