February 17th, 2006 | Big Sky, Montana, Travel |
Dinner at the Big EZ
Julie was nice enough to invite us BACK to the Big EZ for one more meal - this time for dinner. The property is located waaaay up in the mountains about 15 minutes from the Westfork Meadow Village area of Big Sky. The road there was caked with white snow and made for many nervous moments and comments from Hyacinth Bouquet (aka my mom).
Here is a view of the property as we were pulling in around sunset.
Once inside, we were greeted with drinks and hard liquor, which the women in our group immediately absorbed like salt through a slug. It was a very pretty view from the balcony and from within the foyer, so we relaxed a bit before Julie came to take me on a little tour of the rooms there.
The Big EZ has a few guest rooms that are very nicely appointed with all the first-class accomodations one could desire. They have huge media rooms, common meeting rooms, massage rooms, and even a vomitorium to visit between courses. Well, the last one was still under construction in the hedonist wing, but we could have used it after our meal, which I will get to in a moment.
Who is Julie? There she is, emerging from the bathroom of one of their guest rooms with a curious guilty smile.
Julie then took us outside to show us the huge hot tub that was surrounded by heated stamped concrete pathways that ensured a snow-free walk. I don’t know why they bothered with that, because when the weather is 10 below zero and you are in your bathing suit, does it really matter if you are walking on snow?
We were served a four course dinner with a unique salad, wild boar, pecan-encrusted walleye, and chocolate mousse with homemade vanilla ice cream. Our matri’d Keith could NOT HAVE BEEN NICER. He spent about 15 minutes talking to Ethan to find out his favorite food in the world, and they made it up special in the kitchen - chicken strips with steamed broccoli and ranch dip. Yes, he is a weird kid, but the broccoli-reverse-psychology-trick is one of my best Jedi mind tricks ever.
The dining room, as you can see below, was very nice, and this is the way guests eat there every night. Everything was very professional and they can prepare anywhere from just a few to eleven course dinners.
And to finish, here is a picture of me with the mousse and a crazy santa wearing brokeback montana gear.
February 17th, 2006 08:25
wow, now i really wish we were there. ethan’s dinner sounded the best though…along with the hard liquor and mousse of course.
February 17th, 2006 15:47
Nice pics!
Ethan isn’t that weird - both my kids love broccoli too! His dinner sounded like exactly what they would order too.
I want in that hot tub…