Fresh Seafood Restaurant in San Francisco
Posted on Oct 26, 2009 under Travel, dining | No CommentI recently visited my friend Bill in San Francisco, California. I try and get out there once a year and he tries to come to my place in Phoenix, Arizona once a year as well. Conveniently we have it scheduled out that I visit him around August and he visits me in January or February. He jokingly refers to his visit as his summer vacation because Phoenix in February is frequently warmer than San Francisco in August. So, last month I was there in his little apartment on telegraph hill and we were talking about where we wanted to have dinner that night. He had mentioned a seafood restaurant earlier in the day, though I really wasn’t interest. Well, as I suspected might happen, he brought it up again when we were making dinner plans.
Well, I had the impression that it was going to be a sushi place, which I just don’t have a taste for. I realized that this was a silly misunderstanding when he started to describe the place. He said it was a seafood restaurant down by the pier and that it was the freshest salmon and most delicious seafood I could find anywhere. Well, logically I wasn’t going to try and argue that point as most of the entrees were probably caught that afternoon. So, finally I agreed that this place sounded good and we headed out to get a cab.
Ultimately I can’t tell you exactly how delicious that dinner was. Bill had the fresh salmon in a light lemon caper sauce and I had the shrimp scampi with pasta. We both had salads with the house mango vinaigrette, which was also delicious. The slivered almonds in the salad added the perfect balance to the light sweetness of the dressing. In addition to the great meal we had a beautiful view of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. While we were eating I jokingly told Bill I would have to take him to my favorite restaurant in Phoenix that served the freshest cactus jelly he would ever have. On the non-joking side however, cactus jelly actually is very tasty.
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