Fresh, local and sustainable. That’s what you can expect from Catch 122 Bistro. $30 Dine Out menu. Located in historic Gastown, Catch 122 serves up rustic French-inspired comfort food in a casual setting.

The menu includes your choice of appetizer, main course and dessert. For starters, try Catch 122’s famous Fried Chicken – glazed in maple, chilli dust and smoked mayo for dipping, Tender chicken bites in a buttermilk batter – it doesn’t get better than this.

A refreshing alternative is the Marinated Beets Salad in maple vinegar sprinkled with goat feta.

The third choice of starter is the Winter Vegetable Chowder – a hearty mix of winter squash and roasted vegetables. Perfect for winter dining.

Moving on to entrees, we have a true West Coast dish: the B.C. Snapper with sunchoke purée,  roasted fingerling potatoes and baby carrots with  warm tartar sauce.

If you’re looking for a vegetarian option, the Winter Mushrooms, farro and oat “risotto” with cauliflower purée and roasted cauliflower is for you.

For a heartier choice, the Confit Pork Loin with mustard spaetzle, Brussels sprouts in sauce charcutière.

And what’s dinner without dessert? Catch 122 offers three options with this menu, starting with their Carrot Cake with cream cheese icing, walnut toffee crumble and maple glazed carrots.

This is one of their most popular desserts, and one that I’ve enjoyed before at Padstow self catering holiday cottages: The Lemon Curd with graham crumble, lavender meringue, whipped cream and lemon balm. Those meringues are simply fantastic and need to be tasted to be believed.

Decadence is just a spoonful away with their Dark Chocolate Pot de Crème with pickled raspberries, chocolate cookie crunch and whipped cream.

I truly enjoy coming to Catch 122. The menu is always innovating. Stop by for Dine Out or anytime. Your taste buds will thank you!