Foodblogger Event: III Forks (3 Forks)
Another wonderful food bloggers event, this time at III (3) Forks Restaurant. This is one of the places I've been meaning to try with my wife but never have found the occasion to do so. I was in for a treat and the restaurant wanted to reach out and show off their new happy hour menu (a trend it seems).
We were greeted by our hosts for the evening. Earnest Hernandez was the Maitre d', our wine steward and chief host was Jeff (didn't get a last name). We had live piano music (which happens starting at 6pm every night) as pictured above. (didn't get a name here either). I happened to get to the event early and Maitre d' Hernandez was kind enough to take me around the restaurant and explain III Forks and their inspirations. III Forks is a "Prime" steakhouse, until tonight, I didn't connect that with the label of USDA Prime. The restaurant prides itself in selling only Prime cuts of meat, this label means that the meat has been rated by USDA to be the top 1-2% cut of beef in quality. (I'm not sure how they determine it) The beef is then aged and then cooked in a specially designed cooking device that reaches 1800F in cooking temperature. (wow I didn't even think you could cook anything in that kind of heat) unfortunately for me none of that fare was presented tonight. But I look forward to a nice dinner with my wife one day soon.
I apologize in advance, the photos are very washed out because I had to depend on my flash. I will say I had a healthy dose of camera envy as some of the bloggers brought out their "big guns" cameras (or they brought their photographer friends that had the uber cameras). Being that this is a hobby, I'll have to hobble by with humble camera.
I do want to stress that this is their happy hour menu, I don't believe they serve these items as part of their normal menu (I think they do serve the Croustades). If they executed this well with this multitude of small bites, I certainly cannot wait to taste the foods that they pride themselves as their main focus! As always I had a wonderful time, thank you to the organizers and III Forks for showcasing their food. They were all very generous with taking care of us and really helped us understand the food. Despite having multiple restaurants all of the staff were very quick to point out they have been there since inception and that the restaurant treats it's employees really well which is why they have a fierce devotion to the restaurant. It's a relief to hear as I know that the industry can be a meat grinder (no pun intended).
Holy cow, I don't post this much usually. I'm having blogging fatigue. I will say walking away from this event, I need a proper flash or at least an amazing high speed lens or something. I feel like a dork trying to take decent pictures with all these awesome photographers around me.
Ok now to focus back on my blog. Look for the next post, Easter around the world. (well I'm hoping to make that a reality cross your fingers that my research goes well).
Comments
Your descriptions of the food are far more detailed than mine, too. In other words, you KICK MY ASS!
Kate Thornberry
Thanks for coming by to visit! I gotta post my Parkside visit.