Bullocks Bistro

Brian reporting:

Yes, this is a food place...no, the name does not reflect the prime ingredient in the cooking..

Susan has been here before and the local lore is that it serves the best fish in Yellowknife...
Certainly the fish is very fresh because nothing sits around for long...there was a crowd constantly coming and going and by the time we left they only had two orders of fish left which they were explaining to more arriving diners...the newcomers would have to be satisfied with Caribou and some shared fish...

And the varieties are very local...there were three choices on tonight's menu - Arctic Char, Northern Pike and Inconnu, a type of whitefish found only in the Arctic...the server tells you the ways it should be cooked and you choose a method...














I had the Pike pan fried (above)....and Susan had the Inconnu done on the grill...both were delicious


We were sitting at the bar in front of the chef who cooks, washes dishes and occasionally answers the phone and takes your money at the end of the meal if the two servers are busy...he seemed totally in control and not flustered in the least by the enormous number of orders that kept pouring in...

The atmosphere is early frontier overladed with thousands of pictures, trinkets and bumper stickers that remind you that if you leave children unattended they will be sold into slavery or that your village called looking for their idiot...a great diversion while you are waiting for your food...

Don't ask for a drink...just head to the cooler and pick one out yourself...at the end of the meal you go to the cash and tell them what you had...it is the honour system but I think the woman who was serving and greeting would remember every face and detail of what you had...it is that well organized amidst the chaos...

And for dessert you just step outside and watch the float plane come in...yummy