California - 2008 Official State Visitor's Guide and Travel Planner - (Page 30) enjoy » taste » san francisco CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Chef Justine Miner at RNM; entrance to Zuppa; bar at the Slanted Door; pasta in parchment from RNM; dinner party at Tablespoon. CENTER Local ingredients take center stage. hile few cities have more fog or more fragile fault lines than San Francisco, even fewer boast such fantastic food. Within easy reach of farms and artisan producers, the city sits amid a wonderfully fertile culinary landscape. Throw in an abundance of world-class chefs and you get a neighborhood dining scene where finding a great meal is often a simpler proposition than deciding exactly where to eat. In the South of Market area, consider Zuppa, an industrialchic space with silver lamps and cement counters. Southern Italian dishes here include long, wide pasta with Mariquita Farm green beans, fingerling potatoes, squash blossoms, and pesto. Across town in the Ferry Building L milkfish], the Slanted [ Door puts a refined spin on Vietnamese traditions (peppery W Enter dining out shaking beef is made with free-range meat) and features handsqueezed juices in its delightful drinks. At the bar, you can enjoy the full dinner menu while you steal a glimpse of the Bay Bridge. On the options go. Tablespoon is a homey neighborhood bistro near Russian Hill, where a comforting meal might include braised lamb shanks and a bowl of shellfish-studded butternutsquash soup. RNM in the Lower Haight is a walk on the chic side—a sleek small-plates restaurant with a pulsing sound track and the hip vibe of an after-hours club L mighty]. Different [ neighborhoods reveal different ethnic riches—carne asada tacos at La Taqueria in the Mission district; tuna of melting texture at Ino Sushi in Japantown. Varied and vibrant, sparkling cuisine is as much a part of San Francisco as the fog that blows in off the bay. josh sens 30 L keyword in Search box at visitcalifornia.com Maren Caruso http://www.visitcalifornia.com
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