The Discovery Room, VIU’s full-service learning restaurant, connects students with community patrons. Your support directly fuels student growth and education. Find us in Building 300, beside the cafeteria.
Dinner Thursday and Friday. Reservations from 5 pm.
Sensory Dinner Menu
April 11th, 2025
Wine Pairing Option $35 per person
Amuse Bouche
Bread & Butter
charcoal bread, bone marrow butter
Averill Creek Charme de L’ile, Cowichan Valley
Scallop Tartare
cucumber, grapefruit, basil foam, cured and fresh roe
Sea Star ‘Coriolis’ Petit Milo 2021, Pender Isl
Onion Soup
oxtail consommé, pickled & roasted onions, scallion soubise,
gruyère crisp
Mt. Boucherie OV Semillon 2022, Okanagan Falls
Duck & Frisée Salad
smoked breast, gizzard confit, sherry & shallot vinaigrette, crackling
Bella Sparkling Gamay Noir 2022, Naramata
Trou Normand
apple & calvados sorbet, thyme gelée
Sous Vide Salmon
pea shoot velouté, caramelized fennel, gnocchi Parisienne, preserved lemon, sorrel, crispy skin
Anthony Buchanan Chardonnay 2023, Kaledon
Pork Belly Confit
parsnip puree, pickled mustard seed & rhubarb compote, roasted red cabbage, fermented apple powder, puffed wild rice
Rust Wine Co. Pinot Noir 2022, West Kelowna
Chocolate Hazelnut Mille Feuille
tan Ice cream
Unsworth ‘Ovation’ Marechal Foche, Cowichan Valley