Tag: SF Bay Area
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Acquerello at Home meal kit
Extending our covid social bubble slightly to include Trisha. We started with some dirty martinis and caviar. Then we had our take home dinner meal kit from Acquerello which was even better than the first time we tried them. Add a couple bottles of Croix Pinot and we’re fat and happy, but glad to see…
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Crab cakes
A gift from my sister of crab cakes and crab soups from Angelina’s of Maryland!
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Flour+Water Pasta Shop
For Friday night dinner, we ordered from Flour+Water Pasta Shop. We never managed to make it to the restaurant pre-Covid, but at least we had a chance now. We started with some prosciutto. Next was an arugula salad. The pasta was an Agnolotti with a duck and pork filling paired with a 2009 barbaresco we…
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Rich Table
I was getting a bit stir crazy at home and wanted to eat out. Wasn’t sure what the restaurant scene would be with covid fears running amok. No worries, this place was full. We’d been meaning to eat here for awhile. Relatively casual place. We had a nice table at the window. We went for…
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Benu
We both had PTSD from the horrific meal we had on Valentine’s Day at the Waikiki Marriott last Friday (to be fair we didn’t have a reservation so had to go where we could) so we wanted to cleanse our palates back in the safe confines of San Francisco. This was the last 3 Michelin…
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Eggs, truffle, leftovers for breakfast
It looks a bit of a mess, but put together leftovers for lunch/brunch. I fried a couple of eggs that have been sitting in the container with the truffles since Wednesday, reheated the mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts from the other evening, and covered liberally with the last of the truffles. Not the prettiest plate,…
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Fonduta, Truffle, Barolo
Truffle dinner #4 (and probably last for this round): fonduta with some crostini and broccolini and a tasty 2009 barolo.
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Steak, truffle, bordeaux
Truffle dinner #3: a juicy rib eye, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts with pancetta with a bit of balsamic, a 2009 Saint-Emilion, and lots of truffle!
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Raviolo, Truffle, Barbaresco
Second night of truffles, this time we went Italian – cheese ravioli, brown butter, truffle, and a 2009 Barbaresco.
