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Birthday!


Happy Birthday to Me!  

Tonight we went for a special dinner at a restaurant that I wanted to try called Fork which is a farm to fork concept and located in the heart of Boise's hopping 8th Street.


And tonight was "Alive After Five" where music fills the streets and restaurants are providing beverages so it was a good thing we had reservations.  It was too hot for us to sit outside since we got there at 6:00pm so we sat inside in the refreshing air conditioning.  I read their menu before we went tonight and loved their map showing where all their food comes from in the area.  We started out with drinks which included a pomegranate margarita which was excellent, a "Fork Lemonade" which was a local vodka infused with four berries, fresh lemon juice and simple syrup - yummy - and a drink called Huckleberry Gemini that was another local huckleberry vodka and fresh grapefruit juice.  

A nice way to start dinner on a hot day.

Salad was next.  My sister and I got the house salad with a lovely spicy mustard balsamic vinegarette dressing


and Bruce got the BCS Salad - Boise Chopped Salad with buttermilk basil-pesto dressing with dried apricots and smoked salmon.


For my entree I ordered the Northwest Flank Steak on Idaho mashers.  I'm not going hungry with this meal.


My sister ordered the Idaho Rainbow Trout with a tomato vinaigrette and braised greens


and Bruce got the Ale-Braised Short Ribs with garlic honey mustard sauce with smashed potatoes


All was very tasty but why is dessert always the most outstanding?  This dessert was amazing.  We ordered the Cast Iron Cherry-Berry Pie a la mode that we all shared and it was wonderful!


I want to make my next pie in a cast iron skillet now!


Right after we finished dessert we had a surprise visit by two friends who were out at "Alive After Five" and cruising the Boise bar scene.  It was good to see Marcus and Kelly drop in to wish me a Happy Birthday.


 We walked around downtown after dinner- having fun "people-watching".  Lots of activity in downtown Boise tonight.


And the sunset was dramatic tonight, an interesting effect from all the wildfires around here.




Good night after a wonderful and fun birthday.








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