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September 25, 2007 Dining Out
Fishers’ Loft Inn When the sun finally did melt below the hills around Trinity, we headed for nearby Port Rexton. A dinner reservation had been made at the Fishers’ Loft Inn. In addition to offering some of the best accommodations in the area, Fishers’ Loft also provides meals to overnight guests and hungry visitors. A day of sightseeing had given us a real appetite for some home cooked Newfoundland food. The main building at Fishers’ Loft is a large, traditional, two-story dwelling. The restaurant or dining area is located inside an enclosed veranda that wraps around one corner. At least a dozen windows in the veranda provide a great deal of light during the daytime. All of the furniture is hand crafted, which gave the candlelit room even more charm. Our prix fixe meal at Fishers’ Loft began with an amuse bouche - liver pate on toasted rounds. The olive decorated pate was mild but tasty. This was followed by a cauliflower and blue cheese soup. I loved this soup because it was a combination of two favourites. Blue cheese is superb and a good choice for soup because the cheese’s strong flavour can survive immersion. In this case the cauliflower flavour was mild enough to let the cheese really come to the fore. An extraordinarily fresh and flavourful green salad filled the interlude between our soup and entrée. On the way in we had noticed a beautiful vegetable garden filled with lettuce, beetroot, onions and so forth. Everything on our salad plate had come from that garden. The cherry tomatoes were bursting with flavour, enhanced by a dark, sweet vinaigrette. I even enjoyed the peppery nasturtium bloom that adorned the top of the salad. I could only coax my friend Gerry, a New Zealander now living in England, to eat his flower. Sadly, he did not appreciate the bloom’s culinary qualities, saying only five words. “It tastes like a flower.” A beautiful piece of salmon fillet was the centerpiece of the meal at Fishers’ Loft. It had been perfectly browned and cooked. The golden crust glistened under a daub of refreshingly flavoured cream. Alongside were perfectly sautéed vegetables, a medley of carrot, zucchini (or courgette as my English friends would say) corn, celery and sweet pepper. The rice portion was lily white and seasoned with fresh parsley and scallions. Dessert (or pudding as they say in England) was an extremely delicious chocolate-nut brownie in orange sauce, topped with a dusting of confectioner’s sugar and whipped cream. Orange and chocolate make a wonderful pairing. In this case, because the ingredients were so fresh, the combination of flavours was nothing less than extraordinary. Fishers’ Loft Inn made a very good impression on me, as well as my guests. It only operates during the tourist season, so make your plans to visit soon or you’ll have to wait until next year. Dinner for two at Fishers’ Loft Inn - including cocktails, wine, and gratuity - costs approximately $140. The noise level at Fishers’ Loft Inn was low. While I did see a wheelchair ramp outside, it does not have full wheelchair accessibility. Please call for details. Best Points: Areas for Improvement: Ratings Category: 7 points = satisfactory, 7.5 points = good, 8 points = very good, 9 points = excellent, 10 points = perfection
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