{"id":13050,"date":"2016-05-26T07:09:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T14:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=13050"},"modified":"2018-07-28T15:27:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T22:27:51","slug":"feast-tofino-long-table-dinner-at-pacific-sands-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/feast-tofino-long-table-dinner-at-pacific-sands-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Feast Tofino: Long Table Dinner at Pacific Sands Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dining al fresco looks and sounds fantastic, whether you’re sitting out in a vineyard or in an alpine meadow or beside the ocean. The Pacific Sands Resort<\/a> was a gorgeous spot for Feast Tofino<\/a>‘s Long Table dinner. We had great weather that week, so on a sunny, but still-chilly-at-the-beach evening, we gathered with 50-60 of our closest\u00a0strangers under a tent strung with bare bulbs and hanging tea lights with\u00a0Cox Bay in the background. It was picture perfect.<\/p>\n

The Long Table dinner brought together Tofino and visiting chefs in teams<\/a>, featuring the work of Lisa Ahier, SOBO; Warren Barr, the Wickinninish; \u00a0Amanda Cohen, DirtCandy; Billy Feltmate, Sea Shanty; Nicole Gomes, Nicole Gourmet; Robbie Elliot, Shelter; Lora Kirk, Ruby Watchco; Anita Lo, Annisa; Nick Nutting, \u00a0Wolf in the Fog; Ian Riddick, Great Room at Long Beach Lodge Resort and and\u00a0Dylan Tilston, Fish Store and Oyster Bar.<\/p>\n

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The Pacific Sands was two hotels over from where we were staying, so although Feast had a shuttle for guests who parked in town, we just walked down the beach a spell and made a right. As we checked in, we were greeted with Sea Cider\u2019s Kings and Spies<\/a>, a sweet prosecco-like sparkling, and alder-smoked oysters. Mix-and-match vintage dishes dotted the long table and it was a casual, seat yourself, no placecards arrangement. After the oysters, we enjoyed what\u00a0was my\u00a0favorite bite of the night — crispy humpback prawns with a spicy mango salsa in a crunchy wonton wrapper.<\/p>\n

We bumped into another couple who\u2019d been at the Long Beach Lodge Resort\/DirtCandy dinner a couple of nights earlier (they\u2019re down below with the platter of beets) and chatted a bit before sitting down to the main event.<\/p>\n

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Wildside Grill’s prawns with a spicy mango salsa in a fried wonton wrapper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each course — six in all — was paired with BC wines, cider or locally brewed beer and served family-style. From a logistics perspective on the chefs’ side, you can see how family-style made sense. Individually plating five courses for this number of people would have taken ages and they were already working out of a somewhat primitive setup inside the gazebo adjacent to the tent. But the math may have gone a little sideways, as for at least one course we got the dregs, scraping off the last three beet chunks\u00a0on a platter between two people. When you’ve paid\u00a0$110 per person, that’s a real letdown. Communal dining is great, but being\u00a0at the mercy of other diners apparently determined to “get their money’s worth” is not.<\/p>\n

The bulk of Feast Tofino\u2019s events are actually dinners at the individual restaurants with just a few larger-scale anchor events like the Long Table dinner, so I\u2019m taking our experience at the Long Beach Lodge\/DirtCandy dinner<\/a> as more indicative of the Feast Tofino experience overall. Next year, I\u2019d look to mix it up and plan a visit prioritizing the dinners.<\/p>\n

Feast Tofino\u2019s final event for this year is a Pescetarian Pilau on the beach on Sunday, May 29. Tickets are $25 and available\u00a0<\/strong>by calling Ocean Village at 250-725-3375.<\/p>\n

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