Tag: SF Bay Area
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Frances
Tonight’s dinner was at Frances, one of our old haunts. Frances was formerly a Michelin starred restaurant and sister restaurant to Octavia, which we also have enjoyed several times. Both of these restaurants have a format for the tasting menu that provides several small dishes (i.e like tapas) for each course. We really enjoy this…
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Caviar, martinis, tator tots
We were too full from lunch so we just had caviar appetizer, cheese board, and salad for dinner. We were trying a different caviar company, Imperial Caviar, that was recommended to us from the person who sat next to Andrea at our last Ritual dinner (this person also recommended Kusakabe). The sampler order of 1.8…
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R&G Lounge
Apparently we didn’t eat enough yesterday, so here we are at one of our old standbys for lunch with all of our usual dishes!
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Acquerello (White Truffle Tasting)
This week’s dinner was at Acquerello. This is IMO the best Italian restaurant in SF (although I certainly haven’t tried them all). I know I’ve been going here since as far back at least as 2001 (have pictures) when I lived on Franklin St. just a few blocks away. Even though it’s had 2-Michelin stars,…
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Kusakabe
This week’s dinner was at Kusakabe. This place was recommended by the woman we were seated next to at the last Ritual dinner so we decided to give it a try. It’s right across the street from the Transamerica building. It’s a Japanese kaiseki style restaurant so we were very interested to see how they…
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Bob’s Donuts
After dining at Sorella, we were walking back to our car and we passed Bob’s Donuts, so we had to pick some up, even though we wouldn’t be eating them today. We picked up a smores, a coffee, a fruity pebbles, a strawberry, and creme brulee donuts. I’ll have to tell you how they are…
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Sorella
This week’s dinner was at Sorella, the “little sister” (sorella literally means sister) restaurant to Acquerello which we still love (I’ve been going there for more than 20 years…yes, I’m old) and Sorella is positioned as more an any day dining experience compared to the occasion dining experience at Acquerello. We’ve been meaning to eat…
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Ritual dinner with Julien Royer (Odette)
Another Ritual dinner last night, this time the venue was at the St. Joseph Art Academy location (where we also attended the California Caviar Co.’s caviar day event a couple months ago). The chef was Julien Royer from Singapore who has a 3-Michelin star restaurant, Odette, which is also on the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants…
