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Post by lmtengs on Apr 6, 2012 12:07:20 GMT -8
You call it that, I call it yum. I'd also call all that consumed grease an edible source of StopLeak. It will seal off anything inside the bood vessels once it congeals inside you. and those hash browns. 29% fat, 16% salt.. and the eggs 145% fat. Bacon 17% salt.. eating all that junk would certainly have a person well on the way to having a Buddha Belly unless there's a 4 hour walk weekly to work it off. Then my little buddha belly is on it's way to perfection! In Norway, one of our delicacies is fried pork fat... so that kinda shows you my view on fatty food. If it fits in my mouth and doesn't have a WHMIS hazard logo on it, then it's edible! ;D
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Post by Dane on Apr 6, 2012 12:14:54 GMT -8
I actually used to eat that four times a week. Happily I lived in a cabin with no electricity and had a very physically demanding job. I actually lost my beer belly from University, from which I had just graduated. BC Ferries obviously contributed to this.
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Post by Neil on Apr 6, 2012 16:50:34 GMT -8
I'd also call all that consumed grease an edible source of StopLeak. It will seal off anything inside the bood vessels once it congeals inside you. and those hash browns. 29% fat, 16% salt.. and the eggs 145% fat. Bacon 17% salt.. eating all that junk would certainly have a person well on the way to having a Buddha Belly unless there's a 4 hour walk weekly to work it off. Paul, from our brief meeting at a BC Ferries function some time back, I did not gain the first impression that you were a chap who restricted himself to bean sprouts, organic greens, and ancient grains. From your frequent references to Tim Hortons and your figures on the food values of BC Ferries breakfasts, I have to assume that you are either an enthusiastic nutritionist, or that you simply have a pretty solid familiarity with your favorite foods.
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Post by ferryfanyvr on Apr 10, 2012 19:46:51 GMT -8
I was just speaking to a BCF friend of mine, and he's given me the OK to announce a change in route 2's menu effective with the 1230 sailings of the Cowichan and Oak Bay tomorrow.
It will be a 6-month trial on route 2 only and will result in a switch to all White Spot entrees. So no more noodle boxes....even the clam chowder is changing to a White Spot version.
There will be a new salmon burger, a pasta dish, a curry dish, and a couple new speciality salads. I don't know if they will all be available at once, or on a rotating basis.They will apparently be served on special dishware so now the galleys have to keep inventory of 2 designs (the previous dishware will still be used for breakfast, which I'm told will not be changing)
Should be interesting how much $ these new items will cost.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 11, 2012 16:06:16 GMT -8
I was just speaking to a BCF friend of mine, and he's given me the OK to announce a change in route 2's menu effective with the 1230 sailings of the Cowichan and Oak Bay tomorrow. Maybe a related new item from a BCFS "OnBoard" email: No mention of the regular items that are being removed.
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Post by Scott on Apr 16, 2012 18:26:35 GMT -8
I was on Route 2 over the weekend. We had breakfast on one of the crossings... the food wasn't bad, but we could have gone to IHOP for the same price. We didn't eat on the ferry on the way back... mainly because of the price. If they keep jacking up the prices on the food, they're going to find the same thing they're finding with the traffic on their ferries - it will go down, and they'll make less money. As an aside, it seems to me that the price of parking in Horseshoe Bay has also gone up, but I can't remember what it was last time I was there. It's 16 dollars for anything over 8 hours up to 24 hours in the underground parking. Back to the food, the reason I was complaining about the price is that I think this new menu has introduced some higher priced items which have replaced the cheaper things. I liked the noodle boxes they used to have.. I think they were 9.99. Now the rice dish is $13 dollars. The pizza is gone - it was overpriced, but at least you could eat for less than 5 bucks. Anyways, enough of my complaining... here's the new menu that I took a photo of in front of a bunch of people, just for you guys
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Post by Koastal Karl on Apr 20, 2012 22:12:49 GMT -8
Are these new menu items just a route 2 thing or are the other routes going to feature them??? Route 1 still has the Noodle Boxes I had one today and I really hope this is just a route 2 thing cause I like the Teryiaki Noodle Box.
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Post by lmtengs on Apr 20, 2012 22:37:10 GMT -8
Are these new menu items just a route 2 thing or are the other routes going to feature them??? Route 1 still has the Noodle Boxes I had one today and I really hope this is just a route 2 thing cause I like the Teryiaki Noodle Box. Well aren't you the King of run-on sentences... BC Ferries has only said that the changes apply to route 2 ships but since it's a trial I wouldn't be at all surprised if they expanded the new menu to the other major routes as well minus maybe the Burnaby and Nanaimo since they're not affected by the Triple O's catering contract but since all the other major routes are affected by the Triple O's contract the new menu could very well be expanded to other routes sometime in the future though BCF has not explicitly announced this yet. That hurt to write... my grammary gland is shrivelling up. ;D
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Post by Ferryman on May 7, 2012 17:08:22 GMT -8
Reporting live on scene aboard the Queen of Oak Bay using my Blackberry.
I bit the bullet and tried the Bishops Curry. Overall not too bad. My only complaint was that the rice was a little mushy and saturated with all of the different sauces. Although I suppose that's part of the experience with any sort of rice/noodle bowl. Price of that plus a medium coke totaled just under 18 dollars.
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Post by Koastal Karl on May 7, 2012 17:26:11 GMT -8
$18 that is a joke! I am not saying the food would be bad I havent tried it but that is way too expensive for what you get. What was the portion like?? That is pretty much the route 9 fare! lol!
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Post by Neil on May 7, 2012 18:13:12 GMT -8
$18 that is a joke! I am not saying the food would be bad I havent tried it but that is way too expensive for what you get. What was the portion like?? That is pretty much the route 9 fare! lol! If you haven't tried it and you don't know what the portion size is, how do you know if it's too expensive? If 'Bishop's Curry' refers to John Bishop, then you're getting a recipe from one of the top restaurateurs in Vancouver. That's perhaps a bit ambitious for ferry fare, but you can't expect to get it for eight or nine dollars.
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Post by princessofvanfan on May 11, 2012 21:41:06 GMT -8
Came back from Victoria today on the Coastal Celebration and had my usual bowl of Clam Chowder with my burger. Well, it tasted like it came straight out of a can! Watery, tasteless, and the potatoes were undercooked. I had to dump about a pound of salt and pepper into it just to give it some flavour. I hope this was just a bad batch. Has anyone else experienced this lately? If the BCF clam chowder goes south, I'm gonna be mighty miffed.
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Post by KE7JFF on May 19, 2012 12:47:50 GMT -8
When I took the Coastal Renaissance back in March, I remember there was two BCF big wigs one table over from me who were talking about the "upcoming menu changes" and both of them were talking about if it was going to get complaints. Now I see what they are talking about!
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Post by ferryfanyvr on May 20, 2012 13:22:04 GMT -8
My friend who works on the Cowichan just told me he's spending 2 round trips on the Renaissance out of Swartz Bay one day next week. The reason for this is to learn how they set up the breakfast/salad bar in the Sitka. Apparently it will be used this summer when the Ren is on route 2. I had just assumed it would remain empty as it does when the Ren is on route 30.
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Post by Dane on May 21, 2012 21:36:19 GMT -8
Interesting. Personally I find that set up overwhelmingly underwhelming, but sounds like it is worth their time - given the employee is paid anyways this surely would not actually take that many sales.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jul 8, 2012 9:54:30 GMT -8
Contrasting with the recent comments about Quebec Ferries being no nonsense transportation I pose the following question. What BC institution in terms of food service placed 60th in the top 100 Food Service retailers in Canada, in terms of revenue? Not White Spot that was 30th.
Given where this was posted it was BC Ferries, that placed down two points from last year according to Foodservice and Hospitality, with revenues of $56.4 million.
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Post by Scott on Sept 12, 2012 19:00:53 GMT -8
When did they get rid of hotdogs on Route 2? They didn't have any on the OAK BAY or the COWICHAN today! What am I suppost to feed my kids now?!
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Post by Mike C on Sept 12, 2012 19:28:16 GMT -8
When did they get rid of hotdogs on Route 2? They didn't have any on the OAK BAY or the COWICHAN today! What am I suppost to feed my kids now?! Pulled-pork sandwiches for everyone!
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Post by Scott on Sept 12, 2012 20:41:34 GMT -8
Pulled-pork sandwiches for everyone! I didn't see those on the menu either! I could have missed it, but I never saw anyone getting one. I wonder if it's because Route 2 has gone almost totally over to the White Spot menu? It's been a while since I ate on Route 2... so this may have happened a while back.
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Post by Neil on Sept 12, 2012 20:57:29 GMT -8
When did they get rid of hotdogs on Route 2? They didn't have any on the OAK BAY or the COWICHAN today! What am I suppost to feed my kids now?! Pulled-pork sandwiches for everyone! That does seem to be the way of the world these days, doesn't it? Apparently, the notion of cooked pig that somebody shreds with their fingers has become like mother's milk. Well, actually, I guess that's a bad analogy, because I don't think you'll ever see mother's milk on the menu at Departure Bay (ew!), but, yes, it's gotten to the point where it's more common than hot dogs. I don't get it.
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Post by Neil on Sept 20, 2012 21:27:01 GMT -8
Mr Horn frequently tries to make all of us unreformed grease-aholics ashamed of ourselves by his virtuous references to his 'smart start' sandwiches for breakfast. As I mentioned before, that wee little morning snack leaves me starving a couple of hours later, so I've always gone for the 'all aboard', three alarm heart attack special.
Today... I was proud of myself. Maybe it was the two young ladies in front of me who were ordering the 'all aboard'. They were both somewhat shy of five foot six, but appeared to be somewhat closer to two hundred pounds each. I was going through my usual virtuous/hungry mental tug of war, when I thought... how about a 'Smart Start', and a side of brown toast? Voila! Virtue, and some filler. Problem solved. Able to carry on until lunch, and no sausage burps several hours later.
I've seen the light. It's not necessary to have four days worth of salt and fat at one sitting, although I have to admit I miss that appetite deadening slug of calories.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 21, 2012 6:23:04 GMT -8
Mr Horn frequently tries to make all of us unreformed grease-aholics ashamed of ourselves by his virtuous references to his 'smart start' sandwiches for breakfast. My routine is a "semi-smart", which is the smart-start sandwich (which comes with the small fruit-cup) and a side of hash-browns. So Neil's toast variation is smarter than my less-smart hashbrowns add-on. But for me, it's mostly about the thrill of stepping up to the cafeteria steam-table, and telling the person "1 Smartie, please". - I know their code....
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Post by Balfour on Sept 21, 2012 6:50:16 GMT -8
In my experience having breakfast an a BC Ferry, I have found that the greasy all-aboard has enough calories to keep me full enough so I can skip lunch completely. It's also an excellent cure for the 26-ounce flu that many people around my age tend to get on Sunday mornings.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2012 7:18:46 GMT -8
To be honest and straitforward here, the amount of meat in the all aboard is not appealing at all to me. I like to order a traditional with and extra order of potatoes. Costs more than an all aboard, but hey, I don't feel 'bad' after eating it. And I don't think my arteries need a workout. ;D
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Post by Dane on Sept 21, 2012 14:41:30 GMT -8
I share the sentiments about the giant breakfast. Back when i was Park Ranger Dane I would eat that lovely all aboard with "bacon-bacon-brown". It was amazing. And more importantly I would go my whole first day of the shift without eating!
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