Category: RECOMMENDED
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Joël Robuchon
I wanted to eat here since the first time I ate here, it was one of the best dining experiences I had, so I couldn’t pass up an opporunity to dine here again. I first ate here 5 years ago to the date and amsuingly, they sat me at the same table, in the same…
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Esther’s Kitchen
Wednesday’s dinner courtesy of Steven was at Esther’s kitchen. Nice cocktails – I had a refreshing seasonal tequila and carrot juice based drink. Food was generally tasty. Grilled peaches was a nice starter. The bread and the butters were good, but not spectacular (give me some Tartine country loads or some Acme…). The tuna starter…
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Plank Coffee
Tasty coffee and pastries here. Place was packed for breakfast and for coffee. Andrea had the Lavender latte which fortunately wasn’t too sweet like a honey lavender coffee. I had the Cinnabang latte which was their Bangkok latte (latte with sweetened condensed milk) with an addition of cinnamon, also fortunately not too sweet or overly…
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SingleThread
It’s our anniversary so I booked us for dinner up at SingleThread up in Healdsburg. This is our third time (link to first time and second time) dining here and we had such an amazing experience when he ate last year. We had first dined here in February 2019 for the winter menu a few…
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Cotogna
Dinner at Cotogna before the Dear San Francisco show. This is the sister restaurant to Quince (at which we ate last month). We’ve only eaten here once before and very much enjoyed it and this time we were even more impressed. Cocktails were delicious…I had the mezcal based Tremante, Andrea had the tequila based Aurora,…
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A16
Dinner with our new friends from Germany who we’re hosting for a few days. We had an excess of food as usual at A16 which is someplace I’ve been meaning to try for a long time.Solid, traditional Italian cuisine. We were seated in the small back patio area. Some Italians dining back there and our…
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Petit Crenn
This week’s dinner was at Petit Crenn. We’ve eaten at Atelier Crenn and Bar Crenn on various occasions over the years, but never made it to Petit Crenn. They were closed for the pandemic and only recently re-opened for a few months before the close permanently in September, so we had to try them out.…
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Elena’s Mexican Restaurant
I wasn’t jam packed with meetings today so we both had a little extra window to grab some lunch. I recommended we try out Elena’s in West Portal since they opened up in February. There’s a lot of buzz around this restaurant since it’s opening. It’s owned by the same couple (Elena and John) behind…
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Sushi Yoshizumi
This week’s dinner was on a Saturday, which is fairly rare for us (we always try to avoid the weekend reservations) and even more rare because it was for the second seating which started at 8:15PM, which is late for us old folks. It was also in San Mateo (Bryan did you ever eat here…
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Mijote
This week’s dinner was at Mijote, a French bistro in the Mission. They have a low-key 4 course prix fixe menu (modestly priced at $82 each) with the options for add ons. They feature natural wines by the glass or bottle. We had seats at the counter (there is also table seating). In addition to…