Dearest Jason, may the year ahead continue to exceed your expectations and always remember that you are loved more than you know. Love, mom and dad
Cecile, Alex and I celebrated Jason’s birthday last evening at Scott’s Seafood Roundhouse in the historic downtown Folsom. Some people say the older you get the less likely you are willing to celebrate your birthday because it is a reminder that we all have an expiration date. But, not our family. Cecile and I have always taken time to celebrate our respective family birthdays in keeping with our motto “Enjoy Your Life Now,” since NOW is all we have.
We started off with cocktails, beer and wine along with appetizers: Calamari and Thai chili, and House-made Falafel (seasonal hummus, feta, kalamata olives, cucumber, heirloom tomato and dill). For our dinner entrees the guest of honor enjoyed Grilled Petrale Sole Dore, Alex had Seafood Papardellie: Day boat scallops, jumbo shrimp, artichoke hearts, grape tomatoes, and spinach. Cecile had Pan Seared Day Boat Scallops with yellow corn risotto, goat cheese, basil peach salsa, squash and arugula. I ordered Char Grilled Sterling King Salmon, with Thai pesto rice noodles, summer squash, peak salsa, cashew, spiced yogurt, and peach curry. The presentation was beyond measure and the food was excellent.
I love a restaurant with a story behind it and Scott’s fits the bill. The dream of the owners, John and Suzanne Cook was to create a restaurant that would be a replica of the old Sacramento Valley Railroad depot in Folsom. That vision became a reality in July 2020 when the restaurant opened its doors at their new Sutter Street location where the trains from Sacramento used to stop for servicing before their engine was set on a turntable that spun around and headed them back the way they came, hence the word “Roundhouse.” The word Roundhouse is also defined as a circular building for housing and repairing locomotives.
In honor of Jason’’s birthday, the waiter brought a Raspberry Jack: Double rainbow vanilla bean ice cream raspberries with a douse of triple sec with a candle on it and we all sang Happy Birthday and a Ghirardelli Hot Fudge Sundae which we all shared.
Postscript: Some photos from the past
