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Araxi Restaurant – Whistler’s Best

written by John Chow on April 12, 2008

How to make $593 in less than one hour

Araxi Restaurant

Araxi is part of the Top Table Restaurants Group. A chain that includes CinCin, Bluewater Cafe and three time ‘Restaurant of The Year’ winner, West. Araxi holds an international reputation for excellence in food, wine and hospitality, including award for ‘Best Restaurant in Whistler’ by Vancouver magazine for eight consecutive years. I met the general manager of Araxi during Big Night and he told me to give him a shout if I’m ever in Whistler.

Executive Chef James Walt creates his menus using locally sourced ingredients from nearby Pemberton Valley Farms. Araxi also showcase the freshest and finest from the Pacific Ocean. The Araxi dining room offers a lively ambiance enhanced with fresh flowers, original artworks and stunning wine displays. The adjoining bar is a hot spot with locals and visitors alike, and in the summer season the heated patio is surrounded by the vibrancy of the village and picturesque mountain vistas. I couldn’t think of a better restaurant to take the family for dinner. They even made a dish just for Sally!

Sally’s High End Baby Food & Fresh Canadian Oysters

Araxi Restaurant

The Small Plates

Araxi Restaurant

Seared Quebec Foie Gras served with Pemberton apple, pear and chili compote, toasted brioche. I can’t say no when I see Foie Gras on the menu.

Araxi Restaurant

Citrus Cured Sockeye Salmon with Vancouver Island honey mussel salad and sake vinaigrette. You need to make sure your fork has a bit of everything to truly appreciate this dish.

Araxi Restaurant

Nova Scotia Lobster with housemade truffle ricotta gnocchi, truffle nage and baby spinach.

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Dungeness Crab and Coconut Bisque served with cilantro, lemongrass and salsify. It was garnished with a crab and pea springroll.

The Entrees

Araxi Restaurant

“Kobe Style” Beef Shortribs cauliflower. Served with white beans with parsley and lemon gremolata red wine jus and Pemberton horseradish.

Araxi Restaurant

Certified Angus Beef Ribeye with aged Quebec cheddar and potato gratin with vichy style carrots roasted shallots and sauce Madeira.

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House Smoked Arctic Char. Served with lemon, mint and mascarpone risotto with Vancouver Island octopus with sauteed Pemberton salsify.

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Alaskan Weathervane Scallops. Served with North Arm Farm sunchoke puree with maple vinaigrette and chorizo sausage.

The Desserts

Araxi Restaurant

Okanagan Apples and mascarpone cheesecake with gingersnap crust apple Lillooet honey sorbet.

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Lemon Tart made with baked lemon curd in a sweet crust mixed berry sorbet and raspberry coulis.

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{ 59 comments }

Robert April 12, 2008 at 9:04 pm

The crab and bisque looks GREAT. Those dishes look like they’re right out of Top Chef. John, your dining posts are as much motivation as anything else to make money online or through business ventures in order to enjoy these experiences. Man, that salmon looked good.

investorblogger April 12, 2008 at 9:32 pm

Wow! I agree Robert! I can’t believe the seafood… I’m presuming that the pictures are John’s order only… Wonder how much room he had for desert!

Chris Jacobson April 12, 2008 at 9:47 pm

Going to hit the slopes hard to burn off those calories, John?

Not John Chow April 13, 2008 at 8:49 am

Put me down for the Salmon and the lemon tart!

Not John Chow April 13, 2008 at 8:51 am

No wait, add the ribeye to that order!

Affiliate Confession April 13, 2008 at 4:44 pm

I’ll take the Nova Scotia Lobster, that’s lookin’ mighty tasty.

mr nice guy April 13, 2008 at 5:46 pm

Oh…the food really looks great and the restaurant’s specialties are also my favs…sounds good tastes even better :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

Niro April 12, 2008 at 9:06 pm

lol, This looks yummy :grin: Yum Yum !

FreePSDLogo April 12, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Gotta keep those pics online (4 tax purposes :evil: )
Just joking
Nice food!

Fitness Site April 12, 2008 at 9:29 pm

wow. yummy food.
But we dont earn so much money online to afford this food. :lol:

diet forum April 12, 2008 at 9:34 pm

Sounds nice. The oysters look great!

betshopboy April 12, 2008 at 10:03 pm

Those oysters look out of this world! Yummy!

Sava April 13, 2008 at 1:21 pm

I hate oysters … don’t know how people can eat those … they make puke whenever I think of one even if they look good :D

Azrael April 12, 2008 at 9:49 pm

I see that you are of again to your favorite stuff!

Jimson Lee April 12, 2008 at 10:05 pm

Looks great, but can you show us the receipt?

John Chow April 12, 2008 at 10:34 pm

The bill came to $400 with tax and tip.

Steven April 13, 2008 at 4:39 am

Overall a cheap night eh :twisted:

Azrael April 13, 2008 at 9:17 am

I can’t even make half that in a month.

Sava April 13, 2008 at 1:19 pm

not to much considering you get $200 back :lol:

Terry Tay April 13, 2008 at 8:38 pm

You mean they didn’t give it to you on the house considering you made a post about them. :lol:

Those dishes all look perfect and yummy. If I’m ever in Whistler I’ll have to try them and hopefully I’m as successful as John so I can make that happen one day soon.
~Terry

Robert April 14, 2008 at 1:35 pm

Ouch.

Thiago Prado April 12, 2008 at 10:09 pm

The only problem about the food is that I ‘m not fan of that type of food. I would like to invite to have lunch with me in a Brazilian Steakhouse or Churrascaria here in NJ (I even pay for you).
Then you are going to realize why Brazilian people love meat.

Terry Tay April 13, 2008 at 8:40 pm

You can invite me if you want. Can you pay for airfare too :lol:
~Terry

baldeagle April 12, 2008 at 10:21 pm

I’m assuming the restaurant review is to get a great meal “written off” for tax purposes. You know just inviting a potential business partner along goes just as far?

Still, looks like a great meal!

John Chow April 12, 2008 at 10:32 pm

Actually, you are only half right. Meals for entertainment purposes (taking a client out to dinner) are only 50% deductible.

Sava April 13, 2008 at 1:18 pm

but anyway … 50% is pretty good … considering that if you take 1 customer out for a meal … you eat for free.
Let’s start taking customers out for lunch whenever we feel hungry :D

Robert April 14, 2008 at 1:38 pm

It’s a great way to swing a meal. The tax laws are designed to encourge investment and the growing of businesses. Taking a client out for entertainment fosters good will and helps grow your business.

Dave from Welcome Back Rosenthal April 12, 2008 at 10:45 pm

Wow! Over at blogcatalog we’ve been having this discussion all day about which city has the best food and it looked like NYC was going to win out, but I’m gonna send them over here to have a look at those pix.

Simon Lau April 12, 2008 at 10:52 pm

Nice meal! the place looks pretty empty, what time did you go at?

John Chow April 12, 2008 at 10:57 pm

Our reservation was for 6PM. It was a full house by the time we left.

wisdom April 12, 2008 at 10:59 pm

Looks good, not something I usually eat though.

Dr. Teeth April 17, 2008 at 12:48 pm

lol, do you really eat this usually?

Chetan April 12, 2008 at 11:06 pm

So i hope these kinda restaurants get filled up at nights.. although as you say, 6 pm is not that late for being empty!

Mike Huang April 12, 2008 at 11:43 pm

Your daughter is just very cute :) Are you serious about her “GOURMET” baby food? :)

-Mike

MoneyBlog April 13, 2008 at 12:17 am

Looks great….,wow. yummy food. :mrgreen:

Alex at Net-Entrepreneur.com April 13, 2008 at 2:23 am

That’s one good looking meal!! :shock:

Cheers,
Alex.

Infogle April 13, 2008 at 3:11 am

Food is simple looking yummy, i simply love the cheese cake desert

Hannah April 13, 2008 at 5:45 am

The one thing I can’t stand about food in BC is the fish… for those of us who can’t stand seafood, it’s almost impossible to eat at any nice restaurant within 50 kilometers of the Pacific Ocean!

The beef and desert, however, look absolutely amazing!

Rob April 13, 2008 at 6:39 am

That does look very good indeed, especially those oysters. This post is making me hungry. I think I might go out for seafood tonight :razz:

Infogle April 13, 2008 at 2:15 pm

same here when i saw the post :wink:

MillionDollarJourney April 13, 2008 at 7:34 am

“Raise the roof” That’s hilarious! How did you teach her to do that? :)

Adam April 13, 2008 at 8:18 am

http://www.goveg.com/feat/foie/
Watch the video Foie Gras :shock:

Miker W. April 13, 2008 at 9:20 am

Looks good, but a little too fancy for my tastes.

Super Affiliate Ros April 13, 2008 at 9:27 am

Mmmmmmm…. looks GREAT! Could handle some of that Arctic Char right now and it’s only 9AM. :-) Know where I’ll definitely be heading the next time I’m up in Whistler. Thanks for sharing, John.

Cheers,
Ros

seola April 13, 2008 at 11:12 am

Wow nice food, I like your photography of food.
You dont go to taco bell right

seola April 13, 2008 at 11:15 am

Nice food!!

Sava April 13, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Those look just awesome. Would love to eat all of them :D

Sha April 13, 2008 at 2:48 pm

LMFAO I love how she moved her shoulders & raised the roof when she had her first taste. Classic.

I don’t like oysters, but everything else looks like they were good. I’ve yet to try lobster, but keep meaning to. And cheesecake is godsend!

Nathan Hill April 13, 2008 at 4:25 pm

Thats just making me hungry. You really know how to make people jealous don’t you lol :D I bet that ribeye was amazing. I think I need to go and eat now.

Affiliate Confession April 13, 2008 at 4:34 pm

I didn’t see the total bill in the post, but I see it up there in the comments. Everything looks delicious. Must be nice livin’ the Dot Com lifestyle…I’m working on it.

Zero and Up April 13, 2008 at 7:09 pm

That food looks really good – the dot com lifestyle to an extent? :D

Affiliate Confession April 13, 2008 at 7:44 pm

Man, every time I see this post I get hungry, and I just ate.

Bookmaker April 13, 2008 at 9:49 pm

That lobster gnocchi looks damn tasty :cool:
So this is the diet of successful technopreneurs eh? Nice lifestyle if you can get it :wink:
http://bookierant.com

Blogmastr April 13, 2008 at 11:11 pm

That lemon tart looks absolutely delicious! Can’t say the same for the seafood ( not a fan of seafood myself… )

vegetarian April 14, 2008 at 2:12 am

i have started new blog on vegetarians and hope i will visit such veg restaurant and post something about it ! :wink:

Syed Balkhi April 14, 2008 at 4:44 am

atleast the food is approved by Sally… It must be good then. Good movie john keep us all updated.

Mayank Rocks April 14, 2008 at 8:22 am

You like watering my mouth and make me feel hungry…..oh god!

Dr. Teeth April 17, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Being new at your place i noticed that you are a great food freak, just like me :shock:
So, when r u at my place for dinner John???

Traveler April 17, 2008 at 9:36 pm

Vancouver is seafood heaven,I like it very much.When I worked in Vancouver twenty years ago I rather eat seafood and salmon steak instead of meat,it is yummy and fresh.I used to walk along Robson Street and have lunch there,I missed it.