Bone Marrow/SF Restaurants

[filsdepac]

The lady and I went to Luce in San Francisco, a newly-awarded michelin star restaurant whose chef was on "The Next Iron Chef".

I always hear Jeffrey Steingarten rave about bone marrow, as well as other foodies, but I just found the texture too slimy and not much taste. I admit not having a refined palate, but I thought it was somewhat of a waste. On the other hand, the suckling pork cheek was delicious (mmmm, baby pig).

We're trying to sample the better restaurants of SF and if anyone has some immediate recommendations, they would be appreciated.

My favorite so far: Aziza (incredible). Burma Superstar is also good, and we want to try Chapeau! which is in the Richmond too. I know most people are in Utah but if BYU starts the bball tourney in SJ (or Utah the NIT at Stanford?), you should try these.

[cougjunkie]

The lady and I went to Luce in San Francisco, a newly-awarded michelin star restaurant whose chef was on "The Next Iron Chef".

I always hear Jeffrey Steingarten rave about bone marrow, as well as other foodies, but I just found the texture too slimy and not much taste. I admit not having a refined palate, but I thought it was somewhat of a waste. On the other hand, the suckling pork cheek was delicious (mmmm, baby pig).

We're trying to sample the better restaurants of SF and if anyone has some immediate recommendations, they would be appreciated.

My favorite so far: Aziza (incredible). Burma Superstar is also good, and we want to try Chapeau! which is in the Richmond too. I know most people are in Utah but if BYU starts the bball tourney in SJ (or Utah the NIT at Stanford?), you should try these.

Richmond has good dining options? Do you have to wear a bulletproof vest?

[creekster]

Richmond has good dining options? Do you have to wear a bulletproof vest?

I thi8nk he meAns the Richmond district in SF, which is north of golden gate park and on the west side of the City.

[filsdepac]

Richmond has good dining options? Do you have to wear a bulletproof vest?

Ha, yeah, as creekster pointed out, THE Richmond is much different than Richmond. I wouldn't go into Richmond without my M16 and cold blooded perk.

[Parrot Head]

Some of my favorite places in the area include the Fremont Costco and a couple of In-n-Outs in the area, but on the fancier side (for us), we went to Baker Street Bistro a few years back. It's in SF, on, as you might guess, Baker St near Lombard. I enjoyed the food and the atmosphere and both were much better than my other most-French food experience, Chicken Cordon Bleu at the MTC.

[Jennerstein]

I heartily agree with your Burma Super Star recommendation. I went there for lunch last year and it was terrific.

If you want high end dim sum, then go to Yank Sing. It's ridiculously expensive though. I took a girl there and I think it cost me a $100. Most Chinese would turn their nose up at having to pay that much money for Dim Sum when you could probably find an equivalent place for $30 - $40.

Really, what you are paying for, besides the high quality xiao long bao, is the service. At a typical Chinese restaurant, unless you're sweet with the owner, the waiter/waitress will treat you like you're an ex-girlfriend/boyfriend. Polite enough to meet social conventions but rude enough where you know they really don't care. Oh, that's if you're Chinese. If you're anything else (white, hispanic, Na'avi) they don't give a damn.

At Yank Sing, waiters and waitresses speak fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, and English. They'll treat you like royal kings and queens. They'll have nifty headsets that call in immediate orders to the kitchen, and they'll kindly make recommendations and take into account special dietary restrictions.

When I went last time on my "date", we sat next to two Jewish businessman. They enjoyed eavesdropping on us to pick up how we ordered in Cantonese. My friend overheard them eagerly chattering when she asked for the check. "Mai dan, that's how you ask for the bill."

So, go to Yank Sing if you want to feel like you're living the high life.

For more typical Chinese dim sum (i.e. cheaper price, crappier service, chinese language skills recommended), I've been to Ton Kiang and Hong Kong Palace. Both are great. I've also heard Koi palace is good too, but I've not yet stopped by there on any of my visits to SF.

[Donuthole]

Some of my favorite places in the area include the Fremont Costco and a couple of In-n-Outs in the area, but on the fancier side (for us), we went to Baker Street Bistro a few years back. It's in SF, on, as you might guess, Baker St near Lombard. I enjoyed the food and the atmosphere and both were much better than my other most-French food experience, Chicken Cordon Bleu at the MTC.

Mmmmm. Deeee-licious! No better way to break an involuntary fast, IMO. Of course, the first and last times I fasted against my will were in the MTC, so I don't really have anything to compare with.

[WashingtonCoug]

Some of my favorite places in the area include the Fremont Costco and a couple of In-n-Outs in the area, but on the fancier side (for us), we went to Baker Street Bistro a few years back. It's in SF, on, as you might guess, Baker St near Lombard. I enjoyed the food and the atmosphere and both were much better than my other most-French food experience, Chicken Cordon Bleu at the MTC.

That Chicken Cordon Bleu gave me indigestion before I even ate it.