Food fit for a…Chief At the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (Canada)
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Food fit for a…Chief At the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (Canada)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - Canada - Gourmet restaurants
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This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2008-07-03
Gourmet flair and traditional native cuisine have melded into a tempting and diverse menu at the Squamis! h Lil’wat Cultural Centre. Indigenous influences fill both the just released café menu and varied options for catered events.
The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre will open June 21 in Whistler, British Columbia, and visitors will be delighted with the café menu. Hot pots include Squamish salmon chowder and Lil’wat venison chili with fry bread. Smoked duck with gathered greens salad, quail eggs, pickled milkweed, with pine vinaigrette will intrigue the palate, while Smoked Salmon & Bannock Panini presents a favorite sandwich with a twist. Smoked Halibut, Pemmican, Caribou Jerky, Blueberry & Cranberry Scones are other offerings evocative of traditional First Nations fare.
Meetings and conferences at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre facilities will also be enhanced with First Nations inspired culinary delights. The catering menu has buffets, multi-course plated meals, plus themed or à la carte breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Roasted salmon with an apple, fennel and celery root salad, or spot prawns, grilled asparagus and tomato risotto are pleasers under lunch entrées. Additionally, delicious boxed breakfasts and lunches are available for travelling. Reception tray eye openers include oyster shooters, spicy tomato and horseradish ! and stuffed quail eggs, salmon roe and sea asparagus. Dinners fit for a Chief may be grilled sturgeon, peanut, potato and leek soup, warm spinach salad and wild boar bacon or alder grilled elk, crushed fingerling potatoes and wild blueberry jam. The choices are extensive and innovative, but guests will want to leave room for dessert choices such as bannock bread pudding with blackberry mouse or fresh berry salad with ice wine sabayon and a butter cookie. When it comes to catered events, food and drinks are all carefully prepared to complement each individual function.
Executive Chef Scott Thomas Dolbee of Four Seasons Resort Whistler has aligned with award-winning First Nations Chef Andrew George to create the indigenously inspired menu. Four Seasons Resort Whistler – Canada’s only five diamond resort – is the exclusive caterer for the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre. The original and inspired offerings will be one more reason that private events will be drawn to this beautiful 30,400 sq. ft. facility that symbolizes a shared journey between two cultures.
The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, “where rivers, mountains and people meet,” is the result of an unprecedented partnership between two distinctly different First Nations, the Coast Salish Squamish people and the Interior Salish Lil’wat people, to preserve, celebrate, and share their history and arts – thus ensuring cultural sustainability.
The cultural program options and authentic arts offered by the Centre add an exciting new dimension to the already remarkable Whistler experience. In addition to a Class A museum, an 80 seat theatre, and a gift gallery filled with authentic Squamish and Lil’wat art, the Centre features guided and self-guided tours, performances, and artisan demonstrations.
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