How Fresh?

growing greens for our newfoundland cafeYesterday I asked if you preferred cinnamon or chocolate for your cappuccino (consensus on Facebook? it doesn’t really matter when you have that view!). Today, I have an equally important question – how fresh do you like your greens?

These babies arrived at our Shag It deck straight from our greenhouse at The Doctor’s House. We’re working to become a food-to-table restaurant there (at Dining at The Doctor’s House – open tonight!), and at the Shag It, we keep things as fresh as it gets, too. Like salad made from greens you might see your server pick. Indeed, our Whoa Baby salad, which adds dried cranberries, candied pecans, red onion and creamy goat cheese to these greenhouse lettuces and tops it all with homemade partridgeberry vinaigrette, is quite the crowd pleaser.

You can see our complete Shag It menu here, and remember that we’re open today and all weekend, from 11am-7pm. Hope to see you there!

Shag It – We’re Growing Our Own!

Garden at our Newfoundland cafe in Whiteway, near WhitbourneHere’s a photo taken by the lovely Cate Dore, who runs and cooks all our lovely meals at the lovely Shag It. This is the budding garden she is growing, full of fresh greens to use in her creations. It really is a ‘living’ salad when it was growing just minutes before being (lovingly) thrown in the bowl! Just a reminder that it’s Friday, and Friday means one thing here at Ocean Delight – time to chow down at the Shag It. Hope to see you – today, tomorrow, or Sunday!

Cook’s in the … Greenhouse!

Cook at our Newfoundland cottage rentals and cafeHere’s our wonderful grower, Barb George, getting up close and personal with some freshly grown peas! You may remember that this past winter we built a greenhouse. Well, as you can see, it’s up and running – and offering up lots of fresh greens for use both in Dining at The Doctor’s House and the Shag It. Cate and Chris, our Executive Chefs, are happy – and we’re even more so, because we get to enjoy the results.10414576_657541024327993_6111566468874699290_nGreens at our greenhouse at our Newfoundland cafe

Green House Coming Soon

Greenhouse at our Newfoundland resort inn and spaThis project is near and dear to our hearts. Along with our many other projects at The Doctor’s House (like building The Big Barn for the upcoming wedding season), we’re also building a green house. We’re going to use it to grow produce for our Dining Room (talk about local!) – everything from herbs, of course, to elery, cucumber, pumpkin, ground cherries, tomatoes, and more. Our salads will be garden fresh, and we’re going to have a lot of fun doing it! We’ll also be growing cut flowers for the rooms. We’ll keep you posted as we populate these homes with plants!

Green Houses at our Newfoundland resort inn and spa Green Houses at our Newfoundland resort inn and spa