where does one take a new yorker to eat in SF during a brief visit?
this is the food itinerary that i put together and what we ate.....
Day 1
Late evening arrival at my place
- Dirty Girl Arrowhead cabbage + early girl tomatoes dressed with broad bean soy, champagne vinegar, furikake, roasted sesame oil, house tea infused sugar, Marshall honey, and house tea bitters.
- Re-heated “Big Daddy” Hapa Ramen Take Home Kit (pork broth, corn, arugula, kombu, nori, squash, sous-vide egg, pork, and fried breaded chicken).
- Tasting of St. George Rye Gin
Day 2
My place:
- UK Black Tea (Marks + Spencer Fair Trade Extra Strong)
- Dirty Girl Strawberries + Flavor Grenade Pluots from Tory Farms
Breakfast at Craftsman and Wolves
- Sightglass Latte
- The Rebel Within
- Corn + Thyme Pastry
- Tomato Strawberry Scone
- Chocolate Croissant Stack
- Sipping Caramel
- Purchase for Partner: Matcha Jam
Fatted Calf
- Pork Pluot Sandwich on Focaccia
- Purchase for Taking to New York: Beef Jerky
Smitten
- Salted Caramel
Blue Bottle: Hayes Valley Kiosk
- New Orleans Iced Coffee
Absinthe
- Inner Peace Cocktail
- Galapagos
Nopalito
- Mezcal Paloma
- Mayan Sidecar
Food
- Taco de Pescado al Pastor
- Quesadilla con Flor de Calabaza
- Birria de Borrego
Comstock
- Martinez
- Cherry Bounce
COI (Six Course Dessert Tasting)
- Frozen Lime Marshmallow (coal toasted meringue)
- Paired With 2011 La Montecchia Moscato ‘Fior d’Arancio”, Veneto, Italy
- Grapefruit 2006 (cognac, ginger, black pepper, tarragon)
- Paired with 2004 Darting Rieslaner Beernauslese ‘Durkheimer Nonnegarten;, Pfalz
- Peaches & Cream
- Imbue Bittersweet White Vermouth, Gaston, Oregon
- Preserved Lemon 7:13
- 2005 Chateau Terte de Lys Sauternes, France
- Silken White Chocolate
- Candied Raspberry
- 2011 Ca’Rossa Brachette ‘Bibet’, Piedmont Italy
Day 3
SF Ferry Building
- Blue Bottle Latte
- Frog Hollow Scone
- Humphry Slocombe: Secret Breakfast + Chocolate Smoked Sea Salt
- various produce and gifts purchases at market vendors
OTD on Bush
- Goi Cuon
- Banh Cuon
- Beef Pho
- Cha Trung
- Iced Coffee
- Jasmine Silver Needle Tea
Wing Wings
- Brown Sugar Black Pepper Biscuits
Maven
- Death in the Afternoon
- Yellow Brick Road
- The Original Whisper
- Smoking Maria
- St. George | Hudson | Balcones | Amrut Kadhambam | Yamazaki | Laguvulin 16 | McCarthy’s
- Mission Chinese Food Delivered
- Thrice Cooked Bacon
- Salt Cod Fried Rice
- Mongolian Beans
- Ma Po Tofu
- Kung Pao Pastrami
- Pork Jowl + Radishes
Post Party
- Scream Sorbet: Coconut Thai Basil
- Kee’s Chocolates
Day 4
My place
- Four Barrel Coffee
Quick stop into Arlequin to Purchase Sightglass Beans
Bar Agricole
- Food
- Scone
- Duck Leg, Frisee, Egg, Crème Fraiche
- Buckwheat beignets
- BLT
- Cocktails
- Fruit Cup
- Supreme
- Sleepyhead
- Basil
- Brown Sugar Swirl
- Olive Oil
- Salted Caramel
Before Flight Meal
- Leftover Mission Chinese
- Experimental Cocktail with Knoll Figs
- 4505 Meats Chicarrones
- Smoked Salmon (Sus/Hapa)
Other
- Recchiuti Chocolate Bar for Flight Back to New York