Tag: SF Bay Area
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Estiatorio Ornos
Tonight we are at Estiatorio Ornos the Greek Mina restaurant that replaced Michael Mina. Andrea, Trisha and I had tried to dine here a couple months ago but our plans were foiled due to the heavy rains that caused some flooding in the restaurant so our reservation was canceled. I have many fond memories of…
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The Anchovy Bar
This Thursday, we ate at a newish (opened during the pandemic) restaurant which is a sister restaurant to The Progress and State Bird Provisions which are both Michelin starred restaurants just around the corner. It was interesting that our server had asked us if we had eaten at the other restaurants (which, of course, we…
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NYE Caviar and Cristal
Bougie start to NYE. Andrea and I are homebodies so we’re definitely just staying in. So we decided to try some caviars and champagne that w we’ve never had the privilege of trying. The champagne was 2013 Cristal which we picked up from Costco yesterday (gotta love the Costco in SF. They always have an…
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San Ho Won
Tonight’s dinner was at a new upscale Korean restaurant. It’s a new collaboration with Corey Lee (Benu is one of our top dining experiences in SF and Monsieur Benjamin was also one of it favorites in Hayes Valley) and Jeong-In Hwang. Reservation was a bit tricky to get (had to book a month to the…
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Caviar, Beef Wellington
Comparing two different brands of caviar. I love it when Andrea makes beef wellington. Yum!
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Sato Omakase
This is a new multi concept restaurant that just just added their 10-seat omakase counter a few weeks ago. Seating is not socially distanced like The Shota was, so was a little tight if you are concerned about that. Of course we went to the first seating since I’m old and like to go to…
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Abacá
This Thursday, we ate at a new contemporary Filipino-California restaurant that just opened in August. It’s in the Alton Hotel in Fisherman’s Wharf (I think the last time I was down here was during fleet week 2019 when Kristine was here) which is also new. Cocktails were fun and tasty (Ube-colada!). We ordered more than…
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Nari
Our initial plan to eat at Estiatorio Ornos was thwarted when the restaurant closed due to flooding with all of this rain, so I booked last minute here at Nari which is someplace we’ve been meaning to try ever since we had some great takeout during the panic from here and the sister restaurant Kin…
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Caviar and Pizza
Trying a new caviar company, aptly named The Caviar Company (they’re local). This was my only cyber Monday purchase – 2 oz. of Imperial Golden Russian Osetra. Initial tasting old school off the back of my hand. More flavor than the Regis Ova, so I think I like this better. Preferred carrier is the toasted…
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The Shota
Back to our regular Thursday evening dining routine. This was the last Michelin starred restaurant in SF at which we had not yet dined and was one added during the most recent guide. The restaurant only had 11 diners seated while we were there (pre-Covid, they sat up to 18). Decor was Japanese minimalist and…