Tag: SF Bay Area
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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! 😉
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Fried eggs, truffle
I don’t normally even eat breakfast, but since we have all of this truffle…microplaning definitely brings out more of the flavor although using the truffle shaver looks better.
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Steak, truffle
Dry aged beef from Fatted Calf, dry brined (I.e. salted) for 24 hours (not sure how much difference that makes on dry aged beef). Since this is a big hunk of meat, I’ll reverse sear it on the BGE. Summer truffles overnighted from Provence from Les Pastras.
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Pride Mountain Vineyards
Our first wine tasting at Pride since before the pandemic started. We decided to do the Reserve tasting this time around which is a newer offering. Always a fantastic job by Andy to take care of us. The other couples were a lot of fun, both of whom were newbies at Pride. Turns out we
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Empress by Boon
It’s Wednesday and an opportunity to celebrate Andrea b-day again! Nice ingredients and interesting flavors. The salmon was a bit of a miss (and we otherwise love King salmon), but otherwise everything was very enjoyable.
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