$8
Izakaya Roku, San Francisco CA
I liked this fusion. Udon is usually great with anything, and it tasted pretty good in this Italian style. That said, the carbonara wasn’t authentic in any way but it still had a pleasant texture and was nice and creamy/cheesy. It wasn’t the best dish here, but it was a nice change of pace.
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Edamame. Happy hour $3
Ragu napoletana, house-made ricotta salata. $14
A16, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this pasta was delicious! I don’t think I’ve had this type of pasta before and I really liked the texture of it. The house-made ricotta salata was also pretty amazing with the awesome ragu. So good!
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Stefano Mancinelli, Lacrima di Morro d’Alba, Superiore, Morro D’Alba, Ancona, Le Marche. $15
Mandarin, crispy pig’s ears. $12
Rich Table, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this was SO good! So simple and so delicious. The soft cheese was the perfect palette for all the wonderful and fun toppings. Noms!
10 pieces with blue cheese dressing. $10.35
Orphan Andy’s, San Francisco CA
Uh oh, it was one of those other nights, lol! For some reason I didn’t get my usual chicken fried steak though. I opted for the chicken wings. These were kinda dry and over fried but anything will do when it’s that late.
Diet Coke. $2.45
With marcona almonds, grapes, syrah reduction, and syrah-grapeseed oil. $7
Coqueta, San Francisco CA
This chilled soup was beautiful and I enjoyed the thickish silky texture, but the serving size was ridiculously small. It was almost thimble sized! This along with the horrible service really makes me dislike this restaurant.
Ika kimo yaki with scallions. $13
Izakaya Roku, San Francisco CA
Ugh, I did not like this dish at all. Maybe it was the kimo sauce, but it tasted very iron-y and metallic. The squid was also kinda chewy and unpleasant. Yucky.
Pioppi mushrooms, bianchetti truffles, mushroom brodo, herbs, caciocavallo. $14
A16, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this pasta was delicious and it had a great earthy quality. The ricotta gnocchi were perfect pillows of goodness, and it was cool that it was served with mushroom broth. I haven’t had gnocchi this way before and it was refreshing.
Capri: Cocchi americano, lemonade, rosemary, sparkling wine. $12
Bay shrimp (chips), green strawberries. $7
Rich Table, San Francisco CA
This was a very interesting soup. It had a thick, smooth consistency which was very pleasant. The crispy shrimp chips were great with the velvety soup and the sliced green strawberries were surprising and delicious. The soup felt rich and refreshing at the same time – pretty cool.
Albacore tuna melt, arugula, house pickles, Shelbourne cheddar. $11
Machine Coffee & Deli, San Francisco CA
While I liked the flavors of this sandwich, I didn’t like the bread to filling ratio. I like sandwiches using baguettes, but there was almost no filling in this sandwich especially since it was a tuna melt. The baguette was also on the hard side. I was not impressed.
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Served with potato chips.
With roasted corn and pickled goat horn peppers.
Flour and Water, San Francisco CA
Corey T.
Imported. $29
Coqueta, San Francisco CA
Omg, this is the best quality of cured Spanish ham around! I loved the super thin slices and they had such a wonderful flavor. I didn’t like the tiny, dry breadsticks though, and the twenty nine dollar price tag was pushing it for me especially for the modest serving size. But that didn’t fully detract from the amazing quality.
Uni tamago toji. With scallions and nori. $13
Izakaya Roku, San Francisco CA
This was a new and interesting dish for me. I’d never had uni this way before. It was pretty good, but I kinda wish that the uni was less cooked. I’m still trying to get used to eating sea urchin, but I would rather have a really great raw uni than low quality cooked uni. This uni wasn’t of the best quality, but it was ok and it definitely gross horrible uni. Here’s to trying new food!
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