The Pointe Restaurant at The Wickaninnish Inn Tofino

Dinner tonight at the Pointe Restaurant was very good.  The room is beautiful, a circular room of beautiful cedar beams it brings your table right to the ocean’s edge so every seat has a great view with waves crashing beneath you.  That’s not all though, the food and wine are up to the standard expected at a Relais and Chateaux.  As you walk into the restaurant the wines are displayed beautifully in a walk in cellar with lovely decanters and some special large bottles on display.  The collections of specialty BC wines is a reflection of the commitment to local that is so important to British Columbia.   There was plenty of wine I’d love to have the budget to explore but I like to save my wine dollars in restaurants so I appreciated the excellent choice and price selection.  I started with a Blue Mountain Brut and David with a local brew, a Tuff Session Ale and we were both happy watching the sun set and settling in for a nice meal.  I love the free stuff and the handmade seafood tortellini in curry broth was a tasty treat.  We shared a starter of Sweet potato fritters.  The dish would be difficult to share if our server hadn’t gone the distance and had it plated separately.  Delicious whipped sweet potato, breaded and deep fried, more like a croquette really, they were topped with yogurt, cucumber and sweet onions.   Every bite was finished.  Next I had the potato crusted oysters, lightly smoked and served with an onion rague,  I liked the creativity and depth of complexity.  Another glass of the Brut was a good match up.  David had side striped prawns in a cumin broth, also served with some roasted onions.  Deep and delicious flavours and yet the prawns were the predominant taste.  For a main course David had a scallop and clam pasta carbonara topped with egg yolk.  Tasty but I preferred my smoked arctic char with beets, marsarpone, olive oil foam cake and dark greens.  A lightly smoky dish with flavours that I would consider, low notes, like the bass notes in music, it worked very well with our Meyers Pinot Noir.  Full and happy, David had to try the espresso and pronounced it worthy of a return visit.  Finally we were served cheesecake bites,  the perfect one bite of sweet to end the meal, compliments of the chef.  Thanks Chef!   Tofino has some great food and The Pointe helps set the standard of casual yet excellent service, food and wine.