the tablehopper | 11:25 am | September 30, 2009 | Events, Foodie 411 | Add a comment
It’s time for the seventh annual Sunday Supper, an important fundraising event to benefit The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), the operator of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.
It’s quite the shindig on Sunday October 4th, starting with a gala reception at 5:30pm in the Ferry Building Marketplace, including 27 hors d’oeuvre stations, four artisan cocktails, and wineries. Times are tight for everyone, so if you can’t spring for the dinner, at least consider the reception, which is quite the spread—your ticket helps support such an important part of our local food scene.
The evening continues upstairs in the Grand Hall, with a five-course feast served family-style and prepared by top local talent, including Laurence Jossel, NOPA; Craig Stoll, Delfina; Bruce Hill, Bix and Picco; Staffan Terje, Perbacco; Ravi Kapur, Boulevard; and Elizabeth Falkner, Orson and Citizen Cake. For a complete listing of chefs, click here. The meal will also include quality wine pairings.
To entice you further, here’s a sneak peek of a menu at one of the tables:
First course
Taylor Boetticher, Fatted Calf: bresaola with persimmons, shaved fennel, and Taggiasca olives
Wine paring from Chris Deegan of Nopa
Second course
Lane Milburn and Craig Stoll of Delfina: ceci soup with cockles and Calabrian chili oil (minus the cockles for vegetarians)
Beer pairing from Magnolia Brewery
Third course
Jamie Lauren of Absinthe: pork confit with braised greens, pickled beets, and grain mustard sauce
Wine paring from Chris Deegan of Nopa
Fourth course
Farmers Market artisan cheese and dried fruit platter
Fifth course/dessert
Yigit Pura of Taste Catering: slow cooked Tory Farms pluots, Japanese génoise, pluot confit, and Hitachino Nest White Ale sauce
Coffee service from Blue Bottle with Straus cream
The event will be MC’ed by local chef Bryant Terry, and a live auction will include exclusive packages, such as a private dinner for 10 with Michael Pollan at The Moss Room. (Dinner with yours truly and Janet Fletcher is part of another auction package.)
5:30pm: reception in Ferry Building Marketplace
7pm: seated supper in Ferry Building Grand Hall
Reception only: $75
Reception & Supper: $200
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
the tablehopper | 2:55 pm | September 29, 2009 | Foodie 411 | Add a comment
A brand-new opening in the Inner Richmond is Prime Rib Shabu from Luke Sung of Isa and Domo. It’s opening in the former Wang Daegam tofu/BBQ house, a few doors over from Troya. Sung will have quality American rib-eye on the menu for the shabu, with the fatty part cut by hand into thick, luxurious pieces, while the remaining leaner part will be machine sliced thinly, all for dunking in a special chicken stock. The vegetables will be top quality and organic, including special cress from Star Route Farms. There will also be udon, naturally dried Korean rice noodles (not bleached), and sweet potato vermicelli noodles. Michael Brennan designed the 46-seat space, and you know the all-you-can-eat shabu special for $24 Tue-Thu nights is going to be a hit. Dinner Tue-Sun, starting at 5:30pm.
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
the tablehopper | 4:45 pm | September 28, 2009 | Events, Foodie 411 | Add a comment
Sake Day 2009 is coming up on Thursday October 1st at the Jewish Community Center, with over 100 sakes to sample. True Sake and Mari’s Catering are also setting up four sake pairing stations, including Japanese, Californian, El Salvadorian, and Mediterranean dishes, plus a Japanese street food station with mini veggie okonomiyaki, chicken yakisoba, soy grilled corn, and sausage on a stick. (To honor Jewish Community Center’s Kashrut policy, they are not using pork or shellfish for this event.) Vegetarian options are available—just ask at each station. There will also be 12 more stations of vendor-provided sake. Advanced tickets are $80/person, $85 cash at the door. Buy online at sakeday.com until September 30th or at Sozai Restaurant and Sake Lounge (corner of Irving St. at 16th Ave.). Registration: 5:30pm, doors at 6pm, event runs until 9pm. Please bring a valid I.D.
Nicolaus Balla of O Izakaya and Lounge is going to be leaving the restaurant at the end of October, and will be working with the partners of Sozai Restaurant (chef-owner Mari Takahashi and sake consultant/GM Gil Payne) to open Nombe Restaurant in the Mission. (Let’s hope he brings his delicious pork belly and kimchee dish with him.) The izakaya will be opening in the former Tacos Santana Bar & Grill space. There will be 80 seats, and over 70 brands of sake, plus shochu cocktails, beer, and wine. Look for a November opening, and a possible window for Japanese street food offerings on the weekends.
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
the tablehopper | 12:29 pm | | Foodie 411 | Add a comment
Workers and residents in the South Beach area can now add Ironside to their lineup of breakfast, lunch, and (soon—in October) happy hour, dinner, and brunch locations. This offshoot from the neighboring District has the same executive chef, Bob Cina, at the helm. Located in the Chronicle Books building, the all-day eatery is serving breakfast bites, including yogurt with granola and fruit, breakfast buns with flavors like maple and smoky bacon, or breakfast empanadas, plus Four Barrel Coffee. Lunch includes a “cukes and quinoa salad” and a porchetta sandwich, plus a veggie Cubano. You can read all the menus on the site if you’re curious (there’s also online ordering). For now, hours are 8am-2pm. There will also be beer and wine on tap.
In case you were wondering about the name, it was inspired by the building’s legacy as the machine shop for the Moore Shipbuilding Company, which built and repaired thousands of ships. The design by Je Anne Ettrick features walnut tables and benches, a barn wood and zinc counter, and a chandelier made from a seven-foot wooden gear. There is also a second level reached by an industrial steel and timber staircase made by Oakland-based metal artist Grant Irish.
The Return of the Power Lunch
Aqua Restaurant has reopened for lunch Tuesday through Friday. Chef Jason Pringle has added some new dishes, and there’s a $27 two-course business lunch now available (the initial menu features a veal terrine with pickled cherries, mustard fruit, and fresh arugula as a starter, and grilled branzino with root vegetables as the entrée). Lunch is served 11:30am-2:30pm.
Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular weekly e-column about the SF dining scene, “the tablehopper.” Subscribe for free at www.tablehopper.com and get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Got news? Email Marcia at taste@sanfrancisco.travel.
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