The Masthead Restaurant

Chef:

Martin Harrison

 

Sous Chef:                   

Steven Smith

 

 Table d’ Hote

$33.95 / Three Courses
No substitutions please.

Chilled Avocado & Cucumber Soup
Nectarine Salsa 
Or
Stilton Cream Dressed Oriental Spring Mix Salad
Shaved Red Onion & Fresh Berries

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Rare Sesame Crusted Albicore Tuna
Baby Greens & Rice Noodles, Ginger Soy Chili Vinaigrette
Or
** Race Rocks Marinated Pork Loin
Smoked Pickled Onions, Peach BBQ Sauce, Fennel and Apple Slaw

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Lime & Raspberry Mousse Cheesecake
Fresh Berries and Vanilla Cream




Appetizers

* Fresh Whaletown Oysters (4 pcs)   $9.95
Raw On the Half Shell

* Cortes Island Clams and Mussels   $9.95-½ lb / $15.95-1 lb
Tomato White Wine Broth, Garlic, Herbs & Leek,Parmesan and Garlic Crostinis

** Rock Crab Cakes  $9.95
Lemon Dill Aioli Tossed "Slaw"

Seared Weathervane Scallops $12.95
Mascarpone Risotto, Truffled "Beurre Noisette"



Soup and Salad

Summer Watermelon, Feta and Arugula Salad  $7.95
Shaved Shallots and Roasted Almond Slivers

Masthead Chowder $9.95
Thick with House-Smoked Salmon, Fresh Shellfish and Vegetables

Chilled Chipotle Gazpacho   $7.95

** Masthead Simple Salad $7.95
Smoked Sockeye Salmon, Hilary’s Goat Cheese and Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Traditional Caesar Salad - $11.50 pp (min two)
Prepared from Scratch at your table



Entrées

* Pan Seared Hazelnut Crusted Halibut - $28.95
Roasted Tomato & Arugula, Lemon & Roasted Garlic Cream

* Pan Seared Wild Sockey Salmon - $ 25.95
Marinated Soy Cucumber Salad, Nectarine Ginger Relish


Pappardella Pasta and Quist Farm Chorizo Sausage - $22.95
Spinach and Oyster Mushrooms, Caramelized Onion Gazpacho Sauce

* Grilled Flat Iron Bison - $28.95
Garlic Roasted Gnocchi, Brown Butter Sauteed Mushrooms

Masthead “Man Steak"  - $28.95
Grilled AAA Alberta Rib Eye, Green Peppercorn Sauce, Petite Frits

Deconstructed Filet of Beef Wellington - $33.95
Puff Pastry, Mushrooms, Foie Gras Butter and Demi Glaze

* “Hills Farm” Duck Breast- $29.95
Orange Walnut Vinaigrette Tossed Baby Arugula, House Made Spaetzle

** Fresh Poached “Quick Silver Girl” Cowichan Bay Dungeness Crab - $28.95

 


~~~All entrées are served with “Pot au Feu” Vegetables and Duck Spuds~~~
Please inform your server of any allergies.

* Main ingredient of this dish comes from within 200 miles of The Masthead
** Main ingredient of this dish comes from within 5 miles of The Masthead

The Masthead uses Hard Red Spring Wheat grown by Tom Henry
on Sea Bluff Farm in Metchosin, and milled by True Grain Bread



Wine List

House Wines

White

6oz Glass

½ Litre

Sauvignon Blanc – Frontera (Chile)

6.50

19.50

Bacchus – Alderlea (Cowichan Valley)

8.50

25.50

Sauvignon Blanc – Oyster Bay (New  Zealand)

9.75

29.00

Charlize – Alderlea (Cowichan Valley)

11.00

33.00

 

 

Red

6oz Glass

½ Litre

Cab/Merlot/Syrah – Nuviana (Spain)

6.50

19.50

Merlot – Wolf Blass Eaglehawk (Australia)

7.50

22.50

Cab/Syrah/Grenache – Heartland Stickleback  (Australia)

8.50

25.50

Petit Syrah – Bogle (Napa)

11.00

33.00

 

Rose

 

 

Somenos Rose- Averill Creek (Cowichan Valley)

8.00

24.00

 

Sparkling

Glass

 

Segura Viudas Brut (Spain)

9.00

 




Wine Cocktails

Spritzer:  Dry White Wine, Lemon & Soda

6.50

Mimosa:  Sparkling Wine, Orange or Cranberry Juice

7.50

Cowichan Kir:  Dry White Wine & Cherry Point Blackberry Port

8.95

Cowichan Kir Royal:  Sparkling Wine & Cherry Point Blackberry Port

9.95

Classic Champagne Cocktail:  Brandy, Bitters & Sparkling Wine

9.95


 Bubbles

Segura Viudas, Cava Brut Reserva (Spain)

 

36.00

Glenora Fantasia, Vignetti Zanatta (Cowichan Valley)

 

49.00

Venturi Schulze Brut (Cowichan Valley)

 

59.00

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut (Champagne)

375 ml

69.00

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut (Champagne)

750 ml

129.00




Valley Estates

Varietals listed below are of 100% Cowichan Valley origin.

Red wines are indicated by “®”

 

Alderlea

 

  Bacchus

34.00

  Pinot Auxerrois/Chardonnay

45.00

  Pinot Gris

45.00

  Pinot Noir®

55.00

  Pinot Noir Reserve ®

75.00

  Silas (Clarinet) ®

58.00

 

Averill Creek

 

  Somenos Rose

36.00

  Gewurztraminer

42.00

  Pinot Grigio

38.00

  Pinot Gris

45.00

  Pinot Noir®

49.00

  Merlot®

52.00

 

Blue Grouse

 

  Ortega

37.00

  Siegerrebe

39.00

  Pinot Gris

44.00

  Pinot Noir ®

47.00

 

Cherry Point

 

  Ortega

36.00 

  Pinot Gris

39.00

 

Echo Valley

 

  Madeline  Sylvaner

29.00

 

Glenterra

 

  Pinot Gris

45.00

  Brio – 12 varietals ®

45.00

 

Rocky Creek

 

  Ortega

39.00

 

Starling Lane

 

  Ortega

39.00

  Pinot Noir ®

52.00

  Marechal Foch ®

52.00

 

Vignetti Zanatta

 

  Pinot Grigio

38.00

  Pinot Nero ®

44.00

 

Venturi Schulze

 

  Primavera – Schoenburger and Secrets

39.00

  Estremi – Siegerrebe and Kerner

39.00

  Mickey’s Dream – Pinot Noir – Dry Rose

59.00

 

 




Other Whites

Chardonnay

 

Hardy's Nottage Hill (Australia)

28.00

Stags Hollow (Okanagan)

42.00

Mission Hill Reserve (Okanagan)

45.00

Sterling (Coastal California)

42.00

Rodney Strong (Sonoma)

48.00

Pouilly Fuisse Chartron et Trebuchet  (France)

62.00

Hawthorne Mountain “See Ya Later " (Okanagan)

45.00

Ferrari Carano (Sonoma)

79.00

 

Sauvignon Gris

 

  Causino Macul (Chile)

39.00

 

 

Ehrenfelser

 

  Cedar Creek (Okanagan)

38.00

 

Riesling

 

  Pacific Rim Dry (California)

45.00

 

Marsanne

 

  Chateau Tahbilk (Australia)

35.00

 

 

Sylvaner

 

  Hugel (Alsace)

35.00

 

Fumé Blanc

 

  Ferrari Carano (Sonoma)

58.00

 

 

Pinot Blanc

 

  Sandhill (Okanagan)

45.00

 

Sauvignon Blanc

 

  Oyster Bay (New Zealand)

42.00

  Kim Crawford (New Zealand)

49.00

  Pertaringa Scarecrow (Australia)

47.00

  Cloudy Bay (New Zealand)

75.00




Other Reds

Pinot Noir

 

  Tinhorn Creek (Okanagan)

42.00

  Babich (New Zealand)

42.00

  Drouhin Cote de Beaune (Burgundy)

62.00

 

Malbec

 

  Luigi Bosca Reserva (Argentina)

49.00

 

Cabernet Sauvignon & Blends

 

  Nuviana (Spain)

24.00

  Langhorne Crossing (Australia)

35.00

  Stickleback (Australia)

35.00

  Wolf Blass Yellow Label (Australia)

42.00

  Sandhill (Okanagan)

45.00

  Hess Select (Napa)

58.00

  Rodney Strong (Sonoma)

58.00

  Sterling Estate (Napa)

69.00

  Pirrammima (Australia)

62.00

  Robert Mondavi (Napa)

75.00

 

Merlot

 

  Wolf Blass Eaglehawk (Australia)

29.00

  Beringer Stone Cellars (Napa)

33.00

  Stags Hollow (Okanagan)

45.00

  Clos de Bois (Napa)

49.00

  Sterling Estate (Napa)

65.00

  Benzinger (Sonoma)

65.00

  Marilyn (Napa)

85.00

  Hess Select (Napa)

58.00

  Rodney Strong (Sonoma)

58.00

  Sterling Estate (Napa)

69.00

  Pirrammima (Australia)

62.00

  Robert Mondavi (Napa)

75.00