We were kid-free and ready for a getaway last weekend. Vegas sounded like a good idea. People often tell me of finding amazing last minute deals for Vegas. Surely, I thought, we’d be able to find something.
Surely…not. Apparently amazing last minute deals are for other people.
So we looked close to home, specifically to the River Cree Casino. We could splurge on a fine dining experience at Sage, throw a bag of money away on slot machines, stay at the attached Marriott hotel and still be about $4,000 ahead.
So that’s what we did.
It’s been about a year since I’ve dined at Sage. I think about it often enough, but its on the exact opposite side of the city (5 minutes west of West Edmonton Mall, technically in Enoch), and that’s one heck of a hefty cab fare there and back. Because of its location, Sage remains a place we go for special occasions–or when we want to go to Vegas but can’t.
Chef Christof Ithurritze has been running the show at Sage for the past couple of years and if you haven’t had the pleasure of sampling this man’s food, you are truly missing out.
His list of credentials and accomplishments are so long, I don’t have the room in cyberspace to list them all. Suffice it to say, Wolfgang Puck lost, and Edmonton certainly won the day that Ithurritze packed up his knives and headed north to our city.
The pictures were taken with my iPhone 3 and are extremely poor in quality, but what you need to know is that our meal at Sage was one of the best I’ve had in Edmonton in years.
We ordered all seafood, starting with a half dozen Kushi oysters and one lovely, large Maryland crab cake.
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| Kushi Oysters |
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| Maryland Crab Cake |
Entrees were delicate John Dory over sautéed gnocchi and peas, and the Sea of Cortez scallops over a sweet pea puree and corn and bacon succotash. Both dishes were divine. Pricey (John Dory was $47), but divine.
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| Sea of Cortez Scallops |
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| John Dory over Gnocchi |
Details of the meal can be found by listening to my review on CBC Edmonton AM here.
