SADDLE of BLACK BUCK ANTELOPE
BIG 4 RESTAURANT
The Dish: Antelope (Saddle of Black Buck Antelope)
One of the most incredible meals I’ve had in the past year, without question, and probably as good as any meat dishes I have eaten in the past five years. Both times I’ve eaten antelope previously were in Colorado restaurants, so antelope was [...]
Archive for March, 2009
9 Mar
Antelope (Black Buck Antelope Saddle)
8 Mar
Pork Chop (Town Hall, SF)
Peanut Tasso Crusted Pork Chop – Town Hall, San Francisco CA
The Dish: Peanut Tasso Crusted Pork Chop
I’m not a huge peanut fan, to be frank. Peanuts are like the chickens of nuts; you might enjoy eating them, but you probably don’t want to know where they’ve been before entering your mouth. But the peanuts reinforcing [...]
8 Mar
Rib Eye Steak (Town Hall, SF)
Niman Ranch Rib eye Steak
Town Hall, San Francisco CA
As much as we might belabor the point, a truly superior steak is actually far harder to find than it should be. There are a slew of pretty decent steaks out there, but if you consider the steaks you’ve eaten in the past 5 years that sear [...]
8 Mar
Club Sandwich (La Boulange, SF)
Classic Club Sandwich
La Boulange de Hayes
The Dish: Classic Club Sandwich
Well, La Boulange makes one seriously wicked club sandwich. It is downright inspiring. Perfectly crisp, well done bacon, perfectly toasted layers of bread (or “pain de mie”); a ruddy blushing tomato with fresh-picked flavor; crisp tears of cool lettuce; slightly smoky turkey; and, not for everyone [...]
8 Mar
Veal Sweetbreads (Chez Spencer, SF)
Serious Sweetbreads in San Francisco
Veal Sweetbreads, Chez Spencer, SF
Like their signature filet mignon capped with creamy morels & truffle butter, the sautéed veal sweetbreads at Chez Spencer are simply over the top. This pheromone-jolting little plate is rich, rich, rich. Not bourgeois rich, not nouveau-riche, but dirty-old-money, we-don’t-look-at-prices rich.
Chez Spencer’s sweetbreads draw that perfect balance [...]
2 Mar
Roasted Lamb Neck (Incanto, SF)
Roasted Lamb Neck
The Dish: Roasted Lamb Neck
(Incanto, SF) Roasted lamb neck with spring veggies and horseradish aioli.
What a fun dish to eat…the waiter came over and instructed the fork flaying technique that pulls the soft meat apart from the bone. It’s a very tasty treat, among the unusual suspects that Chef Chris Cosentino will dole [...]
