My mom and I had a quick lunch at Zuni Cafe, one of San Francisco's staples. I hadn't been in a year or two. They're famous for their chicken (which is for two, so I can't get it with my vegetarian mom), and their burger. I've tried both in the past... The chicken is damn good, no doubt about it. The Zuni burger uses focaccia and errs on the fancier side. I don't like it as much as I like the ones at Mo's. So here's lunch at Zuni's, minus their two most famous items... zuni caesar salad - $9
grilled hanger steak sandwich with roasted gypsy peppers, balsamic mayo, and watercress, green bean salad - $13.5
shoestring potatoes - $6 The caesar salad came out great. Crispy romaine with just the right kick in the dressing. Most importantly to me, they had big crunchy delicious croutons. Croutons just make or break a caesar if you ask me, and these were wonderful. The steak sandwich was a little odd. You may be asking yourself, where in between those two slices of bread is the steak? Well, it's there, it's just a really thinly-sliced layer. I wondered the same thing when the waiter dropped the plate in front of me. I'm the last person you'll find that would order a roasted peppers and watercress sandwich. So it is unfortunate that there isn't very much steak in the thing, because the sandwich was actually really good. The combo of the mayo, peppers, and watercress actually went really well with the steak. Double the amount of meat and it would have been a truly great sandwich. The green bean salad was also excellent... tender beans and tasty dressing. Sort of like what the Fog City Diner one was trying to be. The shoestring potatoes were huge. Nothing spectacular about em though; they taste the same as the ones you've all tried at a bunch of other places. Not bad, not good.
I've made a few updates to the navigation bar... I added a little box to update you guys about where I am, as people have been getting confused about why I'm posting stuff from San Francisco when I'm in Boston right now. The short answer is that I've been lazy and have let enough photos pile up for me to be late almost an entire semester. The bright side is that I've taken a sparse amount of photos since I've been back at school, mostly due to the fact that my diet has been consisting mostly of Cookin' Cafe delivery, Nud Pob, and other stuff that would be a bit repetitive to photograph. I should be caught up completely by Christmas. Also, I updated the list of links I've got up there.