san francisco food edition

so i went to san francisco over the weekend and i just feel like sharing. it was probably one of the best trips i've ever taken. period. my friend joy is so great and always thinks of fun stuff for us to do, but she really out did herself this time. i'm going to have to blog about my trip is separate posts. this first section is dinner we had at SPQR. we felt like spoiling ourselves.
Butternut squash agnolotti, medjool date & rosemary brown butter (so, so delectable):

Stracciatella cheese pansotti, baby artichoke & sundried tomato (also had leeks and carrots and celery and the waitress described the pasta as little buddha bellies filled with cheese):

Chocolate baci & mascarpone cream (cannot describe how wonderful this was- with roasted strawberries and p.s. we started with dessert):

Selection of Andante Dairy cheeses:

the next day we went to Carnival, a street fair in the mission and ate vendor food: tacos, nachos, fruit with salt and lime and corn. we decided we hadn't had enough of all that delicious taco fun, so joy made some more. they were spicy and delicious pulled pork in corn tortillas with a yogurt, cilantro, cabbage, carrot, lime dressing. along with a mixed greens, arugula, chopped almonds, goat cheese and balsamic dressing salad.
joy enjoying her masterpiece:


classic joy, always matching her dishwashing gloves with her outfit.

my last delicious meal was at woodhouse fish co., a lovely little seafood restaurant by joy's house. i had the dungeness crab cracked and steamed in white wine, lemon and garlic butter (it's in the foreground) and joy had that yummy halibut cooked in parchment with leeks, fingerling potatoes and tomato. so good. we also had peas with garlic and mint. yum.

sadly i'm missing pictures of my lunch at delfina pizzeria where we had pizza with prosciutto di Parma, cacioccavallo, mozzarella, panna, and arugula and a side of asparagus with pancetta and breadcrumbs, but know that it was tasty. and allow me to tell you that panna is my new favorite thing.
la sigh.