started from Hec mentioning The Painted Door)
Slanted Door! I'm sure they paint it though.
Fleur de Lys
Still the premier French restaurant in the city but it has slipped a bit. Very romantic though, but not a consensus top five pick anymore, I don't think.
Rosamund/Toronado (I know, not fancy but I LOVE IT
Oktoberfest, baby!
Gary Danko
Now there you've got a consensus top five pick. In the latest guides it's the highest rated in SF. French Laundry is still the best in the area, though it's not in San Francisco.
ETA: ooh, where is the best sushi?
Like "wheres is the best burrito?" this is a topic of unceasing debate in SF. I like Hamano, though.
There's a fantastic, super delicious German restaurant you'd like, Nora. It's called Suppenkuchen.
There's a Malaysian restaurant I'd take you too, also, called Borobodur (or something like that). Patricia Unterman has a review of it. Very addictive.
Oh hey! It's lunchtime. Now I have to go to the Ferry Building and eat something good.
Oof, Slanted Door, sorry, my brain!
Where IS the best burrito???
I am marking your post for when we (hopefully, if we don't use the money we've saved for it up while Tom is unemployed) go to SF/NoCA next year for a swanky 5th anniversary trip.
ETA: ooh, where is the best sushi?
Like "wheres is the best burrito?" this is a topic of unceasing debate in SF. I like Hamano, though.
At the SF2F, I had sushi twice (both times with Jilli and Pete): once at a place called Godzilla (excellent sushi, including a roll called the Tinky Winky roll, which was quite good), and once at a place on Valencia called We Be Sushi, which was WAY better than the name might make you think.
Mmmm. Sushi.
ETA: ooh, where is the best sushi?
Okay, I'm sure it's not the best, but I have a special fondness for the place at the corner of 16th and Valencia, where I used to go and lesson plan over California rolls and chardonnay. Ummm... Sushi Yamamoto, maybe? I think it started with a Y, anyway.
Oh! And make sure you go to the Indian ice cream place on Valencia for rosewater or cardamom ice cream. Which reminds me, I need to go home and eat my ginger ice cream. Off I go!
One of the best meals I've ever had, granted it was probably twelve or thirteen years ago, was at One Market.
NOM.
I want Pacific salmon.
Now.
I have a load of Mg every day for the migraines. It's one of the few things I take with which I can really feel the difference. When I was off it the headaches were quite different, and worse.
Where IS the best burrito???
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I am currently reading on SF Chowhound how to get reservations for The French Laundry.
I just want to mention to all Bitches that I am wearing these jeans [link] today and they are THE BOMB. I highly recommend them to all and sundry. Really comfy and flattering and the wide legs are way cool. I got a pair in blue and one in black and they are going to be my winter office pants fo sho.
I am currently reading on SF Chowhound how to get reservations for The French Laundry.
Gotta plan a year ahead, no? Keller is Anthony Bourdain's personal hero of chefery.