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2005
Monday, 3 October 2005
Betelnut
2030 Union St.
San Francisco, CA, 94123
415-929-8855
Website: www.betelnutrestaurant.com/
Zagat rating: F22 D22 S17 ($33)
Cuisine: Asian fusion
What we ordered:
- the chili crusted calamari
- firecracker shrimp, 5-spiced with sambal dip
- samosas
- green beans with chili
- scallion hotcakes
- and, for dessert, pineapple cake with vanilla bean ice cream
Sunday, 4 September
2005
The Original Gino's East
633 N. Wells St.
Chicago, IL 60610
312-943-1124
Zagat rating: F23 D13 S14
Cuisine: Pizza
Synopsis:
Entirely unlike any imitation Chicago deep dish pizza, the real
thing took 45 minutes to cook (even though Connell and I were two of the
first people there) and featured a half inch of bread, an inch deep of
cheese, another half inch of sauce, and some of the freshest ingredients
I've ever tasted in a pizza. The final product resembled soup more
so than it resembled your traditional pizza, with utensils definitely
required for consumption. While not the best pizza ever (as I
might have expected), Gino's original Chicago pizza deserves a solid 4
of 5.
Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Fringale
570 Fourth St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-543-0573
Website: www.fringalerestaurant.com/
Zagat rating: F25 D18 S22 ($44)
Cuisine: French
What we ordered:
Aditya had:
- garlic something soup
- salad with goat cheese and tomatoes
- "the best risotto I've ever had"
- Mme. Angèle’s Gateau Basque (dense almond torte filled with a layer of
custard) cream
I had:
- "salmon with potatoes and the best slices of carrot I've ever had"
- a sole filet
- Hazelnut & roasted almond mousse cake (layers of hazelnut mousse and
genoise topped with roasted almonds)
All in all, my second-most expensive dinner
ever... but definitely worth it!
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The Zagat rating system:
F=Food
D=Decor
S=Service
$=Average price of dinner (including one drink
and tip)
All ratings are on a scale of 0 to 30:
0-9: poor to fair
10-15: fair to good
16-19: very good
20-25: excellent
26-30: near perfect
Links:
Zagat.com
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