A recent trip to Delfina called for a revisit to my Ten Most Favourite Places to eat in San Francisco list. Taste in food is obviously a very personal thing but if a few of these entries resonate with your top ten, you might want to try out the others:
- Koi Palace
- Firefly
- Delfina
- Tartine Bakery
- R&G Lounge
- King of Thai Noodles
- Naan & Curry
- Blue Bottle Coffee
- Kiss Seafood
- Delica
In no particular order, Koi Palace is quite possibly the best dim sum you’ll ever have, well worth the one hour wait at Sunday lunch time. Firefly has a cosy local atmosphere and I’ve had too many great evenings here for it not to be on the list. Delfina has fantastic truffles home made buffalo mozerella caprese worth hunting out a parking spot in the Mission. Next door, the Tartine Bakery is simply in a league of its own. Try the banana or coconut cream pie. R&G Lounge is one good reason to venture into Chinatown for food; don’t leave without ordering a crab dish. Both King of Thai Noodles and Naan n’ Curry are two great local chains sporting cheap and tasty curries. The folks at the Bluebottle Coffee Company are very passionate about what they do and want nothing more than for you to enjoy great coffee. Finally, Kiss Seafood on Laguna Street and the strangely named Delica rf-1 are the only two places in the area that really seem to do Japanese food the way I remember it.