Recently back from an exciting adventure in the Golden Gate city, otherwise known as the City of Fog. Rest assured, I’ve explored some delicious neighborhood gems that are a must the next time you visit.
Pirate Cat Cafe and Studio
Food Persuasion level: [rating=4]
Yelp
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This little café exudes a bohemian spirit, nestled in a colorful residential area. Yes, “Radio” is in their name because it is also a community radio station. Huh? Well it works. A San Fran neighborhood secret, I had to bribe a local with Ghirardelli chocolates.
There are known for their creative lattes. Their star drink, Maple Bacon Latte – $5, Maple infused with a subtle hint of smoky bacon, the taste of coffee does pull through. I tend to like my drinks on the bitter side and, I found this a bit too sweet for my liking.
My fave, the Cayenne Mocha, dear lordy, it rendered me speechless, which is almost impossible. I became persuasively addicted, I couldn’t get enough, the dance it played in my mouth was delightfully excruciating. It was not too sweet and the spicy kick from the cayenne in the end of every sip gave it a memorable finish.
Ghirardelli Square Cafe
San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf
Food Persuasion level: [rating=2]
www.ghirardellisq.com
Packed with tourists, to be expected, Fisherman’s Wharf is included in every tour guide’s itinerary. Even so their XXX Large sundaes are worth a try. The overflowing cup of sugar is pricey, at $8 a sundae. We passed on their most popular dessert, the chocolate chip, double chocolate, with chocolate sauce, think it made me diabetic just saying it. Instead, we ordered the other evil, strawberry cheesecake sundae, delicious after 2 spoonfuls and then wickedly sweet after the 10th.
San Francisco’s famous chocolate, Ghirardelli was average. Ghirardelli white chocolate squares had a similar plastic quality compared to Nestlé’s Oreo and Crème. None the less, I recommend it to any chocoholic because you can actually see the entire process of how chocolate is made. From the cocoa beans to the finished product, this is what arrives at your table. Each station has a plaque describing the actual process the cocoa is going through.
I also recommend this as it is directly across from one of San Francisco’s best cupcakes.
Kara Cupcakes
Fisherman’s Wharf
Food Persuasion level: [rating=4]
www.karacupcakes.com
A quaint and bright bakery, more importantly their cupcakes were fantastic! I daresay, it might even be better than the cupcakes in Vancouver, BC. S’mores Cupcake, chocolate cupcake topped with a melt in your mouth marshmallow. [singlepic id=58 w=320 h=240 float=center]
Coconut cupcake, vanilla cupcake coated with coconut crème cheese frosting.
Lastly, raspberry dazzle, a raspberry filled chocolate cupcake with ganache frosting….mmmm. The cupcakes itself were fluffy and light and not too sweet.
After a few hours of sugar indulgences I was pretty high. So we marched our way to the seafood stands.
Nick’s Lighthouse
Fisherman’s Wharf Seafood Stand
Food Persuasion level: [rating=2]
www.fishermanswharf.org
Tiny sampler of their Grilled Calamari – $3, the sauce was great, calamari was fresh but, unmemorable.
Their famous Clam Chowder -$4 chock full of seafood and very creamy was decent.
Take a stroll further down the wharf, be weary of the street performers, they are quite aggressive. They refuse to let you take a picture unless you toss them a bill and, will call on you out when you begin to walk away without donating.
Boudin Bakery
Fisherman’s Wharf
Food Persuasion level: [rating=3]
www.boudinbakery.com
It’s a mini gourmet market, with cookbooks and various high end oils and vinegars, more importantly their bakery. The teddy bear buns looked too adorable to eat and, the crab bun looked too scary. Their sandwiches are made daily and absolutely delicious.
Truffle Shop
Downtown
Food Persuasion level: [rating=4]
I’ve been hard at work search for a store dedicated just for truffles. Well mission complete, they have all the different kinds of truffles you would like, plethora of oils, white and black pates and my fave truffle salt -$41, worth every penny.
I made truffle pizza with it. Shaved asiago cheese and arugula, S&P. Remember put the truffle sauce near the end or it would be become dry and loose flavour.
Hong Kong Lounge
Little Chinatown
Food Persuasion level: [rating=4]
Vancouver is recognized for hosting some of the most famous Asian Cuisine Chefs when I was heading to San Francisco, I was repeatedly cautioned it does not compare. So I expected the worst and came out relatively satisfied. Hong Kong Lounge restaurant had a very good variety of dim sum dishes. The sticky rice – gigantic it was the size of a pound cake and absolutely mouth-watering.
Hong Kong Lounge is very comparable to Kirin in Vancouver.
For a list of the top restaurants, café’s and places to see voted by San Fran locals visit the Bay List
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