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Salty’s Beach House Restaurant-Penticton

Yesterday we went to Salty’s www.saltysbeachhouse.com to, again, book the upstairs for Don’s golf group. We were greeted at the door with a beautiful smile and sincerely given ‘welcome’. The greeter did not know us, so it was not phony.

We took a table by the window and enjoyed the beautiful lake view. The sun was giving its best, I think, and the lake view through the valley was enchanting.

I ordered my favourite (up to now) the two fish tacos. These are sooo nice. They are flour tortillas stuffed with guacamole, tempura battered shrimp. white fish, lettuce, salsa, No onions please! It came with fries (new change here) and two sauces.

The fries, I am sure for a lot of people who like pepper, would love them. For me, as I don ‘t use pepper, had to brush it off so I could eat some of them. Now, here is where Salty’s beats the competition……our astute server, Danielle, noticed I hadn’t eaten them and enquired why. I explained my reason and she left after asking if they could re-do the fries.

I told her no thank you, all was fine. Then our ‘greeter’ came over (forgive me here, I did not remember their names – must be my age) and asked me why….thanked me for my input…and looked after it.

Don ordered a pizza. Now this one I would order as it was absolutely the best pizza I have ever had. It is called the
Bahama Breeze. It has prawns, scallops, bacon, roasted garlic butter, oven dried tomatoes, mozzeralla cheese, manchego cheese, avocado slices and a wasabi lime vinaigrette.

Good grief Martha! It is sooooooo darn good!

We love this restaurant. Daya is the “one-of-a-kind manager and they have a real treasure in her. Her knowledge of operation, menus, attitude, people skills, staffing is so noticeable. She is perfect in her niche.

Would we return? In a heartbeat. Should you try it? Absolutely! Just remember to go for the Bahama Breeze pizza and tell them you read it here.

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Miradoro Restaurant-Tinhorn Creek Winery

We made our second visit to the Miradoro Restaurant  http://www.miradoro.ca

and took a friend with us.  To say the view is anything less than absolutely breathtaking would be to slight a masterpiece.

One thing I like about eating here is when you arrive, the server shows up with two large bottles of water, 1 sparkling and 1 plain. Your choice. Nice.

Don ordered the daily soup which was shredded chicken with “stuff”. It is called the Chef’s Creation and Don said the broth was great. It is a big serving as well. Then he ordered the baked clams and chorizo in a saffron tomato sauce. He had this on a previous visit and thought the sauce was a little different. Lots and lots of clams and he ate it all. It must have been good.

Carole, our friend, ordered a chicken salad sandwich on ciabatta with arugula pesto and pepper aioli. The problem with this sandwich was she couldn’t cut into it or even bite into it . If the server had asked how we were enjoying our meal,  she would have suggested to him to bring a steak knife. She finally did ask him for a steak knife and even then she couldn’t cut it. Result: she ordered the sandwich on bread. Now, it was good.

I ordered the pizza funghi – wild and cultivated mushrooms, asparagus and Okanagan Chevre. Believe me the crust was a real treat. I haven’t had a pizza that good or tasty before.  Two thumbs up on this one.

Our server could, have,  perhaps. been a bit more attentive. Had to suggest in a loud whisper that we could use another glass of wine. Another server heard me and remedied the situation with class. We had their Gewurztraminer 2010 wine and it was crisp and cold and fantastic.

Is it still a good restaurant. Absolutely! Price-wise for the above was $$$.

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