Being sick sucks, the sore throat, the stuffy nose, endless coughing, but I wasn't about to miss my friend Alicia's birthday. Dan and I had drove to Lincoln to meet up with her and about 10 other people or so at a place called Fireworks. Never been to Fireworks before but the first thing I remember walking in the door was the intense smell. The wood burning stove(s) they have completely smacked my smelling sense into high gear, really I am surprised how strong it was being sick and all I cant smell much of anything right now. Normally when you are around any one smell for a particularly extended amount of time it goes away after a while but this stayed throughout the 3 or so hours we were there celebrating.
They had a wide variety of beverages to chose from, I found it interesting that their entire menu had a "soul mate" beer matching or two that was listed below each item. I don't drink beer, I hate everything about beer, the taste, the smell, the color.. Ugh! But, for anyone who loves beer I could see this being a helpful tip what beers go with what items. I ended up getting a strawberry daiquiri, I don't know if it was just my taste buds being screwed up or what but I couldn't taste an ounce of alcohol in it. The strawberry flavor itself was good and it being super cold felt great on the sore throat. Dan being Dan just had water like he does a good portion of the time.
We had decided to share the 16oz prime rib dinner, it came with 2 sides and we added a wedge salad on for an extra charge. Prime rib medium rare with mac & cheese and smashed potatoes came out on two separate plates, 8oz. portions with an extra side of broccoli? I think the chef was just trying to fill up the plate but I love broccoli so I was not complaining. They also have this amazing cornbread that is free of charge if you ask for it. The cornbread tasted like it had just a hint of vanilla in it, and it came with whipped butter, TO DIE FOR! The prime rib was cooked perfectly, it was tender and juicy, the au jus on the side was very flavorful.
Towards the end of the celebration someone had ordered this flaming fish bowl of sorts, It came out with 10 or so straws for sharing. I did not partake, no getting anyone else sick today! Then out came the on the house chocolate birthday cake and vanilla ice cream. The cake was moist, the chocolate was intense but not overwhelming, it reminded me of my grandma Holt's chocolate sheet cake she used to make but this one didn't have the crushed walnuts. It brought me back to being in California when I was younger at our yearly family pool parties we would have.
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