NYE tasting menu $175
Californios, San Francisco CA
Omg, this was some melt-in-your-mouth tuna! Your really didn’t need to use any of the condiments but they were fun and definitely changed the experience of each bite.
Toro – Californios
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Pork belly pot stickers – Willi’s Wine Bar
With five spice and shiitake mushrooms. $11
Willi’s Wine Bar, Santa Rosa CA
I did not like this at all. First of all, I hate it when fried pot stickers are served in a broth. It just ruins the texture of the fried dumpling to me. Second, the shiitake mushrooms just soaked up all the fat from the pork belly so it felt like you were biting into mushy packet of fat. After a while, the dumpling became soggy and limp, and that made the dish even worse. Yuck!
Mussel & Clam escabeche – Aatxe
Restaurant week dinner $65
Aatxe, San Francisco CA
This was a nice start to dinner. Both escabeches were tart and palette-cleansing. I liked their flavors and the texture of the marinated shellfish was great.
Beets – Aster
Pomegranate, pistachio, cultured cream, arugula. Four course menu $59
Aster, San Francisco CA
I was expecting more from this. It was kinda boring and didn’t feel as refined as it could have been. Perhaps it was the sad, wilted arugula that put me off.
Sourdough with house cultured butter. $5
I’m always a little annoyed when you have to pay for bread, but this bread was SO good!
Salsify tortelli – Flour + Water
With black garlic. Pasta tasting $70
Flour + Water, San Francisco CA
Omg, I don’t know what they put in their pasta (perhaps crack?), but it’s so delicious and addicting! This first pasta course was wonderfully rich and comforting.
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Lagered popcorn – Thirsty Bear
Kettle corn style, dried malt extract, nobel hops. Restaurant week dinner $40
Thirsty Bear, San Francisco CA
This popcorn was good. It was sticky, salty and slightly bitter from the hops. Because of the stickiness, it became chewier as it sat there which I didn’t much like.
Polar Bear Pils.
Yerba Buena fruit cup (ybfc) – Californios
NYE tasting menu $175
Californios, San Francisco CA
The name is a bit deceiving since there really isn’t much “fruit” in this dish. It was mostly beautiful greens and beets with pumpkin seeds and goat cheese. Regardless, it was delicious!
Jones Farm rabbit rillettes – Willi’s Wine Bar
Sweet and sour figs, tonka bean salt. $10.50
Willi’s Wine Bar, Santa Rosa CA
This tasted good, but it was too wet for my taste. They also needed to serve it with more pieces of toasted bread for that amount of rillettes. I liked the sweet and sour fig spread though.
Hedgehog mushroom conserva – Flour + Water
Pasta tasting $70
Flour + Water, San Francisco CA
This tasted great. It was earthy and acidic, but I wish it came with some kind of bread to eat it with. I ended up just piling it on top of the fried pork rinds.
Mandarino – Californios
NYE tasting menu $175
Californios, San Francisco CA
This was a madarin orange sorbet with jicama, chia seeds a bunch of other things. It was very tasty without being too sweet.
Refreshing palette cleansing drink.
Traditional egg hopper – 1601 Bar & Kitchen
Jidori egg, sambols. $9
1601 Bar & Kitchen, San Francisco CA
I really liked this because it was something I’d never tried before. It came with all these condiments and seasonings, and was really fun to eat.
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“Tarte flambee” flatbread – Willi’s Wine Bar
Scallions, smoked bacon, creme fraiche. $12
Willi’s Wine Bar, Santa Rosa CA
This tasted wonderful! It was simple and packed with flavor. I thought that it was a bit wet and limp though; maybe too much butter brushed on top which I don’t know why I’m complaining about, hehe.
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