20 Days of Chill 2020 - Is that Chicken?

Welcome back to 20 Days of Chill. Today's prompt is 

Is that Chicken?

Speaking of Beautiful Places... Two years ago we re-visited Banff National Park. We had a score to settle with Lake Louise.

Why? 

Last time we were there, it must have been in 2006 or 2007, it was so foggy we didn't even see that there were mountains. 

So in 2017 we were rewarded with the most gorgeous blue sky and stunning view.

It was pretty cold, though, and as it got towards lunchtime, we were wondering whether the Fairmont Chateau was suitable for us. 

We hesitantly snuck in and looked around. The lobby was crawling from guests. Everything looked pretty and pretty posh, too. 

One look at the menu of the Italian restaurant not only told us that a simple pizza Margherita costs CAD 26 but that the dress code was casual, and by casual they mean "denim is to be in good repair and no athletic wear."

We were out of there. 

Our GPS proposed the Station Restaurant instead. 

As the name suggested, it was a former railway station. It looked super charming.

Wait a minute - why former? There was an actual train approaching. As it turned out the engineer stopped for lunch ;-) So if the locals eat here, we're good.

We were enchanted immediately. The restaurant was basically a living room, and a moose was playing the piano.

The first thing our youngster does upon getting a menu: finding out if there's Mac and Cheese.

Mac and Cheese: Check.

Moving on to my dish. I'm not telling you what it was just yet. Let's just say when the friendly waiter brought it to our table, my first reaction was "is that (supposed to be) chicken?" - then I tried to remember what the heck I had ordered...?!

Here's a hint, it was early October, Canadian Thanksgiving. Now I am Swiss, and we don't do Thanksgiving. While I am aware that there's a lot of turkey and pumpkin dishes being served in North America, I had never seen, much less eaten, an open faced turkey sandwich drowning in gravy. 

And the thing is they didn't even say it was open faced, see for yourself. 

What I pictured I was going to get was more something like this:

Source / Photo Credit: Butterball

So what we inevitably had to do next (since there is no Starbucks, and not even a Tim Hortons in Lake Louise, can you believe it?) was to raid the gas station store. We had M&Ms, Chips Ahoi, you name it, and it was more delicious than my lunch...

Because it's important to maintain a sense of humor, here are some why did the chicken cross the road jokes:

• Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from Kentucky.
• Why did the cat cross the road? The owner told them not to.
• Why did the dog cross the road? To get away from the Chinese chef.
• Why did the duck cross the road? The chicken had a day off.
• Why did the geeky guy cross the road? He heard there were chicks on the other side.
• Why did the one-armed guy cross the road? To visit the second hand shop.
• Why did the lettuce cross the road? It was green.

Why do you think the chicken crossed the road?

How do you feel about open faced turkey sandwiches in general, and drowning in gravy ones in particular? 

Let me know in the comments below. Please head over to A 'lil HooHaa's blog to check out the other chicks, and I hope to see you again for 17 more days of chill!

Thursday, January 2: A new decade

Friday, January 3: Beautiful places

Monday, January 6: Is that chicken?

Tuesday, January 7: Show me the way

Wednesday, January 8: Naps

Thursday, January 9: Snow

Friday, January 10: Fri-Yay

Monday, January 13: Social media

Tuesday, January 14: Cheddar

Wednesday, January 15: Dream on

Thursday, January 16: Popcorn

Friday, January 17: Snapshot

Monday, January 20: Last meal

Tuesday, January 21: Battle of the phones

Wednesday, January 22: Sign it in ink

Thursday, January 23: Spam

Friday, January 24: May I take your order?

Monday, January 27: A cocktail, if you will

Tuesday, January 28: Bring me to you

Wednesday, January 29: Oh, thank goodness!