Discovery Room

Dinner menu

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.

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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