Lynn: Yesterday was kind of a foodie day. This trip has been a mixed bag as far as food goes; everything from fresh fish and fried potatoes cooked out of doors to cheese sandwiches for dinner, but no really good meals. Yesterday we wanted to go into town and just get a good burger for lunch, so we asked our landlady's son for a suggestion. He said the Fresh Catch, out on the spit. So we went there and had a most delicious regular burger and halibut burger and some kind of fries that were out of this world.
Then for dinner we went to a restaurant that we had found on Trip Advisor called The Homestead. It is a log building about 8 miles east of Homer, with a view of the glaciers. Very unprepossessing; you wouldn't think it was anything special, yet the dinner we had was one of the most memorable ever. I had a dish of grilled wild shrimp and Kodiak scallops pan basted in a smoked orange reduction over herbed cranberry orzo, with broccoli. Randy had their Halibut special which was pan seared and served over basmati rice with a pesto sauce, and we tried some German wine we had never tired that was just perfect. I found out later that this restaurant was mentioned in National Geographic Traveler Magazine as "Worth Walking To If Necessary."
Homer is a cute little town. It's the kind of place my brother, Don, would refer to as "artsy-fartsy". Here are some pics:
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