Birthday dinner

We went to Firefly last night. It was decent - not spectacular, not bad. It's a reasonable local hangout. We were substantially overdressed compared to the other patrons (and the servers). Not that we cared, just a data point.

The atmosphere was nice and the service was good. The food... the only word that comes to mind is "inconsistent". The bread was good, but the ground pea spread was like eating cold split pea soup. The wife's appetizer (lamb-stuffed portabella mushroom) was spectacular where mine (dates stuffed with goat cheese) was merely okay. Likewise the entrees - I had the pork loin, which tasted quite nice, and the wife's comment on her asparagus risotto was "You've made better risotto than this." Apparently their fried chicken is incredibly good, but neither of us was in the mood for it.

I wouldn't mind going back, but I won't be in any hurry. Lots more restaurants in San Francisco to try.