DINING
DINING AT THE RANCH
An Outstanding Tradition
You'll soon discover that at the Flying U Ranch the meals will be one of the most memorable parts of your stay.
The dinners kick things off with socializing and drinks in the saloon followed by a delicious meal served up in our open beamed dining hall featuring carefully crafted and regionally inspired dishes. They are served on ranch style solid oak tables for 8 to 10 guests where you will be looked after with attentive staff looking after your every need.
Every evening at dinner is a social event where we do "self-introductions" and the wranglers award guests with fun and memorable presentations. The dress code is anything but formal. And you will find that jeans and boots pair well with a rack of ribs, beef tenderloin and poached salmon. Complement your dinner with a bottle of wine and try to leave room for a slice of home-made pie.
THE RANCH FOOD
We take great pride in serving excellent food, whether on a cook-out BBQ, or in our oak log dining room. We offer a fabulous mix of guest ranch cuisine with a gourmet flair.
The day starts with our sumptuous all you can eat breakfast buffet. It typically includes fresh local fruit, oatmeal, yogurt, crispy bacon, scrambled eggs, hash browns, cold cereal and coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
Our lunch buffets are legendary with our own homemade soups and salads, sandwiches, pastas, fresh fruit and vegetable platters and kids’ meals of hot dogs and french fries.
Dinners are generous portions, and everything is homemade from fresh cuts of meat, fish, or poultry and natural ingredients. Depending on the day, meals will vary between generous cuts of marbled steak, poached salmon, stuffed chicken or roast half chickens, pasta nights and juicy western style BBQ Ribs. You will be treated to home-baked breads, buns, desserts, cinnamon rolls and jumbo cowboy cookies all baked fresh daily in our own kitchen.
During the summer months we shop at local markets for locally grown strawberries, corn, cherries, blueberries, and raspberries and more. Wednesday night is our outdoor BBQ night and Fridays is our all you can eat Pizza and Chicken Wings. Our pizzas are made right at the ranch from scratch and are not prepackaged. And the ranch always has 24-hour coffee and tea, hot chocolate, homemade cowboy cookies, and fresh fruit bar!
Special Diets & Vegetarian Offerings
While we specialize in traditional cowboy meals, we also offer great vegetarian offerings like our vegetarian egg’s benny breakfast. We are also happy to work with any food or dietary restrictions. But please notify us in advance of any special needs.
Actual meals will vary on season, special events and guest rotations.
Monday
Grilled maple pork loin or duck leg confit, served with lemon Israeli couscous, roasted red peppers, cherry tomatoes, and mustard jus. Fresh walnut sourdough on the table.
Dessert: Chocolate coconut cream pie
Tuesday: Rib Night
Low and slow smokey BBQ pork back ribs or Nashville fried chicken, loaded potato skins, grilled corn on the cob, Flying U BBQ sauce, and homemade coleslaw. Southern style cornbread fresh from the oven.
Dessert: Local berry pie
Wednesday: Country Pie Night
Chicken pot pie or bison country pie with smokey vegetable soup, natural gravy, cheese sauce, and tomato fennel sauce. Light rye on the table.
Dessert: Rocky road cake
Thursday: Pasta Night
A spread of house made pastas — tomato, pesto, and cream based — with two proteins and roasted vegetables. Parmesan, fresh herbs, chilli flakes, and all the fixings on the table. Garlic ciabatta fresh from the oven.
Dessert: Tiramisù
Friday: Pizza & Wing Night
Fresh from the oven margherita, meat, and specialty pizzas alongside chicken wings three ways — and Chef Jay's signature duck wings in BBQ. This is the one night you forget about the diet.
Dessert: Ice cream sundae bar
Saturday: Steak Night
Grilled AAA scoter steak or roasted house made ham, gruyere smashed potatoes, roasted corn, brussels sprout leaves, charcoal smoked mushrooms, and smoky natural jus. Guyanese egg bread on the table.
Dessert: Wild blueberry cheesecake
Sunday
Grilled yellowfin tuna or herbed lemon chicken, lemon tomato risotto, grilled zucchini, caper beurre blanc, olive gremolata, and fennel. Maple sourdough on the table.
Dessert: Apple crumble pie
But there is much, much more!
It is impossible to list all the featured meals here. The reason that many of the guests rave about the food at the Flying U is that we offer so many other unique items throughout the season and each meal is a special treat: So on top of the items listed above the kitchen also prepares over fresh blueberry pancakes and Belgium waffles, chorizo sausage patties, or bagels and cream cheese, baked french toast, our build your own bagel lunches on Thursdays (usually), King Crab Nights, banana bread, and shortbread cookies.
The list is endless and it’s all homemade with love for very special people our guests!