Sockeye City Grill

I hardly ever get out to Steveston so I really didn't know any good places there. Our day trip group was guided by a local and we were ultimately steered to Sockeye City Grill on the waterfront. For some reason, no one mentioned Pajo's. Heck, even I forgot to look it up.

After "just fish and chips" at The Fish Shack the night before, I ended up choosing something other than fish and chips.

Dungeness Crab and Tiger Prawn Cannelloni ($19) fresh pasta filled with dungeness crab. ricotta cheese and spinach, savoury rose sauce. jumbo tiger prawns, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil. parmesan cheese and garlic toast

Lots of sauce, not a lot of actual cannelloni. However, the crab flavour came through past the ricotta cheese filling.
The "jumbo" part of the tiger prawns seemed to be missing. There was, however, an OK amount of prawn.
Pretty tasty sauce. Overall, this was a light lunch and quite tasty and a safe choice to order at this restaurant. Could definitely have used a tad more bread for the delicious sauce.

Chocolate Mousse ($6.75) rich dark chocolate mousse topped with shaved white chocolate and raspberry puree

One large tumbler worth of chocolate mousse.
Strangely disappointing. The pale chocolate just wasn't chocolatey enough for one. One bite and I was basically done and let the rest of our party of 7 finish it.

Pot of Tea ($2.50)

This is a small pot of hot water and a satchel of Stash tea. Not sure what to make of them not having put the teabag into the pot.
The pot has no lid, but a large hole in the top where you pour water and put in the tea. With such a large hole, you can of course expect the water to get cold quite quickly. I tried balancing the bottom edge of my cup in the hole, but if you're not aware of it, you could easily knock it off while reaching for something (like I did with the menu; fortunately the cup was empty at the time).

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