I want to the my sister-in-law and my brother for being my first guest bloggers!! I am honored they thought of my blog on their vacation. I, too, have been to the Slanted Door (years ago!) and totally agreed with their choice to go there. I haven't been to the other places, but, trust me, I'll get there. San Fran is one of my favorite cities!! Enjoy and again thank you for writing!!!!
While we were travelling in San Francisco, the foodie
capital of the states, we decided to invite ourselves to be guest bloggers on the
Super Mom the Foodie blog. It amazed us
that each restaurant is better than the last in San Francisco. The food ingredients are always local and
usually organic. The presentation was lovely
and the service was consistently good wherever we went accepting that
“California” flavor where the wait staff take themselves and their ingredients
very seriously. Even the prices weren’t THAT bad.
In preparation for our trip, I googled the top 10 things to
do in San Francisco, and this great list came up from Time Magainze http://www.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1845230,00.html
which included eating at the Slanted Door http://www.slanteddoor.com/
in the old Ferry building on the waterfront.
We dined on contemporary Vietnamese food while overlooking the Oakland
bridge. The next morning we went to
another recommendation from the list http://www.mamas-sf.com/
-- a quaint breakfast spot called Mama’s on Washington Square.
Although the article warned us that there might be a long
wait on weekends, we thought we’d be o.k. since it was Friday morning. We arrived at Mama’s and the line was out the
door and around the corner. We have a
general rule against waiting in line for food so we considered leaving. But the veterans in the line convinced us it
was worth the wait. We had a great time
talking to this other couple who literally drove in from Sausalito (over 2 hrs)
to eat at this joint. What an
endorsement! We had a nice chat in the
45 minutes it took to get to the door.
This is a tiny restaurant, so all the waiting is done on the
sidewalk. Once you get to the door, they
let you walk up to the counter and join a line of about 4 people. While waiting in that smaller line, you can
see all the ingredients and the chef’s doing their thing.
At the register you
order and pay, and by the time that process is done a table has magically
become available and you can sit down. The style is the sweetest little country
French restaurant. The tables are
spacious, and the atmosphere inviting.
Just a few minutes after you sit down, breakfast arrives! And just at the sight of it, we knew it was
worth the wait.
G ordered a Monte Cristo sandwich and a piece of chocolate
crumb cake (to be saved for later) and I was craving my mom’s best Sunday
morning dish – lox, eggs and onion with a bagel on the side. G’s Monte Cristo was mouthwatering. The cheese was melted to perfection. It was served in quarters - sitting upright
on the plate – making for a wonderful presentation. Although I chose to order simple, my Lox,
eggs and onions were perfect and hit the spot.
We don’t have a photo of the crumb cake, because I broke
into it on the ferry ride to Sausalito and it was so good, I couldn’t stop
eating it. The cake was moist and held
together while the topping lived up to its name “crumb cake”. Mmmmmm, powdered sugar, chocolate chunks and
yellow cake. It was the perfect snack
while the wind blew through our hair and we gazed at the beautiful San
Francisco skyline from the water.
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