Last week, we followed the Amateur Gourmet around the Bay as he explored the Ferry Building, took a trip to Ad Hoc and waxed poetic about Zuni.
Well, guess what? It turns out the AG spent a few more days in the City, continuing his greatest hits tour of the Bay.
Adam tackled one of the best (read: busiest) bakeries in town on a lazy Monday morning, thinking that it couldn’t possibly be busy. Wrong. Tartine was buzzing with people waiting in line, but the jamon and gruyere sandwich hit the spot, despite being a little greasy. A huckleberry-almond tart polished off a harried but satisfying experience.
The next day, photos told the story at another San Francisco institution, The Slanted Door. Highlights from the upscale Vietnamese eatery included: green papaya salad, yellowtail sashimi, cellophane noodles with crab, and roasted pineapple/kumquat compote. Ah … food porn at its best.
Tartine [Amateur Gourmet]
The Slanted Door [Amateur Gourmet]
My Dinner at Chez Panisse [Amateur Gourmet]
Tartine Bakery [MenuPages]
The Slanted Door [MenuPages]
It’s the #2 restaurant in America not because the food is the most refined, not because it’s daring or wildly inventive, but because it has heart. It has soul. It feeds you and it loves you and it sends you out happy to be alive. I don’t need flash frozen violet petals for that or foie gras popsicle sticks or who knows what you might find in this new age of molecular gastronomical invention. All I need is a simple dinner made with love. If that’s what you require, look no further than Chez Panisse.
The next day, photos told the story at another San Francisco institution, The Slanted Door. Highlights from the upscale Vietnamese eatery included: green papaya salad, yellowtail sashimi, cellophane noodles with crab, and roasted pineapple/kumquat compote. Ah … food porn at its best.
Tartine [Amateur Gourmet]
The Slanted Door [Amateur Gourmet]
My Dinner at Chez Panisse [Amateur Gourmet]
Tartine Bakery [MenuPages]
The Slanted Door [MenuPages]
