The Wickaninnish Inn & The Pointe Restaurant, Tofino, B.C.
The Wickaninnish Inn was the long time dream of the McDiarmid family and is located in an area that is now an official UNESCO World Biosphere. It is also, according to the readers of Travel & Leisure North America’s premier travel magazine, the #1 Western Canadian Resort 2016; and a Platinum Circle Member 2016 according to Condé Nast Traveler’s readers.! BRAVO!
On all three sides of the inn there is the often-pounding ocean, the backdrop is an old growth forest. When I think of The “Wick” I think of whales and storms and fabulous surf and equally fabulous food. At night the only lights on the beach are from glimmering masses of stars, the lighthouse that flashes rhythmically and a few flickering campfires.
Tofino is rich in great ingredients. Crab is harvested all year round; there are wild berries by the ton; the salmon stocks are healthy; the halibut that’s on the menu is landed almost in front of the inn. There are gooseneck barnacles, fresh clams and fat, briny beach oysters. Executive Chef Carmen Ingham uses them all in The Pointe Restaurant, a dining room with a 240’ view of the Pacific.
They buy cheeses from The Happy Goat Cheese Company in the Cowichan Valley who hand craft their cheeses in small batches using only fresh, raw milk from their own herd of dairy goats. Aged, hard cheeses such as Manchego style are their specialty. Dry-aged natural BC beef is sourced through Two Rivers Specialty Meats who have their own ranches: Pemberton Meadows Natural Beef and Cache Creek Natural Beef. The entire Inn holds the ‘nose to tail’ philosophy dearly and it purchases whole animals for in-house butchery, as well. Whole Lambs are brought in every week from Quist Farm in Duncan.
From the first gray whales that roll and spout on their way north in the spring to the raging storms of winter, the Wickaninnish is quintessential, coastal Canada.
August 1st (food day canada)~~~~~
Contact The Wickaninnish at the number below to reserve a Food Day Canada table.
Contactez The Wickaninnish directement, au numéro ci-dessous, afin de faire votre Journée des terroirs réservation.
The Pointe Restaurant
The Wickaninnish Inn
500 Osprey Lane at Chesterman
Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0
T: 250 725 3100
