{"id":200,"date":"2008-07-13T00:23:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-13T08:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/?p=200"},"modified":"2008-07-13T00:23:49","modified_gmt":"2008-07-13T08:23:49","slug":"bc-ferries-white-spot-cafeteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/bc-ferries-white-spot-cafeteria","title":{"rendered":"BC Ferries White Spot Cafeteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking the ferry over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourismvictoria.com\/\">Victoria<\/a> is a popular day trip for tourists to Vancouver. And for some people, a ride on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcferries.com\/\">BC Ferries<\/a> is inevitable, whether it is to attend school at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/\">UVic<\/a>, visit family, or simply return home. In my case I was going over for a vacation, which also involved performing in a piano concert (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/weblog\/2008_07_01_index.html#7467523823153192189#7467523823153192189\">click here<\/a> for free recording of my performance in the concert).<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, during the 1.5 hour ferry trip, I got hungry. There are several food options available on BC Ferries, one of which is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcferries.com\/travel_planning\/amenities\/ship\/pacificbuffet.html\">Pacific Buffet<\/a>, which BC Ferries describes as offering &#8220;elegant ocean-view dining on sailings from Vancouver to Victoria and features a wide selection of hot and cold items&#8221;. The buffet costs $16 to $21 depending on the time of day.<\/p>\n<p>The line up for the buffet seemed long, so I headed over to the main cafeteria, which is branded as &#8220;White Spot&#8221;, a popular chain restaurant with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/restaurants\/white-spot-vancouver-part-2\">several locations in Vancouver<\/a>. The ocean-going version of White Spot has a simpler menu, but still has some attractive choices, such as the Roast Chicken with fries or Caesar salad, various burgers, salads, or their signature entree, the baked maple-glazed salmon ($11.99, pictured below).<\/p>\n<p>The salmon was surprisingly good, and unlike some restaurants where the actual product looks a lot different from the picture in the menu, my salmon looked very similar to the enticing poster-sized photograph at the cafeteria entrance. My only problem was that I was really hungry, and I could have easily eaten two orders of scrumptious salmon. Maybe next time I&#8217;ll try the Pacific Buffet!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dineouthere.com\/images\/bc-ferries-salmon-01.jpg\" alt=\"BC Ferries Salmon Entree ($11.99)\" width=\"690\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(above) BC Ferries Salmon Entree ($11.99)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking the ferry over to Victoria is a popular day trip for tourists to Vancouver. And for some people, a ride on BC Ferries is inevitable, whether it is to attend school at UVic, visit family, or simply return home. 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