Bacalao - Nouvelle Newfoundland Cuisine

Nouvelle Newfoundland Cuisine

Celebrating the cuisine and culture of Newfoundland & Labrador
Bacalao offers a unique and innovative presentation
of the foods, flavours, produce and spirits of our province.

Newfoundland shares its culinary history of enjoying salt cod with many other cultures.
Bacalao (bak-al-OW) is the word used for salt cod (in various spellings and pronunciations)
throughout the Mediterranean. The versatility and much-beloved nature of this time-honoured
staple ingredient is the inspiration for our name and exemplifies
our innovative intrepretation of Newfoundland cuisine.

VALENTINE'S DAY & WEEKEND:
CLICK TAB AT LEFT!

Chef Mike and the team won the GOLD MEDAL
at the Olympic Gold Medal Plates Competition in November!
We are proud to be representing Newfoundland at the
Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna in February 2012!
Click Link above to be part of our Team!

Bacalao WON a NATIONAL AWARD for hyperlocal food!
Check out this link:
http://foodday.ca/the-fairmont-hotels-and-resorts-hyper-local-award/

We are pleased to offer sustainably-caught cod-pot Cod!
Bacalao is participating in a project of the Fogo cooperative
and is purchasing the entire catch of one fisherman using
the cod-pot method. Better for the environment and higher quality fish!

Check out our video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJzxJMAoFU

Bacalao is proud to be part of a COOKBOOK in national distribution
raising money for Autism research.
Check out this link to find out more.
You can order online or pick one up at the restaurant - $40
http://www.cookingwithcanadasbest.com

Mike and Andrea write a monthly Food Column for the Downhome Magazine.
Check out some recipes at www.downhomelife.ca

You can also catch Andrea as wine expert on One Chef One Critic on Rogers TV - Channel 9.
For show info, http://www.rogerstv.com/option.asp?lid=12&rid=24&sid=2902

Gift Certificates available!
~ any dollar value
~ no expiry

HOURS

Tuesday - Friday
Lunch: Noon - 2:30 pm
Dinner: 6:00 - 10:00 pm

Saturday & Sunday
Brunch: 11:00am - 2:30pm
Dinner: 6:00 - 10:00 pm

Saturday, January 28, 2012

On the evening of July 7th, my wife and I had our very first experience with dining in this magnificent restaurant. Friends from Ontario were visiting and, wanting to try authentic NL cuisine excluding fast-food fish 'n chips, asked us to recommend a place to eat. We chose Bacalao because we had heard excellent reports and hadn't been there before. What a marvelous eating experience! Our waitress was superb - friendly without being imposing, professional, yet very relaxed, and displaying such knowledge of the restaurant's offerings as to be quite impressive. Service was fast, but yet allowed plenty of time for both digestion and conversation. My wife and both of our companions had the pan-fried cod that evening, while I tried the seafood medley. We all raved at both the taste and the presentation. Entrees were preceded by appetizers which included mussels, cod tongue salad, and a very strange-sounding soup. There were so many mussels that they had to be shared! The desserts were to die for!! We will highly recommend this restaurant to both locals and CFA's, and will definitely be back. Congratulations to all.

Clayton Handrigan
C.B.S. NL Canada
7/15/2010 12:25:30 PM