After leaving St. Joseph’s we headed over to our motel to
freshen up and change clothes. Himself,
having no idea what was next, was curious as to why he had to be dressed
up.
He was surprised when we pulled into the parking lot for the
“My Old Kentucky Home Dinner Train”. http://www.kydinnertrain.com/index.html
After waiting a bit in the depot lounge, we boarded the
train car for our dinner excursion.
It was lovely. It felt as though you were in a very nice restaurant. The
servers were excellent too.
Soon we were rolling thru the Kentucky countryside…
…while nibbling on our appetizer plate. There was shaved country ham, a fresh
biscuit, lacy Swiss cheese, flat bread crackers, and apple butter.
We rolled past beautiful farms,
through small towns,
and past old depots from the days when train travel was THE
way to go.
Our next course was the salads…
Himself had the Caesar.
I
had the “Golden Spike” salad. It had different
lettuces, strawberries, almonds, feta cheese and fresh mint with their signature
Golden Spike dressing on the side. When
it came to the table I thought it was a honey mustard. Instead it was very thick and somewhat
sweet.
After
the salad plates were cleared, our entrees arrived.
Himself
chose to have their scallops. “Seared
giant sea scallops, local grits with a demi-glace and wilted greens, sugar snap
peas and carrots”. They were fixed
perfectly.
And
I had the ‘Kentucky Saltimbocca’. “French cut chicken breast roasted and wrapped
with country ham, local grits, asiago-sage cream sauce with sugar snap peas and
carrots.” It was a neat twist on a
classic Italian dish. I’m definitely
going to try that cream sauce at home!
As the train returned back to the station, dessert was
served. All the usual were offered; cobbler,
pecan pie, apple dumplings, etc. But we
went for something a bit different…
The
Chocolate Choo-Choo for Two! “A chocolate engine filled with Chantilly
cream and dark chocolate mousse riding on a chocolate raspberry track.” How could we resist??
What a perfect evening.
What a fun dinner...and that chocolate choo choo is adorable!!!
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