Back at Bar Tartine tonight. I was unexpectedly presented with the opportunity to dine on a tasting menu designed to highlight the wines of Scribe Winery. Who am I to say “no”? (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘mission’
Aug
20
2009
Mission Street Food – Fred Sassen
It’s back to MSF once again this week to sample the cuisine of Farallon’s Fred Sassen. Before I get into it, though, I need to atone for an omission from my last MSF review: Lung Shan, the Chinese restaurant that hosts MSF, has a very limited amount of glassware suitable for the proper enjoyment of wine (i.e. the kind where you can get your nose into the bowl of the glass when you sip.) So you have three options: (more…)
Aug
06
2009
Mission Street Food – Cuisine Of The Ottoman Empire
Tonight I finally made good on a long-standing promise to myself and ate at Mission Street Food. MSF is an organization that rents out a Chinese restaurant on Mission street every Thursday and Saturday in order to host a different guest chef every week. The extremely reasonable prices(i.e. most plates less than $10, and everything less than $15) and the $5 corkage fee make this a relatively cheap way to experience great food. (more…)
Feb
06
2009
Foreign Cinema
Just got back from Foreign Cinema, where, on a Friday night, we were able to walk in and get a table. That’s not a slight to the restaurant at all… more a comment on the ongoing economic crisis. Who says it’s all bad?
Anyway, the food is still pretty fantastic. I started with (more…)
