Rich Table – San Francisco

After a huge lunch at Elmira and grazing through happy hour for six hours, we end up at Rich Table.  There are so many great restaurants in San Francisco that often times they just become a blur or hype and you’re usually left a bit unsatisfied after waiting a month or two for reservations.  Rich Table even after an entire bottle of champagne and not being hungry at the start of the meal was quite memorable.  

My eating buddy terrified me as he ordered 12 plates between two people but the balance of acidity and flavors was spot on.  You never felt overwhelmed (even with 12 plates) and your palate was left clean after every bite.

Unfortunately I was too inebriated to remember to bring a menu or take good pictures.  Guess I couldn’t sit still from being too full and drunk.

Pork Rind
Pork Rind
Kind of tasted like goat cheese had babies with sour cream.
Kind of tasted like goat cheese had babies with sour cream.
Sardine Chips, guess it's their signature appetizer.
Sardine Chips, guess it’s their signature appetizer.
The one on top was really good the bottom was okay.
The one on top was really good the bottom was okay.
Hippie something... Tasted like a hippie.
Hippie something… Tasted like a hippie.
This was probably the best dish.  Watermelon something salad.
This was probably the best dish. Watermelon something salad.
Maybe this was the one that tasted like goat cheese/sour cream babies.
Maybe this was the one that tasted like goat cheese/sour cream babies.
Chicken giblet pastas.
Chicken giblet pastas.
Truffle something pasta.  Really good.
Truffle something pasta. Really good.
I don't remember but I was too full to even taste anything at this point.
I don’t remember but I was too full to even taste anything at this point.
Top sirloin - Really well cooked but was way too full.
Top sirloin – Really well cooked but was way too full.

Forgot to take a picture of the desert.  It was chocolate donuts with plum gelato.  Gelato was really good.  Looking back the photos, I think I was too full and drunk to really know if it’s worth a month wait.  Looking back on these pictures reminds me of how uncomfortable and miserable I was at dinner.

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