I thought I'd slip in a restaurant review now and then. Here's the first one. Indigo Bistro is located at the Sheraton Wall Centre on Burrard Street near Davie downtown. As you can see below, it's a very modern, colourful, whimsical-looking restaurant.
It was only half full, which was nice, because I don't like places that are so loud that I can't hear what the person sitting across from me is saying. Service was friendly, efficient, attentive but not intrusive - in other words, great.
I started with the Cioppino, which is a seafood soup in a tomato broth. Full of really fresh pieces of fish, shrimp, clams, mussels, and a large scallop. Excellent start. Oh - also, a sign of a really good restaurant in my book is when the bread in the bread basket is piping hot, crisp outside and soft inside. Also a nice touch is that the butter was softened at room temperature rather than the cold, unspreadable lumps you usually get at a lot of places.
For my entree, I ordered the pan seared sable fish, served on top of a bed of creamed leeks and potatoes. On top of the fish were 2 pieces of lobster. Very decadent. The fish was just barely cooked and it was perfect that way. Melt-in-your-mouth fork tender sable fish - a.k.a. rock cod. Yum!
The only thing is that I'm not one of those people who take pictures of their food all the time, so I don't have any pictures of my soup, or the the other stuff, but I'm kind of kicking myself for not taking pictures now. But it feels kind of weird to me to take so many photos of food in restaurants. Plus, I'm too busy eating to think about taking photos! I took this one photo of the sable fish with my camera phone. Not a bad photo from a camera, huh?
We shared a duo of chocolate desserts as well as some walnut ice cream, and it was a nice finish to the meal. I would definitely recommend this restaurant. However, it's not cheap so it may not be for everyone. But if it's a special occasion or you've got some extra money to spend, I think you can't go wrong here.
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