Vernon Winter Carnival 2012 - Pictures - Snow Sculptures (Part 2; the after shots)

Vernon Winter Carnival 2012 - Snow Sculptures! - Silver Star Mountain Resort

Photos by JettaGirl

Vernon Winter Carnival 2012 - Snow Sculpture Competition at Silver Star Mountain

Snow Sculpture Competion (the before pictures)

Vernon Winter Carnival 2012 - Silver Star Mountain Resort, B.C.

Photos by JettaGirl

Review - The Phoenix Steakhouse - Vernon, B.C.

Delicious, rich n' very tasty...

The Phoenix Steakhouse, in Vernon, B.C., is where I ate my heart out having a meal that left me feeling like...I wanted more! Not that same night mind you 'cause I was stuffed but, talk about a cravings, mmmm mmmm mmmmm, yaep I want more!!

My meal began with an appetizer of Prime Shires. This consisted of 4 large, golden and cooked to perfection Yorkshire Pudding stuffed with prime rib with a squirt of garlic aoili piped into the opening and served with au jus for dipping. Mmmmm, soo sooo good!! Well, the meat, I didn't care for so much but the yorkshire and au jus was just splendid.

I then chowed down a super awesome 8oz. centre cut Sirloin cooked medium rare to perfection served with a side of Bernaise which was also sinfully rich but oh soo good, mashed potatoes and a bowl of Creamy Lobster Bisque. The bisque is on the menu all of time :) and I don't recall having such an awesome tasting soup in the Okanagan. It was tomato based but also made with cream so it was very rich, super tasty, not fishy and had a hint of dill making it very, very mouth watering ...and delicious.

My companion didn't care for the soup at all, actually he thought it was disgusting lol and that the lobster he had was a touch overcooked, other than that he loved everything else. Myself, I'm just not that fond of skins in my mashed but I'll get over it :P

The atmosphere downstairs was kind of blah, they are attempting to create something but I think the furnishings are hindering this process as it's full of ugly, brown booths; like something you'd see in an old pizza parlour or something. Next time, yes there will definetly be a next time, I'll sit upstairs as I understand it's nicer up there. The prices are touch on the high side for my liking but as long as I leave full, satisfied and wanting to return then it must be worth it.

My overall rating for The Phoenix Steakhouse in Vernon, B.C. is an 8 out of 10!

Give them a call at 250-260-1189 to make your reservation...

...tell them you saw this review on JettaGirl's blog and they'll say 'who's that?' and 'so' lol...this review was written and posted without any sort of compensation from The Phoenix Steakhouse.  

    

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