Black Pine Social

So, this place is like a bar and bistro with a full menu. We came to eat and was one of the first ones but by 7 there were many more people. Not loud or rowdy at all, and felt more like a restaurant than a bar honestly.

I'm writing this review because it's spring and this ski resort is mostly empty, and a ski resort in the middle of the Okanagan is not where I would have expected to find a ramen menu in a bar-bistro. Yet they reassured me the chefs were trained properly. So I decided to be brave and give this place a chance.

I was pretty glad I was open minded. Myself and 2 of my kids had ramen. One had chicken broth which was not bad. Mine was a miso and mushroom garlic / "black oil" broth. I added egg and roasted pork belly. My summary is - I'm satisfied with this ramen. It's pretty good considering where it is. It's not the same as Vancouver ramen but it's still good in its own right and I would have it again.

Pork belly - this was EXCELLENT. Crispy and full of flavour. Wow.
Egg - decent
ramen - thick, it was ok. Doesn't stand out but good enough.
Broth - it's thick. It's not miso. It's not tonkatsu either. It's kinda like curry but not spicy. I mean curry like in consistency. However it's interesting enough.
Stuff - bamboo. Green onions, though cut kinda funny.

Anyways, give this place a chance. The burger according to my burger fan daughter was really good, and my wife's winter vegetable torte was really good too.