Suppenküche

German food with an emphasis on Bavarian cooking.









Suppenküche
525 Laguna Street (@ Hayes)
San Francisco CA 94102
Tel: 415.252.9289

Tataki Sushi

Tri-style poke - pretty terrible, fish was mushy/old, seasoning too sweet and off (pineapple... ?)


Spicy tempura - shrimp tempura, spicy albacore tuna, jalapeno, masago - this was quite nice although the tempura was slightly soggy like it had been left out for awhile before rolling/plating


Extinguisher - albacore tuna, avocado, habanero, masago, spicy aioli - this one was good. Nice balance of spice and flavor.


It's great that Tataki aims to spread the word on sustainable sushi, but with odd-tasting poke, lukewarm miso soup, decent rolls, doesn't make it completely exceptional.

Tataki Sushi and Sake Bar
2815 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 931-1182

Aziza Restaurant

I contemplated on posting these photos because of the horrible lighting but felt obligated to share it with you all anyway. Aziza is now up there as one of my favorite restaurants next to Commis and Manresa.

Seriously amazing "pretzel" bread


Wonderful cauliflower soup


Meatballs with jícama, grape, herb vinaigrette


Squab with cherry, tarragon, frisée, foie gras, spiced honey bread


Basteeya with chicken, almond


Black cod with broccoli, garlic scape, octopus, ginger


Lamb with fennel, morels, corn, sweet onion


Pistachio meringue cake with strawberry, burnt honey ice cream, nougatine (AMAZING)


Coconut milk cream with cherry, sponge cake, walnut crumble


Goat yogurt panna cotta with raspberry, rose gelée, hibiscus soup


I really can't say anything BAD about this meal. Seriously. LOVE LOVE LOVE ! AMAZING! Everything was perfectly cooked, plated, and seasoned. I mean, everything! The waiter was very well informed of the food preparation as well. I was also very impressed with the desserts which is nice because I have been rarely impressed with Michelin desserts in the past. OMG I can't wait to go back.

Aziza
5800 Geary Boulevard @ 22nd ave
San Francisco, CA 94121-2005
(415) 752-2222

Namu Restaurant

Korean "tacos". Very hard to eat, but tasty.


Excellent bimbimbap. High quality beef.


Mediocre and dry hamburger. But nice kimchee relish. Delicious fries.


Rather bland and dry chocolate chip cookies. Korean spice flakes were a very nice touch though.


My dining partner and I met the most boring waitress known to man today. It was like she was reading off a piece of paper and about to fall asleep. They live up to the reputation of having bad service. My burger was served first, then Christina's dish 5 minutes later. Cold burger. Not to mention it took about 45 minutes to get our food. The cooks were too busy drinking booze with their friends, and just hanging around. There were only about 20 covers. My friend and I could have worked way faster in the kitchen. Although a couple of the dishes were okay, not enough for me to go back. Too bad. I wanted to like the place!

Namu
439 Balboa Street
San Francisco, CA 94118-3937
(415) 386-8332

Golden Glass 2010

Golden Glass 2010