Baby octopus, beans, frisee, salsa verde. $13
Lolinda, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this dish was very good! They kept the flavors bright and the octopus was surprisingly tender. I’m always afraid with octopus dishes because they tend to get tough and unchewable, but these thick octopus pieces had a wonderful texture.
Rye Manhattan: Italian vermouth, bitters, served on the stem with a sidecar. $12
Kim chee cocktail sauce. Happy hour $1 each
E&O Kitchen and Bar, San Francisco CA
I was a bit fearful of the kimchi cocktail sauce. Not because I don’t like the kimchi flavor, but because I usually don’t put cocktail sauce on my oysters and prefer a nice mignonette instead. Anyway, I opted against the cocktail sauce and just used the lemon for some flavor. You can’t beat a freshly shucked dollar oysters for happy hour!
Maple Old Fashioned: E&O single barrel whiskey, sugar, maple bitters. Happy hour $6
I was afraid that this was going to be too sweet, but thankfully it wasn’t. You could taste the maple bitters, but it wasn’t overpowering.
Braised belly, seared tenderloin, choucroute “strudel”, apple demi glace. $36
Sutro’s at The Cliff House, San Francisco CA
Ugh, I was disappointed by this plate. The tenderloin was dry, the choucroute (pork spring roll) was SUPER greasy, and the pork belly was ALL fat! I did like the flavor of the belly and the demi glace, but I really couldn’t eat much of the dish. Lame!
Ocean Beach.
Vittle Monster 