The Highwayman Restaurant, Innisfail

Does anyone remember the delicious Thai restaurant that used to be on main street in Olds (a few years ago)?  Well, my friend Andrea has been inquiring around, trying to track down the owner/chef... and he has been found!  He is now at The Highwayman Restaurant in Innisfail.  Yes, it's the run-down hotel/restaurant right beside the highway that is currently undergoing major renovations.

It was 1:30pm on a Monday and when we walked in, the buffet was still out.  I should have taken a picture of it.  But suffice it to say that we did NOT choose to eat from the buffet.

Five pages of menu choices included pizza, hamburgers, steak, pasta, sandwiches, salads, and Chinese food.  After much searching I finally found what I was after!  The Thai choices.  Pad Thai, beef/chicken curry or chicken satay.  Blaine chose the pad thai and I went for the chicken curry masala.

Our little guy ordered a cheeseburger and fries. Unfortunately, we weren't given a kids' menu, so he had the full portion.

Blaine's pad thai included chicken and shrimp. 

He was pleasantly surprised by the generous portion of shrimp.  It had a nice, healthy spice to it as well.  I had a bite and was impressed as well.  However, I thought my chicken curry was better!  (So did Blaine!)

Again, lots of protein!  I personally hate it when there are only a few strips of chicken on a "chicken salad" or in a "chicken stir fry"!  The dish also had celery, green snap peas, onion, peppers and water chestnuts.  The sauce was delishiously spicy and flavourful.  It came with a huge side helping of rice - which was nice to soak up all the sumptuous sauce.  I would definitely order this again!

Jace's cheeseburger was nothing special.  He really liked the wedge fries though... I think he must be picking up on the food critic thing because he was making all sorts of comments. 
"These wedgie fries are very salty!  Mmmm!"
"My cheeseburger is super-messy!"
"I think it came with extra pickles!  Yesss!"
Oh, and he wanted you all to know that he ate his watermelon slice first.

When we were nearly done our meals, the waitress came out with a pleasant surprise!  Cream puff swans - Jace was totally impressed.

After we were done eating, the chef came out and asked about the spice level on our Thai food.  We both said it was good (mom, you should definitely ask for "mild" if you try!).  We started chatting with the chef and it turns out he has a full menu of 16 different Thai items if you inquire about it.  It sounded like he gets a little bit frustrated with people from Innisfail because they only tend to order the same old, same old.  Ginger beef, chow mien, and chicken fried rice.  C'mon Innisfail-ites!  Get your adventurous pants on and try some pad thai or some black bean sauce!

Summary
ambiance - poor (the restaurant area could certainly use a renovation)
value - good (typical of a family restaurant or Chinese restaurant in the area)
flavour - slightly spicy, non-greasy, delicious!