On Wednesday in the middle of our week at Naramata each year, we go to a winery for lunch. We have been to a couple of different ones over the years, this year we decided to try a new restaurant that had just opened. The Vanilla Pod situated at Poplar Grove Winery.
The winery moved to its new spectacular location and beautifully simple building last year, and the Vanilla Pod restaurant moved from Summerland very recently. We got a large table outside on the extensive deck, which fortunatly was shaded by a large canopy as it was a warm sunny day.
There was a large dark cloud threatening to disturb our alfresco lunch, but for some reason it turned south and we avoided the storm that it undoubtly was carrying.
To start Connie, Nancy and I chose a garbanzo bean salad to share.
This was light and tasty with the beans and tossed with a little spinach, onion, tomato and fresh herbs. The dressing was light and did not overwhelm the fresh ingredients.
To start Connie, Nancy and I chose a garbanzo bean salad to share.
