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Advice: Try to get one of their cozy booths.

I dined here again recently while they were filming “Conviction Kitchen” a reality tv show set in a restaurant, in Delilahs Conviction in fact. Luckily one of the top chefs in North America, Chef Marc Thuet had been guest chef here during the filming of the tv show, so we were able to savour the flavours of each dish the chef created. I have been eating at Delilah’s ever since they opened their original location on Haro, the years have passed but the food and drink has been stellar to this day. It’s my hideaway that serves delicious westcoast cuisine in comfy chairs with a bit of romanticsm ambience.

Chilliwack pea froth with Qualicum beach scallop, coconut foam

Pflutta braised Fraser Canyon Rabbits

Bass River Sockeye Salmon

Brooks Peninsula Ling Cod

My friend Alejandro joined me, to begin we both had a glass of wine (you can get a glass of almost any of their bottled wines as with a minimum of 2 glasses purchased or a glass from the selection of featured wines). We both had the outstanding Chilliwack pea froth ($13) with Qualicum beach scallop, coconut foam, we then shared the rich tasting Pflutta braised Fraser Canyon Rabbits ($21) and morels topped with 4oz of Seared Fois Gras ($12 extra charge). For our mains, I had the Bass River Sockeye Salmon ($28) with ragout of chorizu, clam and mussels with gnochi and he had the Brooks Peninsula ling cod ($22) poached in olive oil, crushed fingerling potatoes, Nicoise olives, we also shared a couple of sides, the Grilled seasonal vegetables ($6) and Creamed Potatoes ($6).

Chocolate coulant served with a tarragon anglaise

Beignets mini sugared donuts in chocolate sauce

The desserts sounded so good, so we shared a couple of them to finish off our meal and went with the light Chocolate coulant ($8) served with a tarragon anglaise and the dessert special of the night a more rich Beignets ($8) mini sugared donuts in chocolate sauce.

I was happy to see that Delilahs still has their extensive martini collection as people have made this their martini destination of choice for so many years. The tables are candlelit and it is quite romantic and enchanting place to dine.

Review by: Richard Wolak