Invermere, BC
On our last evening in Edgewater, we took a short drive to the nearby town of Invermere for a hearty German/Austrian dinner.
This charming, large house-like building is The Black Forest Restaurant. It was a quiet evening while we were there but we still had to wait for a table... The restaurant inside had a lot of character. There were lots of murals and taxidermy on the wall, a part of the ceiling was painted with all the constellations in the sky, and there was a section with a glass room filled with pet birds!
Erdinger Weiss Beer
We can't have German food without German beer!
Seafood Salad - Tiger prawns, crabmeat, baby shrimps on a bed of assorted lettuce and garnished with tomatoes, cucumbers, boiled egg and asparagus; served with homemade dill dressing
We ordered a bunch of dishes to be shared family-style. First up was the large plate of the seafood salad.
Schnitzel and Caesar Salad - Wiener Schnitzel with a generous portion of Caesar salad
To appease my niece, we also ordered her current fave Caesar Salad. This particular order came with a large piece of schnitzel.
Beef Roulade
The beef roulade was one of the specials in the menu at the time. It was topped with a hearty gravy and a side of spaetzle.
Schnitzel Champignon - Breaded and topped with fresh mushrooms, covered with Sauce Bearnaise
Larger than my face, the schnitzel was lightly breaded and topped with béarnaise sauce. On the side were purple-coloured sauerkraut and creamy mashed potatoes.
Stuffed Breast of Chicken - Skinless, boneless breast of chicken stuffed with wild rice and apples with a white wine, cream sauce
My mom chose the stuffed chicken breast as another entrée option. With the addition of wild rice in the stuffing, it became a tad dry but the sauce helped moisten things up. Wish there was more sauce though since the spaetzle came relatively unseasoned.
Duck "A l'Orange" - Glazed with orange sauce
For more variety, we also ordered the pan-seared duck breast. The skin could have been rendered a bit more but the meat was cooked just right while the sauce was deliciously sweet and tangy.
Black Forest Cake
To end the night, we finished with their homemade Black Forest Cake. My mom was pleasantly surprised by the lightness of the cake! We were expecting it to be quite sweeet and dense (since a lot of Western cakes tend to be sweeter than Asian cakes), but we were all wowed by this chocolatey, cherry-filled cake!
There's little chance we'll visit The Black Forest a second time but I'm grateful for the experience and the memories!
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