A selection of house cured salumi inspired by traditional Piemontese recipes. $14
Perbacco, San Francisco CA
Wow, this salumi plate was delicious! Each variety had a unique flavor and texture and I enjoyed every one. I love that they cure all of it in-house, and I also liked the super thin cuts. Noms!
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Bread sticks and pesto. Complimentary
Paulaner, hefeweizen, Germany. $6
Banh mi. $4
Que Huong Vietnamese Deli, San Francisco CA
According to online sources, what used to be Irving Deli is now Que Huong so I’m gonna count this as a check off the 7×7 list. I love banh mi sandwiches in San Francisco because they tend to be super delicious and so cheap. This sandwich was no exception. The bread was crisp and fresh and the pork was delicious. I will say that it was more fatty than other pork combo banh mi’s I’ve tried, but I didn’t mind.
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Mural art, Alamo Square.
Sicilian meat balls with pine nuts and raisins, braised chard, spicy tomato sugo. $13
Barbacco, San Francisco CA
More, please! These meatballs were absolutely perfect. They had a great texture that wasn’t too dense. The tomato sauce was sublime and I just wanted more, lol! This dish definitely belongs on the 7×7 list (unlike some other dishes).
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Bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Complimentary
English muffin, French fries. Add epoisses cheese and grilled mushrooms. $27
Spruce, San Francisco CA
This hamburger was delicious, but I don’t think it was almost-thirty-dollars delicious, even with the added cheese and grilled mushrooms. I did like the English muffin bun and juicy beef patty. The fries were also great!
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Remember the Maine: Bulleit rye, Noilly Prat sweet vermouth, Cherry Heering, St. George absinthe.
With pork and ricotta meatballs, fregola, kale and parmesan, drizzled with arbequina olive oil. With added egg $13
Claudine, San Francisco CA
My first fregola soup! I liked the texture of the pasta and the individual ingredients were great, but I don’t think I was a fan of the broth. It was kinda bland and it was barely warm. I came on a cold and rainy day and really wanted something hot to eat, but this wasn’t it! There was also too much cheese in the soup and it was awkward eating around the huge melted blob of it in the middle of the bowl. There was a sourness to the broth that I wasn’t a fan of either.
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Bread and butter. $2
I think it’s tacky when restaurants charge for bread and butter. Lame.
Sunrise from my balcony.
Chocolate espresso cream. $7
Boxing Room, San Francisco CA
Wow, these were delicious! I loved their light texture and they had a great flavor. That chocolate espresso cream dipping sauce was killer too! It was a little milky, silky, and yummy.
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Downtown.
Fiore sardo cheese, pine nut. $13
Pizzetta 211, San Francisco CA
This was a new combination of ingredients on a pizza for me, and I enjoyed it. It was a simple and delicious pizza. I liked the thin and slightly chewy crust too and the flavor combinations were great.
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Mural, Mission.
Small $10
Boxing Room, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this dish was great! It had so many rich, homey flavors and the rice was cooked perfectly. This is what good Southern cooking is all about!
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Greenery, Castro.
Cheddar mayo, lettuce, onion, pickle, roasted bone marrow. $11
Kronner Burger, San Francisco CA
This business actually sucks. They once had a storefront on Mission Street, but they would hold odd hours and wouldn’t open when they felt like it – SO annoying. I went there once and waited outside with 8 other people before we all realized that they probably weren’t going to open that day. I think that’s just a shady and disrespectful business practice.
Anyway I only bought this burger because I wanted to check it off my 7×7 list and they were at the Mission Street Food Festival. That said, the burger with bone marrow was pretty damn delicious.
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Kronner Burger door that never opened! Lame.
Rincon Plaza.
Hedwig Schmidt, pistachio sesame, burnt caramel. $5.70
Tout Sweet Patisserie, San Francisco CA
Wow, these were amazing! They were super delicate and almost melted to the touch. The flavors were bold without being overly sweet, and they were absolutely gorgeous! Noms!
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AT&T Park.
Xiao long bao. $4.95
Kingdom of Dumpling, San Francisco CA
These were very good and super cheap! I loved that they used a napa cabbage leaf on the bottom instead of nothing, paper, or worse those gross foil tins! The dumpling wrappers were a good thickness (not too thick) and the soup broth and pork filling were tasty. Noms!
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Sweet soy sauce with ginger.
Dolores Park.
Tofu with beef, shrimp, clam, and egg. $11.99
My Tofu House, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this soup was delicious! I loved the spiciness of it and the flavors were great. The clams and shrimp gave the soup a powerful seafood flavor, but I didn’t mind. I could have eaten this bowl all by myself!
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Banchan. Complimentary
I liked that they had whole fried fish!
Ferry Building and Bay Bridge.
Vittle Monster 