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I took a helicopter into the remote wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, to experience a $2,000-a-night ALL INCLUSIVE stay at Sonora Resort! 🚁I also ate EVERYTHING this resort has to offer.
Mike Chen explores high-end culinary experiences, starting with a top-rated Neapolitan pizza in NYC before traveling to the secluded Sonora Resort in British Columbia. He provides an extensive review of the resort's luxury amenities and its Michelin-quality all-inclusive dining, ultimately rating the food a perfect 10/10 for its exceptional variety and execution.
Hey guys, Mike Chen here in New York City.
I've eaten at a lot of pizza places in New York, and every time I come into the city
I want to try new pizza places, and whoa, that's a Chinese crepe food truck right over
there.
Just noticed that.
Anyway, I'm at this pizza place, look at this, Pizzas, and I'm curious because this place
has about a thousand reviews, five stars across the board.
Alright, let's try it.
The pizzas are pretty reasonable, margarita for $13, pepperoni for $15, sweet and spicy
salami for $18, I'll do a pepperoni.
Thanks so much, appreciate it.
Another great thing about getting food in New York City, there's always a place nearby
where you can chow down.
Luckily, this place is right next to Union Square Park.
Okay, I'm really excited to try this pizza.
It's a personal size pizza.
First glance, it looks kind of like a Neapolitan-esque pizza.
This thing smells and looks so good.
Wow, this is freaking perfect looking pizza.
The crust is all nice and bubbly, look at all the bubbles on the dough right here, gorgeous
pepperoni with the oil trapped right in the center, couple pieces of fresh basil.
This dough looks phenomenal, look how puffy this is.
This is a beautiful looking pizza crust, paper-thin towards the middle.
Yeah, this is a Neapolitan-style pie for sure, and it's really, really well done.
Yeah, this is outrageously good.
Yeah, this is an absolute pizza masterpiece.
I've been trying to cook Neapolitan pizza myself, I only wish my dough could taste like
this.
It's perfect though, toasty outside, like a little cloud inside.
The slight bitterness from the char works so well with that sweet, tangy sauce.
Mmm, that sauce and cheese and dough combo is absolutely electric.
This pizza dough is so marvelous, the sauce is absolute perfection.
Like when it comes to Neapolitan pizzas, this is absolute perfection.
This is what you want to be biting into when you're biting into a Neapolitan pie.
Mmm, yeah, I would give it five stars, that's so freaking good.
A good pizza calls for some gelato.
Iced coffee and ice cream, this is basically a deconstructed affogato.
That was some amazing food today.
And speaking of amazing food, in this video I am in British Columbia, Canada.
So back up a bit, a year ago I went to a couple all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, it was my
first time going to all-inclusive resorts.
So now I was trying to find an all-inclusive resort that was a little closer to me.
And as good as the food was in the Mexican resorts, this all-inclusive resort might have
some of the best food I've ever had in my life.
Like this chef is incredible, this place was amazingly beautiful.
The only problem with this place, getting there was not easy.
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The hardest part is the seatbelts, once again, figured out.
Seatbelts go over your shoulders like a backpack.
They clip together up front.
They don't need to be super tight.
They should be sort of roughly around your waist.
But if they're comfortable for you.
Because we travel over water, there are life jacks.
It is set in the back that cancels the noise a bit.
It's pretty exciting.
Oh, check out that view.
There's a fireplace as well.
Little TV.
Coffee maker.
Little water bottles.
Let's see what they have in the mini fridge.
So this is an all-inclusive resort.
Okay.
Sodas, Coke, Diet Coke, Ginger Ale, all that stuff.
Oh, there's chips.
Never seen chips in the fridge before.
There's some granola bars.
Wines, beers.
This is all included.
Oh, this looks fancy.
What is this?
Oh, this is water?
Some fancy looking water.
So a little about this place and how I got here.
So this is the Sonora Resort.
Rooms here go for around $2,000 a night.
And I had such a fun experience doing the all-inclusives in Mexico.
I was trying to find something in North America.
And this place looked pretty incredible.
I love British Columbia.
I love the wilderness.
I love nature.
So every room here you get a view.
I think every single room because I got the cheapest room here.
And you get a view.
Beautiful view.
There's hikes.
There's mountain bikes.
There's pickleball, tennis courts, arcades, golf simulators.
I'm going to show you guys around because I got a quick tour.
It looks really, really fun.
Dinner's in about an hour.
So all the food's included.
I don't think there's any room service.
I know there's like a snack center that's probably open really late.
We're going to go check all that out because I have no idea exactly what this place has to offer beyond the activities that I see.
You can book activities like salmon fishing.
You can go roll a boat on a glacier waters.
Those are pretty pricey.
I'm not going to do any of that.
I'm really here just to walk around, go on a hike, go on a bike ride, eat.
That's pretty much what I want to do.
Okay.
Speaking of, let's go find some food.
It's an hour to dinner, but I think there's some food somewhere that I can access right now.
Oh, check this out.
So across the hall, there's this common area.
Oh, look at this.
So everybody in this building can use this common area.
So this place is kind of broken up by buildings.
Man, this is pretty.
It's curious.
Let's look in the common fridge.
More drinks and food.
Nice.
Wow, the air is so fresh here.
So even though this is an island, there are apparently black bears.
And this is a conservatory that they have here.
Oh, now it kind of feels like Hawaii.
If you don't like the chilly weather, this is where you would go.
This here is the tennis court, basketball court, pickleball court all in one.
This is the spa and the gym.
Let's go check out the gym.
Definitely smells like a spa.
Smells really nice.
Can't get in.
Looks like a decent sized gym.
There's a little game room, pool table.
Oh, look, Nintendo Switch.
Oh, here are the golf simulators.
Oh, this is going to be fun.
Two golf simulators.
Giant boats.
And this is the dining room.
Oh, they also said this is a theater.
A little theater room.
That's first come, first serve.
You can watch Netflix and stuff in here.
Oh, here's some snacks.
Mars bars.
Nice.
Chips, drinks.
Giant salmon.
Oh, this is a real salmon.
72 pound salmon.
Jeez.
There's the pool because obviously you can't swim in the cold waters there.
And you can see how fast the water's moving.
Here is the snack shack.
Check it out.
Okay.
It's not huge, but inside there looks like freshly made granola bars, cookies, cakes, fruits,
fancy sparkling water, beers, more snacks.
I typically don't eat candy bars, but I'll take a Mars bar.
And a cookie.
Maybe both cookies.
Whoa, this cookie is amazing.
This is like macadamia nut apricot cookie.
It's so good.
Dinner time.
My favorite time.
Two giant menus.
One is all wines and stuff.
This is also wines and cocktails, but there's non-alcoholic cocktails.
Let's get some of that.
So this is what the dinner menu looks like.
On the left, there's a tasting menu.
And on the right, a la carte menu.
So they did mention that I could just get some extra courses if I wanted to.
So pretty much like a buffet.
I feel like I do want to switch out the first course with maybe a pork belly and some beef broth and some halibut.
I don't know.
Okay, let's see what we can get.
A lot of this stuff looks good.
I like the sous vide lean cod.
Lean cod is amazing.
Steelhead is great.
The sirloin sounds good.
The tenderloin sounds good.
Okay, so you do have to pay extra for the steaks.
The tasting menu, the short rib sounds good.
Halibut sounds good.
The dessert sounds good too.
Difficult decisions to make here.
All right, so they are so accommodating here.
I basically ordered the whole menu, except for the tofu steak.
I didn't want the tofu steak.
But yeah, whatever you want, they give it to you.
Love this place.
Amuse-bouche is a cream cheese with leek on top.
It's like a pickled leek with soft cream cheese.
The bread is their house-made sourdough with either truffle butter or their traditional butter with flaky salt on top.
Let's do some truffle butter.
Wow, this bread is so nice and fluffy.
That's good bread.
That truffle butter, wow.
It's like a Michelin restaurant.
Are you kidding me? This is so freaking good.
The bread is good, the butter is phenomenal.
Greatest truffle butter on the face of this planet.
You can see real flakes of truffles inside.
This is incredible.
That's so good.
If that's how good the bread and butter is, the rest of dinner is going to be off the hook.
First two dishes have arrived.
I got a salad because it's pickled spruce tip, which I've never had before.
There's also edible dirt, mushroom powder.
The other dish is a halibut crudo with blood orange rhubarb.
Look at this, spruce tip.
I didn't even know that was edible.
And there's pine nuts on here as well.
I wonder what a spruce tip tastes like.
Oh, it's really tender.
Very sprucey.
Salad is delicious.
It's so good.
Even the salad is good.
I rarely compliment salad.
I've probably done it like five times in my life.
That's a good salad.
Vinaigrette's good.
Pine nut's awesome.
It definitely tastes like something you would eat in the Pacific Northwest.
Look at the halibut.
Beautiful.
This is with blood orange.
How exciting is this?
This is Michelin quality food right here.
The halibut is ridiculous with that blood orange.
Oh my god, with the cilantro.
Dude, this cilantro is so good.
Look at this little tiny little cilantro.
The flavor is just like an absolute explosion.
Tender fish.
Sweet, a little savory.
Oh, that's so freaking good.
That goes really good with the salad too.
Wow.
That food here is insane.
This is like a Michelin all-you-can-eat right here.
The salad.
The salad's crazy.
It tastes like you're biting into British Columbia.
You know, the nice green sprucey part of it.
More appetizers are here.
This is sous vide pork belly with chicharrones and roasted vegetables with a mustard sauce on the bottom.
This looks beautiful.
This is like sous vide and then fried pork belly.
This is the beef broth with vegetables and pancetta and roasted vegetables.
Oh, this looks so good too.
I love this place.
And also, I did mention this tastes like Michelin star.
It actually is a Michelin resort.
It's on the Michelin Guide.
Oh, nice and toasty on the outside.
Look how juicy that looks.
Oh, it is so tender.
This will slap me across the face good.
This pork is so juicy.
Perfect with the mustard sauce.
Chicharrones delicious.
That's some amazing pork belly.
All right, let's chase it with this beef broth soup.
Oh, there's pasta in here.
Maltagliati pasta.
I didn't know it was the first time I had that pasta.
I'll tell you right now, they definitely homemade that pasta.
Like, that pasta is so interesting.
It tastes like mixed between a pasta and a bean curd.
Like a tofu skin.
It's so springy and chewy and goes great in this broth.
Wow, so good.
That meat is cured perfection.
I think that's the last appetizer I got.
Now for the main course.
Main courses.
Okay, this looks awesome.
This is the 48-hour sous vide short rib with black garlic jus with some pickled jalapenos.
And this is the halibut with lemon spaghetti and peas with cured egg yolk on top.
Okay, let's try the short rib.
Oh, that's beautiful.
Look how juicy this is.
Oh man, this is tender.
Oh my god.
Oh, this is the best thing tonight.
The most ultimate in tenderness.
Plus, that sear brings a little hint of bitterness, smokiness from the garlic.
It's rich, perfect with the pickled jalapenos.
Greatest thing tonight.
It's almost unbelievable how good this tastes.
Let's try this.
The halibut cured egg.
Okay, this is beautiful.
So flaky.
I mean, it's no short rib, but it's delicious.
Peas are really good.
And lemon spaghetti.
Look at this.
I bet this is all homemade spaghetti too.
Wow.
The spaghetti is buttery.
It's so wonderfully al dente.
Paired with the flaky, mild halibut.
Incredible.
Best all-inclusive food ever.
Ever.
I actually went to an all-inclusive resort in Mexico that had a Michelin star restaurant on the premise.
This is better.
This will take your breath away.
Tasting this is like, I don't know, seeing a double rainbow for the first time ever.
Except here, you know what it means.
I'll tell you guys right now, I don't like peas.
I think the only time I ever liked peas was like the one time in Spain.
This is really good peas.
It tastes like they just plucked this from the garden today.
It's so sweet.
This is a fish feast right here.
So the steelhead is roasted asparagus, sous vide egg, Parmesan Reggiano cheese with arugula puree,
and the lingcod is radish, cabbage, mint, parsley, and chives.
All the fish is good.
That is some tender, tender lingcod.
And the steelhead looks incredible.
Okay, this is the sous vide egg.
What?
Oh, this is so beautiful with that snowfall of Parmesan cheese on top.
Lingcod is good.
Steelhead is spectacular.
This fireworks.
Perfectly crispy skin.
The cheese is amazing.
Adds such a rustic nuttiness to the fish and the egg yolk.
This yolk tastes like pure creamy heaven.
I don't think I've ever had a single fish dish with egg yolk before.
It works.
10 out of 10.
Okay, last two savory dishes.
This is the lamb here.
Lamb sirloin, cauliflower couscous, lamb croquette,
and this is the tenderloin on some red wine reduction,
on some potatoes, some mushrooms.
I think I'm definitely going to be done after this.
Lamb is delicious.
Cauliflower couscous.
It's so good.
Okay, the sauce that's under here, which is made from the chew,
is perfect with the cauliflower.
Lamb croquette.
Oh my gosh.
Shredded lamb inside.
This is masterful.
Let me jump to the, oh, the filet is so, so tender.
Oh my gosh.
That was like hot knife through butter.
Potatoes on the bottom.
It's like a steakhouse.
It's absolutely like a steakhouse.
Potato croquette.
Mushrooms, the potatoes.
This is like, seriously, this is like a steakhouse.
It's been a lot of dishes.
I think this 100% put me over the edge.
I got another loaf of bread too.
The bread and the truffle butter.
This place was definitely the most tasty all-inclusive place I've ever been to.
It's so good.
I think there's dessert though after this.
There's a whole list of desserts.
I'm just doing one.
Pavlova with herb ice cream and thyme marinated strawberries.
Nothing is simple here.
Everything is just so well done.
That's so good.
The ice cream is good.
The pavlova is great.
The strawberry is insane.
Like, I'm not a pavlova expert.
Like, I don't really know much about pavlovas.
That's a good pavlova.
That's such a good pavlova.
It's like a toasty marshmallow cloud.
Like, this nice caramelization to it.
This is better than most of the Michelin-starred places I've been to.
Alright, first day has just wrapped up.
Got to this resort around, I think, 4 p.m.
Dinner went from 5.30 p.m. to about, I think, 8.30.
It's about a three-hour dinner.
Had about 12 plates of food.
That wasn't even the whole dessert menu.
Now I'm having food regrets.
I should have looked at the whole dessert menu.
I was so full at the end.
Especially after the lamb and the steak course.
I was so full.
I was like, just one dessert.
That's it.
It was such a remarkable dessert.
Now I'm just like, wonder what the other desserts are like.
Like I said, getting here was really interesting because this is an island.
You can't drive here.
The only ways to get here are, one, seaplane.
Two, multiple ferries.
Or three, helicopter.
That's it.
There was only three ways.
I was going to do the ferry route because it was going to be the cheapest route.
But not by much.
The ferries themselves were quite expensive.
I think by taking the helicopter, I paid maybe $200 more.
But I saved like at least five hours of travel time.
At least.
And the main reason I didn't do the ferry was because I had to take one ferry, get off at an island,
drive to the other end of the island to catch the second ferry.
And it was a very tight window to catch the second ferry.
And if I missed it, then I wouldn't be able to check in today.
So I didn't want to take the chance.
Took the helicopter.
I think that was a good choice.
But wow, the property is beautiful.
Tomorrow I'm going to go on a hike, which is going to be a lot of fun.
And I know I'm going to be coming back to just a phenomenal lunch and an even better dinner.
The menu changes every day for three days.
And then it repeats.
So tomorrow's going to be a completely different menu.
I can't wait.
I know I'm here mainly for the food.
Of course, I love nature.
But the food has been just 10 out of 10.
Of all the all-inclusive resorts I've been to, this is 100% the best food I've ever had.
Of all the resorts.
Cannot wait to see what they have in store tomorrow.
I'll see you in the morning.
Goodnight.
Wow, that'll wake you right up.
Breakfast.
Alright, I'm not a breakfast person.
This is the greatest breakfast spread.
At least western breakfast wise, this is the greatest thing I've ever seen.
Let me go through the dishes I got one by one.
So this is the eggs mini.
Homemade hollandaise.
Fresh salmon, of course.
Because we are in British Columbia.
Egg, I'm sure it's going to be perfect.
Potatoes.
Looks amazing.
Little side salad.
Fresh ketchup.
Capers.
That's not even the best looking thing.
Look at this pancake.
This is the most delicious looking pancake.
Blueberry, strawberries.
Aged bananas.
Never seen anything like it.
And look at this pancake.
It looks perfectly toasty in places.
It's soft in the middle too.
This is the french toast.
Fresh fruits.
Blueberry jam it looks like.
Look at this thing.
This thing is just picture freaking perfect.
Let me just get a bite of the french toast before anything else.
Are you kidding me with that french toast?
Best french toast I've ever had.
And I didn't even add any syrup yet.
This is Canada.
I should add some maple syrup.
Add some to my pancake.
Let's try this.
My gosh this pancake.
Oh yeah.
Soft in the middle.
Like super soft in the middle.
Look at that pancake.
Get some aged bananas.
Whatever that is.
I have no idea what an aged banana is.
That's a pancake you want as your blanket.
So you can eat through it every single morning.
Fluffy pancake.
The banana is nice and chewy.
A little caramelized.
That's such a soft pancake.
I kid you not.
This maple syrup doesn't feel overly heavy or overly sweet.
This is really good maple syrup.
Wow.
This is so crazy good.
Okay.
Eggs benedict.
I don't know if I'm ready for this.
Oh that is perfect.
This is such a picture perfect eggs benedict.
This is like you walk into a portrait studio.
They have all those displayed portraits out in the lobby of the most beautiful people.
Picture perfect families.
This is like that.
Except it's an eggs benedict.
Fresh salmon of course.
Best eggs benedict ever.
The most perfect eggs.
The most perfect English muffin on the bottom.
Gorgeous smoked salmon.
And look at these potatoes.
Oh my gosh.
This is like the best breakfast you can get from a five star restaurant.
If you love food this resort it's going to blow you away.
I hope they keep this chef forever.
This chef is amazing.
Best western breakfast.
It just really can't get better than this.
Like this is classic breakfast items but upgraded.
Not just super saiyanized.
Like super saiyan god.
That's the level it's at right now.
And lunch is in like an hour.
So that's why I'm ordering all the breakfast items.
There was a sandwich I really wanted to but lunch is an hour.
I'm sure that's going to be splendid.
The executive chef here, Justin Smith.
Just want to give her a shout out.
Amazing job.
Finish all three plates.
This is so good.
I think I'm about to coma.
And look there's a salmon hatchery here.
And apparently if you go on one of the excursions to catch salmon
you can come back and request it to be cooked by the chef any way you like.
So there's this little trout pond right here.
That I guess you can just fish, catch and release trout.
Little waterfall over there.
This place is super super peaceful.
And if you keep going down the trail
it's a 10km hike that I'm going to try to attempt between lunch and dinner.
Wow this is a cool place to sit and pretty much do nothing.
Little fireplace too.
Look how nice this is.
Oh it's windy.
Little tidal pool down there.
The lunch looks really good as well.
There's a soup of the day.
Potato leek sounds awesome.
They change their soups up every single day.
Their burger's supposed to be great.
I got that.
I got a clam muscle dish and a pork shoulder.
And a bunch of apps.
You know, try to keep it light before dinner.
Lunch has arrived and it smells so good.
That chef Justine, I don't know how she's doing breakfast, lunch and dinner.
But I am grateful.
And this leek soup, look at this.
Leek soup looks like some pork in here.
Leek potato soup.
Let's try this.
Oh this is yummy.
Rich, creamy, porky.
That pork is so good by the way.
That cured, it looks like pancetta.
Also calamari.
They're using these little, look at this.
These are the smaller calamaris.
So it doesn't have the ring.
Which is typically the toughest part.
This is fried perfectly.
This is a little buttermilk ranch.
Oh my gosh.
That's a crispy, at the same time tender calamari.
With a bit of dill to add even more flavor.
Some jalapenos.
It's so crispy.
I barely need a dipping sauce.
Salt and pepper chicken wings.
Buttermilk ranch again.
This is not just a simple chicken wing.
This chicken can fly.
Wow.
Just a salt and pepper chicken wing.
No dipping sauce already.
So good.
Light and crispy on the outside.
Juicy, perfectly fried.
Chicken wings, this is so phenomenal.
Dip it in a little fish sauce and chilies.
This is uber tender chicken wings.
Wow.
This is incredible.
Just amazing chicken wings.
Like it's just salt and pepper chicken wings.
But how is it so good?
Not oily, it's so light.
Like I said, this chicken tastes like it could fly.
Maybe the best chicken wings.
Cavatelli with fresh, fresh manila clams.
Cheese and mussels.
Oh yeah.
Fresh pasta for sure.
Perfect texture.
The sauce is so rich and delicious.
With a sprinkle of cheese.
Plump juicy clams.
This is so magical.
Eating just Michelin star quality seafood.
While looking at that.
Mussels, clams.
Fresh, you can get plump, juicy, little briny.
Perfect with the pasta.
The pasta is so freaking good.
Okay, I got this because this is recommended to us.
This is pork shoulder.
Kind of like a deconstructed shawarma, it looks like.
With falafel, couscous, sun-dried tomatoes.
Like actual sun-dried tomatoes.
Look at this.
Look at this glistening pork.
Tender, super clean tasting pork.
Mmm.
Oh, that sun-dried tomato is freaking amazing.
Wow, that sun-dried tomato makes such a huge impact on this dish.
Fresh falafel.
It's so good.
Finally, had to do it.
Burger.
Made their own burger patty.
Cut their own fries.
This is absolutely towering.
This bread.
Oh my gosh, this looks like freshly baked bread.
Look at this.
Just gotta smash it down to be able to fit it in my mouth.
That is a juicy, juicy, juicy burger.
Mmm.
You bite and then you slurp.
Everything is so good.
For everything, I think it's the pasta.
All the pasta here tastes like you're in Italy.
Mmm.
That was so good too.
So after this, going on a 10 kilometer hike.
Gotta work up a huge appetite.
One final dinner later tonight.
Gotta get prepared.
Almost to the lake.
Found a couple good walking sticks.
It's not the lake.
This is still the ocean right here.
Let's keep trekking.
Here it is, finally.
That took about an hour and a half.
Oh man, five kilometer hike.
Check this out.
Thank you for visiting the lake.
You can use all the canoes and stuff.
Oh, that's cool.
There's a couple tables.
Oh man, you can just take a canoe out.
And you can pedal in this little rectangle space here.
It's a cute lake.
Can't rest long because it's already almost dinnertime.
So by the time I get back, it's gonna be way past dinnertime.
Gotta hurry back.
All right, dinner is gonna be, looks amazing.
This tasting menu looks amazing.
Steelhead, ravioli, carbonara, sablefish, rice pudding.
The a la carte is the same as yesterday.
So now at least I know what to get, what not to get.
So here I'm gonna just get my favorites from yesterday,
which is the beef, the filet.
It's incredible.
Only thing I didn't try besides the vegetarian stuff was the chicken.
Maybe get the chicken.
Definitely the halibut crudo and the beer braised pork belly as well from the appetizer side.
It's gonna be good, I'm starving.
That hike really took a lot.
Okay, first courses are here.
Amuse-bouche, this is pickled strawberry with mascarpone and dried mint.
Oh, that dried mint is really lovely.
Like a little mint chip.
And my first appetizer is here.
This is kombucha cured steelhead with cream fresh celery and chives and rhubarb granita.
This looks amazing.
Look how beautiful this course is, so bright.
And this is like a little bit of ice.
This is crazy.
It's like fruity ice rhubarb with melt-in-your-mouth tender steelhead.
And the rhubarb is grown right here.
Wow, this goes so well together.
Shaved ice and steelhead.
How wonderful is that?
What is this combination?
Like shaved ice and sashimi.
And it works so well.
Sweet shaved ice with a savory fatty fish.
How is this so freaking good?
10 out of 10.
Pork belly time.
That is so amazing.
Fish pork belly.
And on the lighter side, halibut crudo.
Absolutely must try.
Both of these dishes, 10 out of 10.
Glad I was able to repeat it one more time before I left.
This dish looks like a giant dumpling.
This is a raviolo with black pepper, pecorino cheese, egg yolk, arugula.
And it looks like cured pork bacon on top.
This is freaking gorgeous.
This is the craziest thing.
This is basically a giant ravioli with a poached egg inside.
This is one of the richest, most delicious things I've ever put in my mouth.
Oh my gosh.
It's so rich and creamy.
The pasta texture is just pure perfection.
Some of the pork belly is chewy.
Some of it is crispy like a chicharron.
Oh, this is amazing.
What?
Wow.
That is so good.
I got 20 out of 10.
I think I need to hit the repeat button on this one.
It's too good.
Yeah, got another one.
This is one of the greatest things ever, ever.
It's like, I love dumplings.
It's sort of like a dumpling, like an eggy dumpling with just toasted bacon on top.
It's insane.
It's too good.
I can eat like 10 more of these.
Next dish is a sablefish.
This is such a beautiful sablefish with fresh peas on the bottom, pickled fennel, and pea veloute.
Oh, look how flaky this thing is.
Again, I used to not like peas.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to like this one.
Oh my gosh.
Oh, that is so tender.
Peas are snappy and sweet.
This fish, look how flaky this thing is.
This fish is amazing.
This is so awesome.
Everything is awesome.
The pickled vegetables are insane.
They, of course, pickle everything here.
I can't believe this is my last dinner here.
It's so sad.
Last savory food items for dinner.
I got the steak from yesterday, the beef, the tenderloin.
Also, check out this chicken dish here.
This chicken sitting on top of cavatelli pasta.
And this chicken cooked multiple ways.
Oven roasted.
They also made a nugget with the chicken.
Some pickled vegetables with fried chicken skin on top.
Look at this.
Like I normally don't want to order chicken, but this chef, I have faith.
Look how juicy that is.
That is incredible.
Oh my gosh.
This is the juiciest chicken breast.
In all the land.
Super tender.
The pasta is nice and lemony.
Oh, this nugget thing is crazy.
Look at this.
That's so crazy.
It's like a chicken meatball that's light and toasty on the outside, so soft inside.
This is a good chicken dish.
Chicken skin is good too.
This is awesome.
I'm so glad I got this along with the steak.
I was thinking like two steaks or the steak and the chicken.
I think I made the right choice.
Tenderloin, perfectly cooked as always.
Mushrooms, potatoes, tomatoes.
A little potato corquette.
Red wine reduction sauce on the bottom.
I would have hated myself if I didn't get this one last time.
This is so sad.
My last savory dish here.
Savory dinner dish here.
This is as good or better than any steakhouse I've been to.
This is dessert.
Look at how pretty.
So on the top, there's hibiscus rice pudding.
On the bottom, traditional rice pudding.
These little sticks are strawberry meringue.
Some fresh strawberries.
Some mascarpone as well.
And some lemon ice on top.
Oh, this place.
Even their rice pudding is so beautiful.
It's great.
Part of it is rich and milky and creamy.
Other parts, light and fruity and icy.
All parts delicious.
Another phenomenal dinner here at this resort.
Yesterday, I was the first one here.
Today, I'm the last one to leave.
Dinner here is on a whole different level.
I remember when I was at the Mexico All-Inclusive Resort at Gran Velas.
And the rooms there go for like $1,200 a night.
And I remember going to the steakhouse and saying like,
No, it's a good steak.
But it wasn't as good as like a traditional steakhouse.
The food here is as good or better than any restaurant food in the world.
Including Michelin restaurants.
And they really hook you up with as much as you want to eat.
This is some next level food resort here.
I mean, I know people come here a lot for the nature, the scenery, which is beautiful.
It's gorgeous.
But the food here is a whole different level.
That's it for dinner.
Phenomenal day 2.
I'll see you for breakfast.
One final morning waking up to this.
And one final breakfast.
Same breakfast as yesterday.
They also have candied salmon.
That's pretty good.
And the cappuccino is good too.
So I just got the French toast.
And of course, the best egg benedict ever.
And then check out is at 12.
So after breakfast, probably walk around.
And then check out and head to lunch.
Only difference is instead of the salmon, I got the ham today.
Just as good.
That egg and sauce and the English muffin on the bottom is absolutely everything.
This egg benedict, like the protein, can you believe I'm saying this?
The protein is like the least important part of it.
I never had an egg benedict where the bottom is so beautifully toasty.
Like soft and toasty.
And these potatoes.
Most magical breakfast potatoes ever.
Yeah, I'll say it again.
Best egg benedict in the world.
In the world.
I don't even like eggs benedict.
I love this.
I eat this every day.
Just look at that.
French toast too.
It's so light.
Last lunch and I just realized they had a bar menu.
So this is stuff you can get between lunch and dinner.
And it has some good stuff in there like the chicken wings.
There's fries.
There's ice cream.
I miss it.
And I won't be able to eat it today.
But if you ever come, get the bar menu.
So they got daily soup today.
Soup is chicken and wild rice.
Look how fancy this looks.
Usually chicken and rice.
Can't even see the chicken.
Light broth.
Shredded chicken.
Wild rice.
Carrots.
And it smells so delicious and healthy.
Also got another calamari.
Best calamari in the world.
This is definitely not your typical Campbell's chicken rice soup.
Very light.
Super comforting.
This is the bowl of chicken soup you want when you're feeling down.
Calamari of course.
Just ridiculous.
So crispy.
The gnarliest chicken sandwich.
Look at this.
Freshly baked focaccia.
More chicken.
Pesto.
Some kind of blue cheese sauce.
That's better than a burger.
And I love the burger.
It's so rare when a chicken sandwich is better than a burger.
And this chicken sandwich is better than a burger.
Fresh bread.
Tender chicken.
The sauce is awesome.
I think some sort of blue cheese sauce.
It's such a good chicken sandwich.
I'm shocked.
I wish I got this a couple more times before.
You know, you look at a chicken sandwich.
You look at a burger.
You get the burger.
In this case.
I should have got a chicken sandwich.
Wow.
What a food regret, huh?
Fries though.
Freshly cut.
Awesome as ever.
Got some chicken wings too.
The salt and pepper chicken wings are so good.
Dipped in fish sauce.
This might be the best all-inclusive food in the world.
I mean, I haven't tried a lot of all-inclusives just here in Mexico.
But this place would be hard to beat.
The food is on a different level from what I had in Mexico.
And I thought the Mexican food was amazing.
So crazy.
Like every dish is like prepared in a Michelin-starred restaurant.
All right.
Dessert here is insane.
They make their own ice cream bar.
This is a Snorla bar.
Flourless chocolate cake.
Looks so pretty.
This is their petite four.
There's mint chocolate.
There's a Madeleine passion fruit tart.
And some chewy thing.
Mint chocolate.
Again, this is all made in-house.
It's good.
I'm gonna wait till my tea gets here.
To eat more of that.
But make their own ice cream bar.
Mmm.
Hazelnut ice cream with a chocolate shell.
How insane is that?
They're making their own ice cream bar.
Look at this chocolate cake.
This, again, looks like something you'd find at a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Some sorbet.
Ice cream.
Desserts.
As good as the savory dishes.
Even the tea here is good.
Rishi tea.
That's a really good tea.
From Japan.
I would stay here an extra month if I could.
And just eat this every day.
I could eat this every day.
Like, this food is so astonishingly good.
I mean, this chef.
Amazing.
Alright, so let's talk about this place.
Like I mentioned, of all the all-inclusive resorts I went to.
This, by far, has the best food.
It's also the most expensive all-inclusive resort I've been to.
So, this place averages around $2,000 a night.
That's not including the transportation getting here.
Which is definitely pricey.
Because, obviously, this is an island.
So, you can only get here via helicopter, seaplane, ferry.
Which, apparently, no one really takes.
And I think that's the same reason why I didn't take it.
Because the difference between a ferry getting here and a helicopter getting here is a couple hundred dollars.
And the difference in time is like 8 hours compared to 45 minutes.
But of all the all-inclusive places I've stayed at.
This, I think, is also the most beautiful.
I love Pacific Northwest weather.
I love the ocean and I love the scenery.
Obviously, if you want to go swimming in the ocean.
You're going to have to go to Cancun or something.
Because you really can't swim in the oceans here.
They have pools and hot tubs if you want it.
So, if you want a place where you can go to the beach.
Build a sandcastle.
Go snorkeling.
Then go to Mexico.
If you want a place where you see a lot of different wildlife.
Or you really like fishing.
This is the place.
Also, they do have a lot of excursions here.
I didn't do any of that.
Because it is quite pricey to go on an excursion.
I think it's like $2,000 if you want to go kayaking near a glacier or something.
Or they can take you to see grizzlies and whales and stuff.
But for me, I just wanted to relax.
I mean, I went on a hike.
Sat around outside.
Only thing I wish I would have done.
But it would have been very, very expensive.
Was they could take you out shrimping and catch seafood.
And then come back and cook it for you.
That would have been amazing.
Because what this chef can do in the kitchen is incredibly impressive.
All in all, this place is phenomenal.
People are so nice.
The whole resort feels like a garden.
So beautiful.
So, if you are looking for an all-inclusive resort in the Pacific Northwest.
Where you've never been to the Pacific Northwest before.
And you want to, I don't know, see some whales.
See a grizzly.
Go see a glacier.
This is a phenomenal place.
So yeah, as of right now, this is 100% the best all-inclusive resort I've ever been to.
Alright, the helicopter is coming to pick me up in about 30 minutes.
So, I guess walk around a little more.
And that's it.
It's really sad to leave this place.
I mean, this has been pretty close to what I would imagine heaven would be like.
Except for a little more rain.
Just personal preference.
And of course, the information for this place is listed down below for you guys.
Thank you all so much for watching.
Until we eat again.
See you later.