Lunch after court at the Rotunda Restaurant at Neiman Marcus San Francisco. I always end up kicking myself when i don’t order the Lobster club sandwich. Don’t every let the server try and persuade you otherwise, it really is the only thing on the menu to get!
xoxo RAL
Who says you can’t make dinner at home week nights! That is what RAL said until the new stove got hooked up with a grill!
2012 Thanksgiving Dinner with Mom, Dad, Aunt Martha, Tomas and Mr. A’s San Diego!
Those of you who love Mexican cuisine and are big fans of Diana Kennedy and “The Art of Mexican Cooking” have i am sure by now discovered one of the three incarnations of Tocolicious! I had a light lunch after court and chowed down on four wonderful tacos with a side of the fresh made guacamole! If you love spicy don’t pass up the trio of salsas that come with each taco order! YUM!
The Rebel Within
Late friday lunch with Alfredo the food at Craftsman and Wolves at 746 Valencia St. is so rich if you want to enjoy a decadent lunch and save room for one or more of the fantastic sweets you should think about splitting one of the salads and sandwiches with a friend then you might still have room to enjoy one of the many decadent offerings such as “the devil” a chocolate cake with toffee and adorned with “cocoa nibs” just one of the many sweet offerings not to be missed!
Original Joe’s new north beach local provides a great spot for out door dining. Bruges loves his ice and the staff was very accommodating while I had a very old time San Francisco lunch of the luxurious crab Louis salad a trifle at only $31.00 and the garlic bread is enough for a party of 6 or more. Bruges votes 4 paws!
The most perfect carrot soap at Cafe des Amis
Greens Restaurant Mid week Lunch. No good restaurants in San Francisco with a view?
Greens is a very good restaurant and it has one if not the best views on the bay and has been a temple of vegetarian fine dinning since it was founded in 1979 by chef Deborah Madison. Chef Madison is the author of The Greens Cookbook among ten other books including one of my favorite cookbooks Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. Madison and Greens cuisine flows directly from Alice Waters and Chez Panisse in honoring only fresh seasonal ingredients presented in a format that preserves the flavors and textures of the ingredients. The current chef Annie Somerville caries on and might have surpassed the founder in providing a menu fuelled with an abundance of local organic ingredients.
My office staff and I enjoyed a wonderful lunch Sylvia started with the Star Route Wilted Spinach Salad with County Line chicory, feta, crouton, red onions, gaeta olives, garlic, mint, sherry vinegar and hot olive oil, she is not a vegetarian and enjoyed the salad and the lighter take on a wilted spinach salad without the bacon.
Laura loved the County Line Lettuce, Little Gems and Tradivo Radicchio with cara cara and mandarin oranges, oro blanco grapfruit, pistachios and mandarin vinaigrette. The bitter greens and citrus were a perfect foil that balance and play off each other.
I more than loved the Fresh Spring Roll with grilled tofu, carrots jicama, napa cabbage, Thai basil, mint and rice noodles, Served with a spicy and amazing peanut sauce, grilled shiitake, beech mushroom and radish salad.
Next I enjoyed the Wild Mushroom and Leek Tartlet chanterelle mushrooms with gruyere and thyme. Served with Star Route lettuce, red endive golden and Chioggia beets, shaved fennel, Italian parsley, chervil, sherry shallot vinaigrette.
Laura loved the Sir Fry which she felt had bold amazing flavors – Zuckerman Farm asparagus, carrots, broccoli di ciccio, cauliflower, broccoli romaneso, pea tendrils, tat soi, pioppini mushrooms and grilled tofu with ginger, scallions, chilies, sesame and Thai basil. Served with toasted coconut jasmine rice.
Sylvia didn’t miss any meat with the Mesquite Grilled Brochettes – mushrooms, yellow finn potatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes, fennel, red onions and Hodo Soy tofu with charmoula, cherry almond quinoa and Moroccan carrot slaw; she opted for the two Brochettes but was so full after one she left with the second to go.
For desserts I loved the Warm cinnamon crepe with Mariquita Farm pippin apples, caramel sauce and vanilla bean ice cream; the caramel sauce was divine. Laura enjoyed the chocolate mocha pot de crème with whipped cream and tangerine shortbread. Sylvia not only loved the Devil’s food cake with chocolate sauce, with coconut sorbet and toasted pecans and felt it was the best chocolate cake she had ever had.
A perfect mid week lunch and no one missed the beef!
R.
Bruges enjoying his Ice at Zuni Cafe!
R.
