We spent 4 days at Tofino, a small villege on the sparsely populated upper West Coast of Vancouver Island, where nature is reserved untouched. Here are fishermen in the early morning unloading their fresh catch at the port. It was to strange to hear from them that locals have no access to these fantastic fresh fish. They are all shipped to Vancouver. Then, some of them are shipped back to this villege for locals’ and tourists’ consumption…. Here I saw a humongus rock fish, wild cod and salmon. I was told that half of the salmon which they were handling were caltured. We dined one night at the restaurant called Spotted Bear, where the chefs create simple and tasty dishes using local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients. Spotted Bear…is there any relationship with Spotted Pig (in NYC)? The chef at SB loved so much the food which he ate at SP in NYC, he named his restaurant Spotted Bear. Well, we actually spotted some bears here and there on our journey in Canada.
