blog @ laughing horse lodge » Bigfork http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:21:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A ‘Taste’ for Adventure – Freefall Tuesdays at the Horse! http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2011/03/a-taste-for-adventure-freefall-tuesdays-at-the-horse/ http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2011/03/a-taste-for-adventure-freefall-tuesdays-at-the-horse/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:15:09 +0000 Chef Kathleen http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/?p=260 Freefall Tuesday’s at the Horse

This summer our popular Chef’s Tasting and Wine Dinners become Freefall Tuesdays, where you put your taste for adventure into the capable hands of Chef Kate and her creative kitchen staff.  Freefall is a five course tasting experience loosely inspired by a specific region of the world, with each course paired with wine selected by the chef and a local wine expert. Using only the freshest ingredients available from local farm-to-market growers, organic meats and wild fish, each menu is sure to stimulate and please the most discerning of foodies.

Freefall is limited to 24 guests with secured reservations required. Freefall is $129 per couple with wine, ($34 per person without wine).

Last summer’s series was a sell-out, so reserve early!

Our epicurean explorations:

June 14 – Polynesia

June 28 – Portugal

July 12 – Tasmania

July 26 – Afghanistan

August 9 – Sri Lanka

August 23 – Guadalajara

September 13 Freefall End of the Season Missoula Farmer’s Market Menu with Guest Chef

 For reservations: email Kate at laughinghorselodge@gmail.com

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[When making your secure on-line reservations, please write 'Spring Specia'l in the Notes. You will receive a price-adjusted confirmation by email within 48 hours.]

]]> http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2011/03/dust-off-that-fly-rod-spring-is-almost-here-sort-of/feed/ 1 The Horse Featured in AAA’s Via Magazine! http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2010/09/the-horse-featured-in-aaas-via-magazine/ http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2010/09/the-horse-featured-in-aaas-via-magazine/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:48:54 +0000 Chef Kathleen http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/?p=226 “It’s all about the food!” and this fall readers of AAA’s Via Magazine shouted that loud and clear. From Kirkland, Washington to Swan Lake, Montana readers of Via wrote to tell of their favorite breakfast and brunch places in the Northwest. Montana rated three cafes -yours truly the Laughing Horse Lodge, Main Street Overeasy in Bozeman and the Stray Bullet Cafe in Ovando.  So take a ride this Sunday down to Swan Lake -the fall colors are spectacular- and enjoy some delicious fare including Huckleberry Peach Pancakes, Huckleberry Chevre Stuffed French Toast and the best omelet you’ve ever had!

Sunday Brunch at the Horse runs from 9am to 2pm. Reservations for parties of 5 or more are required due to limited seating.

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One such trout – a particularly rotund specimen of approximately 20 inches – has forced me to alter my dining room schedule for the fall allowing me one more evening to try to land ‘her holiness’.  There are many  great reasons to live in Montana, fall trout fishing is one of the best…and spending a stolen evening on the river with a 5 wt in my hand beats standing over a hot stove, even if I’m cooking up some special fare for great friends and visitors. So please forgive me, but I’ve changed my dining room hours to Thursday – Sunday, 5pm – 9pm for dinner and Sunday Brunch, 9am – 2pm…on the flip side, I have extended my season through the holidays.

The lodge dining room is available Monday – Wednesday for private dinners and events for 12  to 56 persons. So if you are planning a holiday party, special family get-together or just a night with good friends, include the Horse in your plans. We’d love to host your event here or help you give a stellar performance in your home.

So here’s to a great fall, brilliant fishing and a delicious dinner at the Horse..see you soon. Kathleen

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And what a garden it is this year…so leave your daily stress at the door
and enjoy a delicious glass of wine and an al fresco meal while you bask in
the golden silence of a lovely Swan Lake evening.
To celebrate the arrival (finally!) of summer, this weekend we’re presenting a refreshing Mediterranean Antipasti Plate for two
with two glasses of Gain Bay Cabernet  (a Stag’s Leap appellation) for $25. You’ll enjoy freshly char grilled and marinated
vegetables bursting with the flavors of Sardinia, an assortment of Greek olives, hard Italian meats, and yeasty French artisan
bread with rosemary olive oil perfect for dipping. 
Reservations: 406-886-2080
PS. Thanks to our many swallows and brown bats, the garden is mostly mosquito-free!
]]> http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2010/06/al-fresco-dining-in-the-horses-spectacular-garden/feed/ 0 Laughing Horse Lodge Ranked #1 – Best Food in the Valley! http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2009/08/laughing-horse-lodge-ranked-1-best-food-in-the-valley/ http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/2009/08/laughing-horse-lodge-ranked-1-best-food-in-the-valley/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:30:27 +0000 Chef Kathleen http://www.laughinghorselodge.com/blog/?p=126 The Horse is quietly celebrating its 10th year of providing the most intriguing and delicious menu in the valley, but the best kept secret in the Flathead may be a secret no more. Guests have been posting their reviews  of the Horse on the nation’s number one independent travel review site – www.tripadvisor.com – in ever increasing numbers, catapulting the Horse to the number one position in the region. Ranked highly in areas of quality, value and service, the Horse continues to deliver consistently great food, affordably priced in an atmosphere of warm Montana hospitality.

Chef/Owner, Kathleen Moon and her superb staff make certain that every visitor has a personal and singular experience, a sentiment stated over and over again in the reviews posted at tripadvisor and bedandbreakfast.com. ‘We’re not for everybody,” admits Moon, “the lodge offers up clean and comfortable, yet very basic accomodations with few amenities beyond the natural beauty of the Swan Lake area…so if you need the pool, the in-room TV, cell service and a perfectly stirred martini…we’ll help you find a nice hotel in Kalispell. But if you want quiet solitude, the company of a sweet dog, a great bottle of wine and a good book, with fabulous food (of course!) then this is the spot.”

To discover the charms of this Laughing Horse, visit www.laughinghorselodge.com and book an overnight stay, or just come out for the some delicious dining and music.

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