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August 22-31, 2007
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| Friday, August 31, 2007 permalink
... took place on the patio overlooking the site of this weekend’s International culinary summit – the San Francisco Ferry Building.
Many participants in the upcoming roundtable discussions and book signings were present:
... to lift a glass and nibble on hors d’oeuvres:
Speakers for this event will include some of our favorite local chefs and there will be a benefit dinner for Meals on Wheels highlighting contributions from a team of all-star chefs including Charles Phan, Traci Des Jardins and Damien Dulas. Book Passage will have chef book signings; there will be cooking demonstrations and other food related activity. This is the first Gastronomy by the Bay, which will continue as an annual event. Future summits will take place in Paris, Beijing and Mumbai (although for the event in China it will change its title to “Gastronomy by the Wall.”)
Gastronomy by the Bay
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| Thursday, August 30, 2007 permalink
No cabeza, lengua or tripas tacos are dispensed at this modest, funky little eatery. This place operates within most tourists’ culinary comfort zones. Guacamole ($5.95):
... comes with a basket of housemade tortilla chips. All standard issue and fine. Shrimp ceviche ($9.95 large):
... was combo chopped cukes, onion, peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice and bottom feeders (which could have marinated a little longer.) The fish in my taco ($3.65) was battered, deep-fried and slaw topped. The contents of my corn tortilla wrapped mit were tempura-esque in a fusiony sort of way.
The pork taco ($3.65) came with little pots of chopped onion and cilantro. It was a fine snack. They call it a Taco Shop, not a Taqueria, so don’t expect that touch of authenticity that some taco establishments in the city or San Rafael enjoy. Still, the food was tasty and fresh. If you’re in Sausalito and have had enough charcoal grilled burgers, it’s good to check out what is up at this popular emporium for tamed tacos.
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| Wednesday, August 29, 2007 permalink
J suggested Quince for this evening’s dinner venue and kicked it off with a bottle of Billecart-Salmon Rosé (Bunrabs are particularly fond of this source of bubbles):
... which went well with my Coho salmon tartare ($13.00):
This deconstructed spawner was gillicious with scales of cucumbers and little radishes. Chubby got the Monterey squid sformato ($11.00):
... which was a tangle of tender-cles with little califlower bits, onion and tomato. I have an inkling that I will order this ten out of tentacle preparation next visit. The Raviolo ($18.00):
... was a dreamy pasta pillow stuffed with a runny yolked egg and creamy ricotta finished with brown butter. This self saucing culinary upholstery was cravably good. Chubby got the black sea bass triangoli ($19.00):
... with a pepper emulsion and purple basil. These tasty circumscribed shapes fit snugly in his belly and were tamped down by his Liberty duck leg ($25.00) with blood peaches, spinach and potato puree:
He gave me a piece of his Liberty which was cooked to a perfect medium rare. It’s tender pink meat paired well with the sweet peaches and duccompianments. They dredge their fish in flower at Quince. The sole baked in a squash blossom ($30.00):
... was a stomach centerpiece surrounded by summer squash masquerading as sage leaves in a prosecco sauce. This was the anther to my sole search. We took advantage of their nicely varied cheese selection:
... followed up by some sweet stuff. The peach and corn tris:
... came with little buckwheat pancakes, honey poached peaches and corn gelato. This imaginative combo of textures and flavors were a fresh and tasty finish to a fine meal. The service was polished, friendly and efficient. J. noted that they did not once ask if we were done with a course, they just knew. This is a good and welcome point since I don’t like being asked the standard “are you still enjoying that?” which presupposes a compliment in the same way “have you stopped beating your wife?” sculpts your character without any prologue.
We had a culinary rock star in our party and at the end of our dinner, the co-owner recognized her and said that if she had known who was dining, she would have been sure to pamper us. Our culinary rock star friend replied that it is a sign of a wonderful restaurant that we all felt pampered without the pampering. It was a fun night out with pals and we will definitely return for more Quince chow soon.
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| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 permalink
Kopitiam took over the TOGOs spot next to the Lafayette Trader Joes. The people in this newly redone, green-walled, Singaporean restaurant:
... are enthusiastic, friendly and hospitable. Since we were getting takeaway, they discouraged us from getting their soft boiled eggs ($1.95):
... since they don’t travel well, but we explained that we were only taking them down the street and they graciously accommodated us. These nicely runny protein shots went down the hatch over some rice. The kitchen enhanced their two-tone taste with a grind of pepper and a dash of soy sauce. Simple and good. Lumpia ($4.25):
... were a nice row of golden fried, pork stuffed cigars with a sweet chili dipping sauce. They were fine, but would be better eaten on the premises so that there would be no opportunity for any of their crispness to be foiled (although they were still mostly crisp.) The Kopitiam chicken rice ($8.95): |
