Scrumptious Dinner At “Fresh Off the Hook”

19 Saturday Apr 2014

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Buy Idaho, Cod, Comfort Food, Fresh Off the Hook, Green Beans, Halibut, Locavore, Pasta, Photos By: Bob Young, Restaurant Reviews, Salmon, Scallops, Seafood, Shrimp, Things To Do, Vegetables, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food

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bay scallops, cod, Fresh Off the Hook, salmon, seafood

Once agai, we went to Fresh Off the Hook in Boise and were treated to another awesome dinner. It is, without a doubt, the Best In Boise for seafood. Yes. A 5-Star seafood restaurant. Their Menu is full of surprises and delicious. I want to try one of everything. For instance, their fried foods are more like the tempura at Sushi Joy, it is light and not grease soaked. The fried foods taste like they are supposed to. Shrimp taste like shrimp. Cod tastes like cod. Not over powered with batter. It is good! In short, if you are in Boise, you must try to go to Fresh Off the Hook. Cheers and enjoy these photos.

Sauvignon Blanc (Chile) on the left and a Kendal Jackson Chardonnay on the right. Look at the color difference.

Sauvignon Blanc (Chile) on the left and a Kendall-Jackson (CA) Chardonnay on the right. Look at the color difference.

Robin is enjoying herself.

Green Beans Fries
A great appetizer!

Shrimp Tomato Bisque

Clam Chowder
There’s actually clams in here!

Seafood Fettuccini
Tiger shrimp, bay scallops, bay shrimp, zucchini, mushrooms, scallions and diced tomatoes sautéed in white wine and garlic butter smothered in our creamy Parmesan-garlic sauce tossed with fettuccine noodles. Topped with Parmesan, tomatoes and scallions, and served with warm sourdough bread 14.99

Captain Alex’s Seafood Platter
A medley of cod, salmon, halibut, mahi mahi, Jumbo shrimp, calamari and clams battered and deep fried to perfection. Served with chef’s choice sautéed vegetables and wild rice 18.99

Fishing boat

Sailing rig. These are ship models that are placed around the restaurant.

Meadowlark Farm Poached Egg on Sesame Bagel

24 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Bob and Robin in Boise Farmers Market, Breakfast, Buy Idaho, Captain's Shack, Eggs, Heirloom Tomatoes, Local Farmers Markets, Local Markets, Locavore, Lox, Photos By: Bob Young, Salmon, Tomatoes, What's For Dinner?

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breakfast, heirloom tomato, lox, Meadowlark Farms

Some of the best eggs I have ever eaten. Free ranged local eggs. Rich. Beautiful orange yolks. Yummy for this breakfast. Meadowlark Farms, Janie Burns, will be at the Saturday Farmers Market at 10th and Grove starting April 5. See you at the Market, but not until you have made this breakfast. Enjoy!!

Poached Meadowlark Farm Egg Lox Heirloom Yellow Tomato on a Sesame Bagel

Poached Meadowlark Farm Egg
Lox
Heirloom Yellow Tomato
on a
Toasted Sesame Bagel

“Orchard House” Inspired Eggs Benedict

22 Saturday Mar 2014

Posted by Bob and Robin in Bagel, Captain's Shack, Classic Sauces, Comfort Food, Eggs, Eggs Benedict, Icebox Lox, Lox, Orchard House, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipes, Salmon, Seafood, The Orchard House, Whats For Breakfast?

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blender hollandaise sauce, Chris Thompson, Eggs Benedict, icebox lox, orchard house

A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Orchard House in Marsing, ID. and I had what they call the B o B – Best of Both. Eggs Benedict with Ham and Eggs Benedict with Spinach and Salmon. I used fresh spinach, sesame bagel and lox. I think the breakfast was awesome. The recipe for the extremely easy Hollandaise Sauce is in the recipe file above, Easy Blender Hollandaise Sauce. Look at this –

Best of Both Worlds
Eggs Benedict with Spinach and Lox
Eggs Benedict with Ham

Thank-You Kris Thompson, Owner of The Orchard House for the inspiration to make this. And Thank-You Russ Terrell for the awesomely easy Hollandaise sauce recipe and technique.

Baked Salmon and Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce

21 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Bob and Robin in Bedrock Wine Company, Captain's Shack, Classic Sauces, Dessert, Herbs, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe By: Russ Terrell, Recipes, Salad, Salmon, Seafood, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food

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blender hollandaise sauce, Extravagonzo Infused Oil, Hollandaise Sauce, Idaho wine

This was, by far, one of the better dinners we have made in a while. It was almost comfort food. I would easily pay $15 -$20 for this meal. It was scrumptious. To the Hollandaise Sauce I added a little lemon zest to “liven it up” just a little more without adding a lot of cayenne. The Extravagonzo Infused Oil and the Cold Springs Winery wine are both Idaho products.

Baked Copper River Salmon with Myers Lemon Infused Olive Oil Tarragon Steamed Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce Ben and Jerry's Penut Butter Fudge Ice Cream and Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia Ice Cream

Crisp Fresh Green Salad
Baked Copper River Salmon
with
Extravagonzo Myers Lemon Infused Grapeseed and Olive Oil Blend and Tarragon
Steamed Asparagus with Easy Blender Hollandaise Sauce

Choice Of
Ben and Jerry’s Peanut Butter Fudge Ice Cream
or
Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Ice Cream

Choice Of
2013 Bedrock Wine Company Grenache
or
2011 Cold Springs Merlot

Lox and Scrambled Eggs for Breakfast

28 Friday Feb 2014

Posted by Bob and Robin in Acme Bake Shop Breads, Breakfast, Brunch, Captain's Shack, Icebox Lox, Lox, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Recipe By: Robin Young, Recipes, Salmon, Sourdough Bread, What's For Dinner?, Whats For Breakfast?

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Boise Foodie Blog Recipes, icebox lox, lox, salmon

Here is an awesome recipe for Robin’s Icebox Lox. It can also be found in the recipe file above. We had this for breakfast this morning. Yum!

Robin’s Icebox Lox
Scrambled Eggs
Acme Bake Shop Toasted Sourdough

Eat, Drink and Be Merry ……………….

11 Monday Nov 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Appetizers, Boise, Boise Adventures, Captain's Shack, Chocolate, Chocolate and Food, Comfort Food, Cooking Styles, Duck, French Foods, French Wines, Friends, Gaston's Bakery, Locavore, Main Dish, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Salads, Salmon, Soup, Special Dinners, Special Events, Things To Do, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food, Wine Dinners

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DineOut Boise

………….. For tomorrow you may be dieting! Boise had this wonderful program called Dineout DowntownBoise where some of the restaurants offered a 3-Course dinner for $30. I have posted earlier on the subject, but it only lasted a week, so one had to hurry to make all of the eaterys. We didn’t make them all, but we tried.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the sponsors of this week long event: Boise Weekly, Sysco, the River – 94.9FM, Agri Beef Co., I Support Idaho Wines, Pepsi, DOWNTOWNBOISE Assoc. and Downtown Parking. Thank you one and all for offering this program. It was a joy!
And for the last dinner we went to Le Cafe de Paris where we met Michael and Sandra. Wonderful and fun people. He plays a mean guitar!! Ed K, we must introduce the two of you.

Can not have a good meal without a good wine …….

and can not have a good dessert without a good wine. (Both of these were from our cellar.)

When there is a choice on the menu, as there was at Le Cafe, Robin and I will usually get “one of each”. That way, we can try all and share. Le Cafe offered two entrees of each course. Here is what we had.

Salade de Bettraves et noisette
Butter lettuce topped with gold and red beets, toasted hazelnuts and served with a mustard vinaigrette

French Onion Soup

Confit de Canard
Duck confit
served with
roasted potatoes and Calvacios flambe apples

Saumon Papillotte Salmon with white wine, tomato and shallot baked in parchment paper

Dessert. Need I say more?

One each, then share!!

And then on Sunday night we made a 5-Hour Roasted Chicken. The recipe for a 5-Hour Roasted Duck is in the recipe section of the blog – See the headings above. We used the same recipe for the chicken.

5-Hour Roasted Chicken

Michael and Sandra joined us for the dinner party. Lots of wine. Some Scotch, Amarula, B&B, Guinness and Armagnac.

Cedar Plank Wild Copper River Coho Salmon

30 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Captain's Shack, Fruits, Grilled Fruit, Main Dish, Photos By: Bob Young, Salmon

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cedar planks, coho salmon, mesquite chips, pluots

Oh yum! Such a good dinner and easy to make. The photo to the left shows the salmon on the cedar planks with salt, pepper and fresh tarragon. That’s it. The salmon does not need anything else. I used some mesquite chips on the grill, but nothing else to cook the salmon. If you want to see the photos here enlarged, just Left-Click them. Enjoy!

Alaskian Coho Salmon Baked Potato Sauteed Fresh Green Beans with Garlic Grilled Pluots and Peach We served this with a Republic of Georgia Red and a Dessert White wine.

Cedar Plank Copper River Coho Salmon
Baked Potato
Sauteed Fresh Green Beans with Garlic
Grilled Pluots and Peach
We served this with a Republic of Georgia Red and a Dessert White wine.

Maggie’s Dinner – #3

02 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Blue Crab, Captain's Shack, Food, Fruits, Grilling, Healthy Eating, Main Dish, Party Time, Photos By: Bob Young, Salads, Salmon, Special Dinners, What's For Dinner?

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cedar planks, copper river salmon, grilled pineapple

Maggie’s Summer Salmon Salad –

Grilled Cedar Plank Copper River Salmon
Sweet Red and Yellow Pepper Slices
Celery Slices
Grilled Pineapple and Grilled Apricot
Crab Dip – East Coast Style
Chopped Lettuce

Next week – probably stuffed peppers one day. Hope Maggie and Trish enjoy this plate. Cheers!

Close up photo of the Copper River salmon.

Copper River salmon on the cedar planks and ready for the grill. Salt, pepper and fresh tarragon and that’s all!

Hot off the grill.

Koenig Vineyards and Cottonwood Grille

11 Tuesday Jun 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Cottonwood Grille, Koenig Vineyards, Main Dish, Merlot, Mushrooms, Photos By: Bob Young, Pork, Restaurant Reviews, Restaurants, Salads, Salmon, Special Dinners, Syrah, Viognier, What's For Dinner?, Wine and Food, Wine Dinners

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apple brandy, cottonwood grille, puff pastry, wild mushrooms

On Monday, June 10, we attended a wine dinner at the Cottonwood Grille featuring the wines of Idaho’s Koenig Vineyards. Chef Jesus did a good job with the paring of the food with the wines. My only comment about the food is it tended to be salty. Maybe I am becoming very aware of the salt amounts in cooking. Nonetheless, some of the entrees were salty. The dinner was well attended and it was interesting to talk to the people at our table. The photo to the left is the menu along with a glass of 2011 Koenig VineyardsMerlot. Below are some other photos from the evening. Do enjoy the presentations and please VOTE. Left-Click any photo to see enlarged. Thanks!

Chef Jesus of the Cottonwood Grille, Boise

Winemaker Greg Koenig and his wife Kristen.

Wild Mushrooms in Puff Pastry 2012 Koenig Vineyards Rose

Wild Mushrooms in Puff Pastry
2011 Koenig Vineyards Merlot
This dish was very good, but salty. The merlot probably would have been better with the sauce had the entree not been so salty.

Fresh Mixed Greens with Figs and Berries
2012 Koenig Vineyards Rose
A good and refreshing salad. Well paired with the wine.

Fresh Sockeye Salmon with a Lemon Beurre Blanc
2011 Koenig Vineyards Viognier
One of the better wines of the night. Went extremely well with the salmon. One of Idaho’s favorite wines.

Pork Tenderloin with Apple Brandy Cream Sauce
2010 Koenig Vineyards Syrah
The Syrah was a good paring – or would have been. This entree was way to salty and both Robin and I could not finish the dish because of the extreme saltiness. Too bad.

Peach Cobbler 2011 Riesling Ice Wine

Sorry to have to pan this dinner, but we have had much better dinners at the Cottonwood Grille. This just did not measure up to their standards because of the over use of salt in the dishes. A little salt will enhance the dish and should not overpower it. If I did not know better and know the quality of their dinners, I would not return. And that’s too bad, because the wines were overall very good.

Sunday Brunch at Cottonwood Grille

26 Sunday May 2013

Posted by Bob and Robin in Boise Adventures, Brunch, Classic Sauces, Cottonwood Grille, Crab, Eggs, Main Dish, Photos By: Bob Young, Restaurants, Salmon, Vegetables, What's For Dinner?

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cottonwood grille, gravlox, snow crab, strange mixture

Last night Robin said she would like to go to the Cottonwood Grille for brunch. No problem! It’s always a party when we go there. A good treat, since we missed our seafood this week. And I still had my vegetables before 6:00pm. As we were going into the parking, one of “Boise’s Folks” was at the entrance (photo above). I have no clue as to what or who this is. Just interesting. A strange mixture of cultures here in the Mountain West. Interesting. Enjoy these photos of our breakfast, Left-Click any photo to see enlarged and please VOTE above. Cheers!