Lunch with a view – and jets! – in Whitehorse
Restaurants come and go regularly in Whitehorse, sometimes due to changes in the quality of the service and/or food (which means that Ricky’s will be the next to go), sometimes seemingly due merely to the fickle nature of public opinion. For the past 3 years or so, the most common place that Cathy and I go for breakfast is Erica’s Restaurant, located upstairs in the Whitehorse airport terminal. Now I know that “airport food”, while vastly better in general than what it was a decade ago, is still not good enough in most places to lure anyone other than folks waiting to board a plane. But Erica’s attracts lots of locals who aren’t going anywhere.
Erica’s would be an excellent casual restaurant regardless of where it was located. Being at the airport is “the icing on the cake” for some of us.
We were at my favourite viewing spot just after noon today, watching four CF-18s getting ready to take off when my cell phone rang. It was friends at the other side of the parking lot, inviting us inside for coffee. Great timing, as the planes weren’t nearly ready to depart (I love small towns 🙂 ).
The first photo below was taken when I dashed outside from my huge bowl of soup to get a few shots. The second was taken from my seat at the table, and the third was my final dash outside when it became obvious that a low-level, high-speed fly-by was about to take place. What a rush! I shot these photos with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.
If you haven’t treated yourself for a while, head down to Erica’s for one of their incredible skillets – the “Klondike King” is probably enough for 2 people with normal appetites, though I always manage to almost finish mine 🙂 .
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