Tag: California
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Marlena
Sorry to be a snob, but you already know I am one. Cute SF restaurant in Bernal, pretty close to where we live and very moderately priced. One of the newest Michelin starred restaurants as listed in the recently published guide. This is my third Michelin starred restaurant in as many weeks (Avery two weeks…
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Caviar, Champagne, Pizza
Caviar and champagne to start. Dough from Delfina, toppings chez Trisha for the different pizzas, cooked in the BGE. Mini Bundt cake from Avery, KB cake custard tarts for dessert (Bi-rite black sesame and honey lavender ice cream not shown)
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Avery
Such an enjoyable experience at one of the newest Michelin starred restaurants in SF… Such interesting drinks, food and flavors, and pairings (we did the sake pairings and we had so many different styles) even for this jaded trio who’s tried everything. Savory cocktails, Hokkaido snow beef shabu shabu, caviar service with maple butter, tortellini…
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R&G Lounge
Dinner at one of our favorite comfort food places (I totally want to bring my parents here if they ever come out to SF again)…. lychee martinis, salt and pepper Dungeness crab… So good
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Top of the Mark
Pre-dinner cocktails. Haven’t been here forever. Views are spectacular on a beautiful SF evening.
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Cobb Salad
This is how we make our cobb salads at home with our leftover roast chicken. Yes, there is salad underneath!
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Quince
Wow. We were very much looking forward to coming back here once they opened. Definitely the most expensive meal I’ve ever prepaid (tasting menu plus wine pairings of course) though. This was only the fifth service since they re-opened. This was one of the best dining experiences we’ve ever had. Food was amazing (and we…
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Nisei
Trying another new restaurant that sounded interesting…like the word Nisei, the food was a very modern Japanese-Californian cuisine with some very creative ingredient combinations and flavors (no surprise since the chef also had worked at wd-50 at one point). The wine pairings worked well (I personally would have been stumped on how to pair with…
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Truffle, Souffle
Summer truffle dinner #3: Andrea made a truffle soufflé topped with fresh truffles of course. I chose a right bank Bordeaux from the Pomerol region. Ah, what food these morsels be! 😉
