Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Lunch at Il Fornaio, San Francisco, CA
A higher end chain, Il Fornaio offers good Italian food at reasonable prices. The San Francisco location features a nice open kitchen where you can spy the busy cooking staff making ravioli and rolling pasta.
Burricotta con Prosciutto $7 (Giao)
That's a ricotta stuffed mozzarella ball, not a scoop of ice cream. With Arugula and proscuitto, dish was delicate, yet flavorful.
Carpaccio Tradizionale $9 (Alexis)
Shaved raw beef with arugula, capers, shaved parmasean and a spritz of lemon. Yum.
Grigliata Costa Smeralda $13 (Giao)
Sauteed spinach with an assorment of seafood (shrimp, scallops, squid). Good but not special.
Tonno con Cesarina $14 (Alexis)
This traditional caesar salad with shaved (rather than grated) parmasean was quite good. The seared tuna was fresh and tasty, but could ahve been drenched in more of the lemony sauce.
Burricotta con Prosciutto $7 (Giao)That's a ricotta stuffed mozzarella ball, not a scoop of ice cream. With Arugula and proscuitto, dish was delicate, yet flavorful.
Carpaccio Tradizionale $9 (Alexis)
Shaved raw beef with arugula, capers, shaved parmasean and a spritz of lemon. Yum.
Grigliata Costa Smeralda $13 (Giao)
Sauteed spinach with an assorment of seafood (shrimp, scallops, squid). Good but not special.
Tonno con Cesarina $14 (Alexis)
This traditional caesar salad with shaved (rather than grated) parmasean was quite good. The seared tuna was fresh and tasty, but could ahve been drenched in more of the lemony sauce.
Service Notes:
The waiter was adequate, if a bit brisk. They failed to fill up Alexis' water on several occasions, but to be fair she was the only one drinking tap water with the other seven of us drinking bottled. The waiter also had a cheat-sheet for the specials--not that this is supremely important, but it's nice to have a waiter who can memorize...
Ratings:
Food: 2
Service: 1
Decor: 2
Health Code Violations
Website
The waiter was adequate, if a bit brisk. They failed to fill up Alexis' water on several occasions, but to be fair she was the only one drinking tap water with the other seven of us drinking bottled. The waiter also had a cheat-sheet for the specials--not that this is supremely important, but it's nice to have a waiter who can memorize...
Ratings:
Food: 2
Service: 1
Decor: 2
Health Code Violations
Website
# posted by Giao and Alexis @ 12:30 PM 
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