Unless you live in Vancouver or visit frequently, you could easily mistake that ubiquitous rumbling noise you hear in the city for an earthquake. After all, Vancouver's latitude and longitude place this city squarely in tremor territory. But really, that rumbling you hear is the collective pangs of a hungry citizenry.
Indeed, Vancouverites are always hungry to explore the fabu-licious food scene here and we feel zero guilt when we choose to relinquish the pots and abandon the pans to let someone else to do the cooking.
The other night me and the gang decided to try Salmon House On The Hill, a restaurant I'd never yet been to but always wanted to check out. The Salmon House is actually located in West Vancouver, just above the Upper Levels Highway.
Perched on a slope near the British Properties subdivision, this restaurant has one of the *best* views of the city you'll find anywhere - twinkling lights as far as the eye can see with the still, black waters of Burrard Inlet and English Bay to reflect it all.
Inside the Salmon House, we found quite a comfortable wood décor featuring enormous, traditional, First Nation carvings on the walls. Here's what it looks like from the perspective of the fork on our table:
The Salmon House lounge also has an amazing glass carving set into the wall, along with a few other interesting pieces of wall art:
Even though the dinner menu offered chicken and lamb, of course I had to try their classic alder grilled salmon. Here's what it looked like moments before it disappeared...
Back to the Salmon House decor for a moment, there was also a traditional wooden canoe suspended from the vaulted ceiling, presumably hanging there as a reminder of how the First Nations people were enabled to catch pacific salmon. It's either that, or it's a clear sign of what not to sit under in case that rumbling you hear is *not* from a hungry person after all.
If you'd like to know a bit more about Salmon House on the Hill, click here.
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