Local halal goat stew – 1601 Bar & Kitchen

Local halal goat stew - 1601 Bar & Kitchen
Red basmati. $34
1601 Bar & Kitchen, San Francisco CA

This was delicious! There’s not a lot of restaurant where you can order goat, and it’s even better when it’s as great as this dish! I wasn’t sure how to eat it with the beetroot so I just ended up combining everything and eating it together. The horrible servers certainly weren’t going to help.

Beetroot - 1601 Bar & Kitchen
Beetroot, chevre mousse.

House-smoked salmon – 1601 Bar & Kitchen

House-smoked salmon - 1601 Bar & Kitchen
Burnt onion creme fraiche, turmeric gel. $15
1601 Bar & Kitchen, San Francisco CA

This smoked salmon was delicious. It was SO soft and and flavorful. The burnt onion creme fraiche and turmeric gel were a nice touch but it really didn’t need many additions because the salmon was so good on its own.

What wasn’t very good was the service. It was very disorganized and slow. We literally had to wave down our server (or anyone actually) so get anything. Lame. It’s like nobody in this place had ever worked in a restaurant before it was so painful.

Firestone Walker IPA - 1601 Bar & Kitchen
Firestone Walker IPA, Paso Robles, CA. $7