Boneless cuts of tender chicken breast with homestyle breading. Served with ranch dressing. $7.59
Big E Ales, Lynnwood WA
These weren’t all that special and they were actually kinda hard and dry. The breading tasted good though and definitely tasted better with dipped in the ranch. I’m not sure I could differentiate these from frozen.
Mango, plantain chips, and salsa verde. Prix fixe dinner $29.50
Hearth Coffee Roasters, San Francisco CA
So this is the third time we’ve had dinner here and we’re beginning to think that Hearth is not going to be our mid-week dinner go-to. While the food has been good, the service has been disinterested and cold. We’ve enjoyed the concept and the great price, but there isn’t much that makes us want to keep coming back every week. We’ll keep giving them another try, but it’s not looking good.
$5
Dapper Dog, San Francisco CA
These onion rings were pretty good! I like that the rings were thick and not greasy.
Dozen housemade meatballs covered with Frank’s Red Hot sauce served with bleu cheese, celery, and carrot sticks. $9.95
Bongo Johnny’s, Palm Springs CA
I’m doubtful that these meatball are actually housemade. They felt and tasted previously frozen to me, but maybe that’s because they were of poor quality. I didn’t enjoy this very much. The meatballs were dry and boring.
Pine nuts, Japanese cucumber, avocado, wasabi, pickled ginger, crispy wontons. $12
Reservoir, Palm Springs CA
I liked the presentation of this dish. I thought there could have been more tuna, but it still tasted good and had a pleasant texture.
Pickled beets, celery leaves, horseradish cream. $13
Reservoir, Palm Springs CA
This was a good dish. I wish the scallop tasted and felt more fresh though. I enjoyed all the flavors though.
Fermented cherries, walnuts, nasturtium. $22
Ink, Los Angeles CA
This dish was beautiful and delicious! I loved the fermented cherries and they tasted great with the foie gras terrine. I was dining alone so I had to eat all of this (poor me, lol). Seriously though, this was was a lot of fat for one person, but it was SO good!
Soy cured papaya, fermented chili, basil. $17
Ink, Los Angeles CA
Wow, this dish was both delicate on texture and aggressive with flavor. The scallops were SO tender and silky and I loved all the wonderful toppings. Delish!
Avocado, curly endive, and toasted sweet potato chips. Prix fixe dinner $29.50
Hearth Coffee Roasters, San Francisco CA
This was delicious! I loved the combination of the tuna, avocado and sweet potato. The tuna was nice and fresh and the flavors worked beautifully together.
Whiskey-maple gelee, Spanish piparras, and burnt onion jam. $16
Farmshop, Larkspur CA
This mousse was wonderful! I loved the unique flavors from the burnt onion jam along with the peppers. Definitely a different take on your usual duck liver mousse served with toast. They really need to serve this with more bread though. The ratio was completely off.
Ceviche clasico, ceviche chifa, ceviche alianza lima, ceviche barranco, tiradito nikkei, tiradito pucusana. $38
Fresca, San Francisco CA
Yum! I loved trying all the different ceviches, and each one was unique with a completely different flavor profile. For someone who likes trying a bit of everything, this sampler was perfect!
Smoked salmon, paprika, and mustard. $6.25
Causwells, San Francisco CA
I ordered this for delivery and it looked pretty unappetizing upon arrival. They also didn’t taste the freshest. What was I thinking? The smoked salmon pieces were also rough and ugly looking on top.
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