Pyrohy Supper - St. John's Cultural Centre

St. John's Cultural Centre
10611 110 Ave

St. John's Cultural Centre offers a monthly pyrohy supper, which Andrew, Leeann, Calvin and I all took part in for the first time this month. For $12, you are given a plate and a ticket for which you are to proceed to the food line to be served your choice of two types of pyrohy (cheddar or onion), sauerkraut, and salmon. Then you can fill up the rest of your plate with caesar salad and your choice of fixins: sour cream, bacon bits, or fried onions bathed in butter.

Andrew adding buttery onions to his plate

Something about the dough of homemade pyrohy just sets it apart from the store-bought stuff. So smooth and so delicious. The caesar salad was garlicky and tasty, and the baked salmon was moist and flavorful. We all devoured our food pretty quickly. We were uncertain if we could have seconds but we were assured by one of the jovial men serving us that we could have as much as we want as long as we come back with our plates. After our first helping, we all decided that we were partial to the cheddar pyrohy so that's what we opted for when we went back for seconds.

Surprisingly enough, we still had room for dessert. It was an apple crisp served with a dollop of what tasted like Cool Whip. There was also coffee and 3 types of tea. The topping to fruit ratio on the apple crisp seemed like it was 5:1 (or maybe that was just our portion), but it was so good! Normally I prefer more fruit to topping, it wasn't the case this time. Maybe it was because the apple portion was a bit drier than what I'm used to. But also maybe it was because the topping was not overly sweet. Either way, I enjoyed it and wish I had some of it in front of me right now.

Yummy dessert

Large and small tables are set up in the centre's gymnasium and diners can sit anywhere there's a free spot. Reservations are not necessary. The doors to the pyrohy feast are open from 5-7 PM with the next few suppers being on January 27, February 24, and March 30. I'd be happy to go again; give me a call or e-mail me!