I was at the Swiss Chalet for lunch yesterday. For those of you
Stateside, I don't think they have that chain/franchise? down there.
It's a chicken and rib joint basically, with some other stuff on the
menu. The chicken is done on a spit, but gas fired in a rotisserie
oven. It's nothing special. The taste is about the same as you'd
find from the local supermarket rotisserie. But what is a standout is
their dipping sauce. It kicks it up to a whole new level. I've had
their ribs before, and they are not very impressive. Good, but not
great by any means. It is good value for the money as far as the
chicken goes, $8.95 + $1.50(for white meat). Not bad. I think their
ribs are over priced; they are around $16.00 for a 1/2 rack. So, it
was pretty good. We both had the 1/4 white meat chicken dinner. Like
I said, and it bears repeating, the sauce for dipping is
outstanding.
Now, since I'm on the subject of chicken and ribs; I worked at such a
restaurant in Edmonton back in the late '70's. The ribs were
marinated in soy sauce, mustard, some brown sugar and some other stuff
that I forget now. For 24 hours. Then they were put into an electric
smoker for 4 hours I think. They were side ribs. St. Louis cut.
Outstanding. Brushed with sauce before serving. Light on the sauce.
The sauce recipe(barbecue sauce) was kept secret. It was an
outstanding barbecue sauce. Very unique, with some heat. The
chickens were put on a spit, into the rotisserie oven they went for an
hour. They were done over lump charcoal. What great flavour. Also
served with a dipping sauce. The owner was from Montreal. Chicken
and ribs places are popular there. He also had tourtiere on the menu;
him being from Quebec. For those of you who don't know, tourtiere is
a meat pie originally made with woods meat(game) such as moose and
deer. Pierre(the owner of The Rotisserie) made it with sage flavoured
pork. It didn't sell well at night, but did OK for the lunch crowd.
He also had another Quebec favourite on the menu: Split Pea Soup.

On Aug 29, 8:23*am, A Moose in Love >
wrote:

I seem to remember there were a few Swiss Chalet outlets in the US.
Haven't seen one for years though.

On Aug 29, 11:03*am, "l, not -l" > wrote:
> On 29-Aug-2011, ImStillMags > wrote:
>
> > On Aug 29, 8:23*am, A Moose in Love >
> > wrote:
>
> > I seem to remember there were a few Swiss Chalet outlets in the US.
> > Haven't seen one for years though.
>
> Their website shows locations in Canada; but none in US.
> --
>
> Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

I guess they packed up and went home. ;-)