Sea Foraging Adventure!

Published: Sun, 07/09/17

Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures

Fishing & Dinner on the beach anyone?

Last years sold out event is back. Your chance to learn what you can catch in BC oceans without a boat.

We'll be fishing for surf smelt with biologist and commercial fisherman, Ficus Chan who will discuss harvesting seaweed, salmon, flounder, sole, sculpin, herring, crab, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, squid, clams, geoduck, scallops, whelk, oysters, mussels, gooseneck barnacles in BC.

Share a sunset evening with Ficus and one of our Swallow Tail chefs who will be cooking you dinner on the Locarno Beach. Bring all your questions about how to harvest from the seashore. We'll put in our nets to see what we catch right off the beach, guests can have a hand at catching smelt in the surf.

DATES: Aug 18th at 6pm and Aug 19th at 5pm

DETAILS:Includes dinner on the beach, gillnetting demonstration, surf netting, lecture on sea foraging from seaweed to horse clams. - 79pp

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Book Kid's Kitchen

Saturday, July 22nd

Kid's Cooking School

Is a kid you know really excited about food and cooking? Do they want to take a close look behind the scenes of a pop-up restaurant and learn from a real chef? Here's their chance! ONLY 4 student spots left!

An afternoon filled with discovering ingredients and learning new kitchen skills, food preparation, table setting, server training, and hosting with the Swallow Tail supper club team.

Each student (11-16 years old) can invite up to 3 people (family or friends) for the dinner. Students will arrive earlier for their class with Chef Selma

Tickets: Six courses + cocktail - 75 (for each guest or student), students are $59 at the supper club longtable.

Only 10 tickets left!

Modern Indian Feast!

Winner of Chopped Canada, sous chef to Gary Rhodes in London, Chef Valentino Pereira is our guest chef at the secret supper club. He will create a fabulous six course menu of modern Indian delicacies for us. This is a plated fine dining dinner featuring the spices and flavours of Goan cuisine (Western Indian) using modern French cooking techniques.

Our sommelier will be creating a themed greeting cocktail for your arrival, but bring your own beer or wine for the rest of the evening.

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Chef Valentino's menu teasers...

Goan Fish and Chips, Chicken Xacutti with rice, Delicate Coconut Semolina cake + 3 more delicious courses and a cocktail created by Chef Robin

Date: Sat, July 15th, 6:30-9:30pm

Tickets: Six courses + a cocktail - 79

Saturday, July 29th

Spanish summer in the Garden

Featuring Chef Sarah Robinson

Chef Sarah will create a Spanish themed menu for the evening.

SOLD OUT - Email us if you want to be put on the waitlist.

Date: Sat, July 29th, 6:30-9:30pm

Tickets: Five courses - 69