Apparently, if I've had a beer, I write better. This seems unlikely, but lets see if I have hit my Ballmer peak. Just watched the the NFL conference games with a beer or two at the Garrick's head, and I think the Disruption IPA from Category 12 has hit the spot very nicely indeed.
Or I'm about to phone it in. I am reviewing White Spot after all.
A chain of BC restaurants, which you can find pretty much in every town in the province. They push the comfort food angle, with specials evoking Tuscany, top-end chefs, local ingredients and fresh produce. But to me, they are a sit-down burger joint. The rest is window dressing.
I've tried the pasta, and while I am sure their Red Seal chefs take some pride in their work, I could have passed the ribbons through a sieve with very little effort. It was a gloopy, starchy mess. Since then, I've avoided anything there that isn't between two slices of bread.
Victoria airport is small and modern, and houses two coffee kiosks and a White Spot ground side. So, when dropping of my friend for a trip out east, we grabbed an evening meal before they took of on the last flight out of the city. Air side you do now have the option of a Spinnaker's franchise bar, which I have used and can recommend.
Seated in a large, padded booth, in an open plan restaurant, we had a view of the departure board and the TVs, tuned to the sports highlights on a never ending loop. Our server bounced over and brought out two fresh glasses of iced water with asking, present two menu's... the standard thick tome and the two page Comfort Food special. I read through, thinking about go off plan, but recalling the pasta, I went for the burger. My friend ordered the same, wanting half-salad and half fries, which they don't do. But they do bottomless fries, so I ordered them.
The burgers came out fast and hot, and immediately delivered with a second plate of fries. I am sure that had something to do with the place being due to close not long after we sat down, but nice touch. The burger was good... they char up the bottoms of the patties good, adding in lots of flavours from the crispy meat bits, without losing too much of the juice from the beef. I am also quite partial to the special sauce... slightly tangy, slightly creamy (mayo and tomato ketchup probably figure highly in the mix). While not the greatest burger, it's a good one.
The fries were fries. A little soft, but not soggy. Sort of just a little... wilted? Or perhaps out too long? Still, I polished of my serving and some of the second plate. So that worked out.
It's burger. It's a chain restaurant. What they do as a main stock in trade they do competently well. What more can I say?
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