These almonds came out with our tasting plates and they were very good. I loved the seasoning they put on them because it had a deep, strong flavor. Complimentary
LaSalette Restaurant, Sonoma CA
Bread roll and butter. Complimentary
Sonoma Valley view, Viansa Winery. The back area of Viansa has tables and chairs set up overlooking Sonoma Valley where you can relax and enjoy your glasses of wine.
Sliced French baguette, green Spanish manzanilla olives and flavored butter. Complimentary
Firefly, Las Vegas NV
I enjoy that this restaurant located off The Strip gives you delicious manzanilla olives and flavored butter with the crusty bread. It definitely gets you into a tapas kinda mood, hehe!
Served with flavored butter, olives, and crumbly cheese (feta?). Complimentary.
Tuba Restaurant and Grill, San Francisco CA
As complimentary bread goes, these were frickin’ amazing! I don’t think I’ve really had Turkish bread before (that I can remember), and it was really good! The bread is flavorful enough on its own but I love the extras that it comes with too.
Trailing African daisy (Osteospermum fruticosum, Asteraceae), Dolores Street. I love this ornamental flower! The mature petals fold back onto themselves and create an awesome visual effect.
Crassostrea gigas. Pacific Hog Island (Tomales Bay) top left, Marin Miyagi (Tomales Bay) top right, and Drake’s Bay (Point Reyes) bottom. Served with a lemon wedge and mignonette. $2.50 each
Zuni Cafe, San Francisco
I’m finally developing a taste for oysters! I never liked them growing up and I’m still hesitant at times, but I find myself ordering more often these days. I still prefer the smaller varieties because the large ones gross me out still.
These were SO good. The Drake’s Bay, which are the largest two on the bottom, were actually my favorite!
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die
Bread and butter. Simple and yummy.
Petaluma Farm egg salad, anchovy garlic butter, aged provolone cheese, greens. $9
Il Cane Rosso, San Francisco
This was REALLY good! And huge! I could barely eat it all but I didn’t want any of it to go to waste. The eggs were good perfectly, soft and creamy. The anchovy garlic butter put it over the top – SO nommy! I also loved the simple salad that helped to cut the richness of the egg salad.
Definitely worth tackling the crazy tourists at the Ferry Building, hehe!
Roses on the table with my order number. It was cold outside that day, brr!
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2011, 2012
Project 365: Day 5
I really should stop going out on a work night, ouch! Met Hubbs and Shumster out for drinks last night and of course all the usuals were out too. Needless to say, I stayed out later than I should have and ended up eating cheap, greasy Chinese take out. Not good. What is good is that Hubbs might join the Ireland trip, yay!
Arborio rice, organic chicken sausage, canned tomatoes, organic chicken broth, organic brussels sprouts, organic mushrooms, organic garlic, organic onions, organic butter, brillat savarin, olive oil, salt and pepper.
I love risotto because I can just whip it up and throw in any leftovers I need to get rid of. I had a package of chicken sausage that I had purchased on sale so I made this risotto that I will be eating the next couple of days for work lunches. It’s not very traditional but it tastes fickin’ good! I try to cook using all natural and organic ingredients when I can.
Steamed and served with drawn butter and lemon wedge, seasonal vegetables, rice pilaf and homemade sweet cabbage. $21.95
The Lobster House, Palm Springs
I think that you can probably already see in this pic that the lobster is WAY overcooked. Why, why, why!? This was another sad plate at The Lobster House. I just checked on Yelp and this place only has 2 stars. I should have checked before we dined here! The sides were throw-away items that did nothing to save the butchered lobster tail.
With citrus soy butter sauce, tobiko, and wasabi oil. $14
Tokyo Go-Go, San Francisco
This was such a beautiful dish! It’s hard to see the grilled scallops beneath all that foamy sauce and tobiko, but it’s there and it’s delicious! A bit on the small side, but you do get five them. I’m not sure what the leafy green garnish was, but like most random garnishes, it neither added nor detracted from the overall flavor. I did like the pop of green, though. I also wish I could have tasted the wasabi oil more because that would’ve added a nice punch to everything. The scallops were cooked perfectly and had such a soft buttery texture. A winning dish!
Pan roasted 1/2 dungeness crab with sliced garlic, sprigs of thyme, parsley, lemon and LOTS of butter.
Anchor Oyster Bar, San Francisco
This was actually a special they had that night, and I was in absolute heaven! The crab was fresh and tasted amazing! I squeezed most of the lemon onto the dish and it added even more flavor and brightened up the garlicky butter sauce. It was no easy feat extracting all the flesh from the crab, but I did a pretty good job. I didn’t want any of that soft, tender crab meat to go to waste. As you will see, I don’t mind getting messy and eating with my hands – I am Filipino, lol! This dish was so comforting and I used the table sourdough bread to soak up all the butter sauce. Thank goodness I live in San Francisco. We get our fair share of amazing crab!
Mezza Corona Chardonnay 2009, Italy
I didn’t like this white wine very much. I rated it 3.3/10 on the Wine Notes app on my phone. But dinner always tastes better with a glass of wine, mediocre or not…
I ordered the onglet medium rare, and it arrived cooked perfectly. I’m always weary when a beef cut is labeled “Wagyu” because I have to wonder if it’s actually imported from Japan. I’ve heard that some places will call their beef “Wagyu” even though the meat is sourced locally. Regardless, this meat was very tender and delicious. I preferred the blue cheese butter more than the Béarnaise sauce. I was disappointed that the frites were oily and soggy, though.
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