2031 Chestnut (& Fillmore)
(415) 346-5641
Spanish tapas in the Marina (!)
Note: I think I'm going to stop with the rating... it just doesn't feel right anymore!
This tapas restaurant is in the heart of the Marina - not my favorite place, but I will go there for good food. We tried a LOT of food (thanks to Jen's very generous friend!), and there were definitely some standouts.
Highlights:
Braised beef cheeks w/ roasted cauliflower and a honey (?) raisin sauce - the beef was like butter (the only other time I've felt that way about beef was at French Laundry)
Asparagus - it was really quite perfect, with a bit of sweetness
Other notable dishes:
Lamb hearts & livers - I'm not really a liver person, but the combination was pretty good
Charcuterie - headcheese (my first time - not as gross as what I imagined), ham (really really good - comparable to prosciutto), pork confit, sausage
Chorizo stuffed dates wrapped in bacon - the others had a problem with the balance (too much date), but I still liked it. bacon = you can't go wrong
House-made Ricotta
Cod cheeks
Headcheese, smelt, and the lamb hearts/liver
Other dishes we tried:
Piglet w/ pea shoot tendrils and quince aioli
Prawns
Bread & chocolate w/ sea salt + olive oil
Fromage blanc cheesecake w/ blood orange marmalade & sesame tuile
Fried smelt
Monday, April 07, 2008
Laiola
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2 comments:
so wait. all your restaurants have star ratings, but not laiola? come on, just between us. what did you rate it?
it's not that i'm not giving laiola a star rating specifically, but rather that i'm just stopping the whole star rating system altogether.
i just don't feel comfortable doing it anymore. i've mentioned some reasons why in previous posts
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