If you read more than one of our posts you may sense that we have a thing for food. We are not ashamed of our love affair, for it is pure and healthy. Except for with the chocolate. And I guess the fried food too. Oh yes, and beer for Jacob. Actually, there is nothing pure or healthy about it but we are not ashamed.
Picking good restaurants is a very important part of planning any vacation, and can actually be one of the most fun. So when we started looking for Bed & Breakfast options for our trip to Canada, it became a natural extension of our restaurant hunting. Warning: if you are tempted to pick a B&B because its website has mouthwatering pictures and descriptions, stop! Take yourself aside, sit yourself down, and have the following conversation:
You: So you think you've found The One. What do you know about this place?
Yourself: Irish Cream Oven Puffed Pancakes!
You: That may be, but where is it located?
Yourself: Um...Irish Cream Oven Puffed Pancakes?
You: No.
If you let your stomach lead you, it is possible that you will find yourself driving thirty minutes out of the way, coming and going, for two days, in the name of an entree you do not even get served. I'm not saying we regret staying at Firedance Inn. I mean, look at the place.
What we couldn't have known at the time was that the bridge leading to this rural cottage from the north had been closed for repair until August, so there was a fairly sizable fishhook detour forcing us to drive south and then come back up country roads to reach it.
The food was ironically the least memorable of our trip. Not that it was bad, just not detour-worthy.
Some saving grace: our lodgings were extremely comfortable and the view from our room was amazing!
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