Cascade Dining Room and the River Rock Dining Room at Skamania Lodge

February 5, 2019 admin 0 Comments

We have enjoyed many meals while filming at Skamania Lodge so for the ease of trying to share our experience there I will simply place a number of dishes from both the Cascade dining room and the River Rock here. The River Rock is the more casual “pub” while the Cascade is the more formal of the two. Also, Executive Chef Matt Hale changes the menu frequently so this is just an idea of the deliciousness to expect.

Pork Duo. Cider brined loin. Braised pork shoulder. Farro. Cucumber salad. Sweet peppers. Watercress sauce. Vert. Mint.

Pan seared Columbia Steelhead. Herbed Corona beans. Spring peak. Pea tendrils. Cerignola olives. Citrus.

Seared Scallops. Romanesco. Fish sauce. Lime. Shaved Brussels. Roasted Kohlrabi. Cauliflower puree. Radish.

Braised short rib “stroganoff” house made pappardelle. Forest mushrooms. Herbs. Creme Fraiche.

A vegan dish. Crispy polenta. Dijon roasted cauliflower. Hazelnut romesco. Fennel. Heirloom carrots.

Lodge seafood salad. Crab. Poached shrimp. Roasted salmon.tomatoes. avocado. Carrots. Baby field greens. Herb vinaigrette. Available for lunch in both the River Rock Cafe and Cascade Dining room

Lodge Burger. 8oz. Burger. Fried egg. Fontina. Crispy onions. Secret sauce. Butter leaf lettuce. Tomato. On first touch the egg oozed out. A delightful mess!

Caprese pizza from the wood fired oven. Vine ripe tomatoes. Garlic oil. Fresh mozzarella. Basil . Parmesan.

Terri-Lynn Kalhagen of Sip and Stay and Xplore film with executive chef Matt Hale and sous chef Zach Jansen of Skamania Lodge

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Tony and Terri-Lynn met in 1987 as teenagers. In 1991 they were married. Tony has been a professional musician his entire life and spent the 90’s touring and releasing albums. In 2001 the couple left the cities and moved to a small community on the Oregon coast. This is where they fell into television production and film making. In 2004 Makai Ohana Productions was founded and the couple produced advertising and creative content for hundreds of tourism related businesses and government entities in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Realizing the industry was evolving towards the internet they re-branded the business in 2012 to Xplore Film. This company would now be an international business producing films world wide as well as an NGO in West Africa where the couple provides clean water boreholes, scholarships and even a prosthetic hand project.

In 2018 Tony and Terri-Lynn with their dog Bisque Kitt packed the belongings they could carry on their backs and flew to Spain. They bought a home and planned to spend equal time between the two countries running the business. Then Covid hit and the world closed. By 2020 they realized Spain, and specifically Torrevieja was now home. They bought a sailboat and started to create a life on the Costa Blanca of music, film, events and community.

Xplore Film is an Audiovisual Production Company on the Costa Blanca in Spain, specialized in creating content for social networks and web site design