III Forks

We went out to III Forks last night ‘thank you Toray’. The service was so/so. Cocktails took forever to arrive. We tried to order a second one, but when 20 minutes went by and it still hadn’t arrived we canceled the order. I was impressed with their bread and butter. I’ve never seen such a thin layer of crisp crust before. The bread was easy on salt, but the butter made up for it… just the way I like it. We started out with scallops which we sent back because while the menu said nothing about any sauce being on them, they arrived with some that tasted like BBQ, not to mention they were very rubbery. The replacement crab cakes were much better and almost gave me confidence to order seafood, which is what I wanted, but I thought it best to stick to steak. Their signature III Forks salad was tired as was a lot of their menu. It was the usual field greens, granny smith apples, and pecans in a vinaigrette. I think Panera does a better job of it with their Fuji Apple Chicken Salad. The steak was under cooked, not because they didn’t know how to cook it, but because the waitress didn’t hear us correctly. It was a good piece of meat and we’d rather have a steak undercooked than over. It makes heating up leftovers easier. The veggies were very good, but a restaurant should know how to cook vegetables. For desert Ryan ordered creme brulee. It wasn’t bad, but we’ve had better. I ordered their bread pudding with their home made cinnamon ice cream. The ice cream, sauce and pecans were the best part. I could have done without the bread pudding. It was overcooked. Their hot flame is great for steaks, but they need to tone it down a bit for other things.