Dinner time at Ennadai Lake

The work, play and sleep schedule here at Ennadai Lake revolve around the three main events of the day, meal times. We are very fortunate here to have a very fine chef who knows the way to our hearts.

Chef Caroline

Chef Caroline owns a newly renovated house to the North west of Montreal where she received her training.
For the last three or four years, she and her husband, Eric, have been working in the North, first at Baker Lake and then in Resolute in the hotel business.
Her last northern experience is here at Ennadai Lake before she returns to Montreal to continue her culinary career.

Mocha Chocolate Cheese Cake

Her stated field of expertise is as a pastry chef but the food savvy  crew that she caters to feels she covers all the bases exceptionally well.
As one of the crew exclaimed after a delicious entree of scallopine made with real cream,"I have never worked away from home where I  actually put on weight." That meal was rounded off with Mocha Chocolate Cheesecake pictures to the right.

Bean and Corn salad

 Most meals are accompanied by two salad choices. Pictured below is a bean and corn medley spiced with cumin and lemon juice and tossed with olive oil, as well as diced onion, celery, tomato and pepper.

Scallopini

Because we are in a remote northern area, Caroline has to pre-order food and ingredients. Although planes have made weekly visits here, the food order comes in once a month. Some careful planning is required in order to have a well stocked kitchen here. No one can be sent to the corner store (400km away) for a missing ingredient.

We have been here long enough with the same crew that we interact like a family. Most of the other team players have known one another for a few years and with familiarity comes.... playful moments. Caroline's husband, Eric, likes to organize us to be more accommodating to his routine, KP duties. We have several reminders posted around the lodge to return our dishes and glasses to the kitchen and which side of the sink to put them. the picture to the left is a reaction of Mike, a long time crew member.