Dinner Club in Whistler

Dinner in Whistler

This past weekend, our dinner club ventured up to Whistler for Karl's turn to host the dinner. We lucked into a great weather weekend which made the drive up the Sea to Ski Highway a ooh and ah affair. No matter how many times we have seen the views, they are still stunning and make us grateful that we live here. The plan was to drive up, check in and then meet up with the group at Karl's condo for appies and drinks before dinner. We stayed at the Tatulus Lodge in a 2 bedroom room. The hotel is located at the south end of the village, but there is only a 10 minute walk separating the hotel from the Village Square. Lunch was in Citta Pub on the patio in the Village Square. Good food and some cold beer on a hot Saturday afternoon got the weekend off in grand style.

Later that same day, we enjoyed the company of our dinner group at Karl's condo to savour pre-dinner snacks and drinks. We were informed that dinner would be at Le Gros, a French Alsace restaurant that where Karl knows the chef. They had planned a 3 course meal to tempt our taste buds. The schnitzel was to die for as it melted in our mouths. The dinner ended with a game of petanque (boules) outside in the garden.

The evening ended with a nightcap back at Karl's and the back to the hotel for a well deserved good night sleep. The eating continued for breakfast on Sunday morning with Karl's famous scrambled eggs with barbeque salmon. In the history of our dinner club, never has there been a feast that has continued so long and was so tastey too.

Our adventure continued as we headed back to the city. We took a detour up to the Olympic Park which hosted the ski jumping and cross-country events. Here we saw the ski jumps and the shooting arena for the biathlon. Kevin and Evie took their turn at shooting with both of them getting all four targets. This saved them from doing the penalty laps if they had missed. The trip up to the park also gave us two sightings of bears, both greedily eating grass by the side of the road.

To top off the weekend, we got off the highway to take a side trip through Brackendale, the home of the eagles. While it is not the season to view the eagles, we stopped to wander along the dikes by the river. Here we discovered a restaurant that had been recommended to us by the rest of our dinner group, the Watershed Grill. We had lunch on the deck taking in the sun and the mountain views. The food took a little long to arrive, but on eating, we realized that it was worth waiting for. The final meal set us up for the final leg of the drive back to the city.

This quick dinner getaway will put the pressure on the next host of our dinner club.