Another blog post about food! We have really been enjoying the culinary scene here for the past few days. At first, we were a little scared that we were looking at a week of pork ‘n’ beans. Much to our delight, Jackson Hole is a foodie paradise!
Teton Thai. Great Thai food, cool atmosphere. ‘Nuff said.
We visited The Kitchen in downtown Jackson Hole and split a burger with applewood smoked bacon and truffle fries. And kale. Gotta get the greens. It was delicious!
We lunched at the Lotus Cafe, and cannot get enough of it! Acai bowls, burgers, salads, smoothies, sandwiches, tacos, cookies, even pho! All organic, can be gluten free. We have been there 3 times. In 2 days.
The Bunnery – I stopped there for coffee, and looking at the baked goods just wish I had more time to try it for breakfast.
Rendezvous Bistro. OMG where to even begin! Seasonal menu, fresh veggies…let’s just start there. WE walked into a really chill yet upscale bistro with great music playing in the background. The manager noted one of the moms squinting at the menu and promptly brought over a pair of reading glasses. Talk about attention to detail! The menu – wanted to try every single thing on it. Kit was especially intrigued by the buffalo frog legs, thinking that it was a cross between a bison and a frog, rather than frog legs in buffalo sauce. Laughed about that one for hours! We finally settled on splitting tuna tartare, an heirloom tomato salad, and vegetable wellington with portobello mushroom and goat cheese. Complimented our wine selection (Malbec and a Petit Sirah). The food was absolutely incredible. The only thing truly disappointing is that we would have to fly back across the country to try the rest of the menu.
Definitely inspired now to try and re-create some of these dishes at home!

Of course it would not be a typical K & M trip if we did not focus (obsessively) on food.
If you have been following out blog, or know us at all, you know that our loves in life include trying local cuisines, coffee, ice cream, and NZ wines. So of course we are excited to try the local food. First if all, there appear to be a lot of burritos. Yum! We split a summer veggie burrito which I can’t wait to try and replicate at home. Kit’s mom split elk tacos with us…. They were gamey, rich, and delicious.
We also tried huckleberry ice cream and huckleberry dark chocolate.
Old Faithful with strawberry ice cream, does it get any better?

Today was our first day focusing on Grand Teton National Park. So, we know we have to catch you up on 2 days of Yellowstone, but that will come.
Today started off with breakfast at the longest grill in America at the Jackson Lake Lodge. Literally, the counter snaked around the entire restaurant! Had some granola & fruit to prep for the hike. Not exactly cowboy food, but oh well.
We then went down to Jenny Lake to hike for the day. The hike around Jenny Lake has a trail (maybe 7-8 miles), but also a boat that can ferry you across the lake (in case 3 miles is more your speed). The south leg will take you to waterfalls, as well as Inspiration Point. Now, Inspiration Point is 7,200 feet in altitude. We decided to start off by taking the south route to Inspiration Point. The hike was going well, of course the typical jaw-dropping scenery.

We were going to wait until we reached the top to relax, have a snack (no bears this high), and really enjoy. Once we reached the point, we took a moment, sat down….and then we heard the thunder. Like REAL close. Now I don’t really mind storms, but being on a rock ledge 7,200 feet in the air is not exactly where I want to be. And then it started to hail. Yes, HAIL. Let’s just say, we were all inspired to get down that mountain PDQ.
Here we are, reached lower land and soaking wet.

We did dry off though as we hiked. We actually decided to hike the rest of the way around the lake rather than “cheat” and take the boat across. And we figured it would totally justify the thai food we were planning to gorge ourselves on at Teton Thai. The hike was great – the north side is much flatter and there were horses that kept passing by.

The moms definitely impressed us with hiking the entire lake route – way to go!

Luckily, it did not rain again until the very end. The last 50 yards were an all out sprint to the car in the rain!