Coast

For a dinner with industry scientists tonight, I suggested Coast Restaurant based on some high recommendations by the critics and my (possibly as critical) friends. As the only graduate student amongst a crowd of faculty and industry scientists, it was a privileged spot to be invited to the dinner and to be asked to select the restaurant. If Coast didn't meet the group's expectations, my name was going to be mud.

Coast didn't disappoint. They provided prompt service (maybe a bit too prompt when it came to keeping the wine glasses filled) and good suggestions for the table. We ended up with two party appetizer platters (scallops, jumbo tiger prawns, lobster poutine, ahi tuna, crab & prawn cakes, halibut), entrees (mine was the grilled halibut), a dessert platter (rhubarb-filled pastry, cookies & cream cake, pears and carmalized nuts, lemon creme brulee, chocolate mouse in a chocolate shell, tepid cocoa), and several bottles of very tasty shiraz.

A few of the faculty members grabbed cards on the way out of the restaurant, so I did good. Thanks for the restaurant recommendation. You made me look good.