Seven Boise Dishes a Local Food Explorer Can’t Stop Ordering

BOISE, ID—If you want to eat well this week without doing much research, @bored_in_boise has already done the legwork. The roundup spans breakfast through dinner and hits a wide range of neighborhoods and cuisines.

On the savory-sweet breakfast front, the Piggy Has the Concha sandwich at Oddbox is drawing daily cravings, while the Chorizo and Egg Bao at Lost Grove makes a strong case for the breakfast bao as a legitimate morning format. Downtown after dark, the Carne Asada Quesadilla Tacos at Gallos are apparently a weekend-night ritual worth adopting.

For something more substantial, the Filet Mignon with Brandy Peppercorn sauce at Crave rounds out the dinner end of the list. The remaining three are worth noting on their own terms.

Janjou Pâtisserie’s Egg Salad Sandwich has earned an all-time-favorite designation, which is a bold claim for a sandwich that doesn’t get much fanfare. Red Fort Cuisine’s Allo Mattar—potatoes and peas in curry sauce, eaten with garlic naan—is the kind of dish that rewards a Tuesday night visit.

And at Melted Chocolate Cafe, the Chocolate Velvets are the headliner, though the Brown Butter Beignets with hot cocoa for dipping sound like the move. Seven restaurants, seven specific dishes. ’ one too many times this month.