Tourist or local
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After a total of 15 years of living in San Francisco, I finally made it to the infamous Stinking Rose.
So NOT worth it!
If you're going for that ambiance, then sure. And when I say ambiance, I mean stupid, drunken tourists. One of the people I was with tried to argue that she's also drunk and not exactly local, but she wasn't remotely as stupid as the pubic I encountered there.
And the food wasn't worth the expense and the parking troubles, either. I've been dying to try the chicken with the 40 cloves of garlic - the thought of spreading sweet, gooey, melting roasting garlic on toast was more than I could resist. The notion of garlicky mashed potatoes was appealing. But alas, the garlic, although there were more than 40 cloves thereof, was merely warmed through. The bagna cauda appetizer was the spreadable quality of garlic I was looking for, and that's what I ate. And added to the mashed potatoes. The chicken was good, but hey, even I have recently mastered good chicken, so I wasn't impressed. And no toast!
Andy had meatloaf. It was OK and not that garlicky. He also added a shitlot of garlic to his mashed potatoes.
By the time dessert time rolled around, I was kind of wanting a tiramisu, but since we're at the fucking Stinking Rose, we should get garlic ice cream, and we did. I did like the savory caramel sauce, I love a good caramel. The ice cream was OK, but either my tongue was worn out from the other garlic, or all that was in it was a sharp aftertaste, but I wasn't impressed with that, either.
We should have known something was up when one of the first things the waiter pointed out was the garlic, parsley and oil relish that adorned our table. You know, just in case your food wasn't garlicky enough.
In other words, don't bother. I should have gone ahead with my original plan to experiment and make the 42-clove chicken my damn self.
So NOT worth it!
If you're going for that ambiance, then sure. And when I say ambiance, I mean stupid, drunken tourists. One of the people I was with tried to argue that she's also drunk and not exactly local, but she wasn't remotely as stupid as the pubic I encountered there.
And the food wasn't worth the expense and the parking troubles, either. I've been dying to try the chicken with the 40 cloves of garlic - the thought of spreading sweet, gooey, melting roasting garlic on toast was more than I could resist. The notion of garlicky mashed potatoes was appealing. But alas, the garlic, although there were more than 40 cloves thereof, was merely warmed through. The bagna cauda appetizer was the spreadable quality of garlic I was looking for, and that's what I ate. And added to the mashed potatoes. The chicken was good, but hey, even I have recently mastered good chicken, so I wasn't impressed. And no toast!
Andy had meatloaf. It was OK and not that garlicky. He also added a shitlot of garlic to his mashed potatoes.
By the time dessert time rolled around, I was kind of wanting a tiramisu, but since we're at the fucking Stinking Rose, we should get garlic ice cream, and we did. I did like the savory caramel sauce, I love a good caramel. The ice cream was OK, but either my tongue was worn out from the other garlic, or all that was in it was a sharp aftertaste, but I wasn't impressed with that, either.
We should have known something was up when one of the first things the waiter pointed out was the garlic, parsley and oil relish that adorned our table. You know, just in case your food wasn't garlicky enough.
In other words, don't bother. I should have gone ahead with my original plan to experiment and make the 42-clove chicken my damn self.
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Date: 2011-09-06 10:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-06 06:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-06 02:50 pm (UTC)On the other hand - have you ever been to Incanto?
Now, this is worth a visit. Hands down, my favorite SF restaurant.
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Date: 2011-09-06 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-07 04:06 am (UTC)When you want to have a date night with hubby that calls for exceptional food - go there. Its wonderful.
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Date: 2011-09-07 04:24 am (UTC)We're really not the fancy kind, we went because that's what our friends wanted.
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Date: 2011-09-07 04:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-07 04:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-06 03:43 pm (UTC)And I don't recall it ever being too crowded or touristy, probably because I was there on weekdays.
Did you take Charlotte with you?!
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Date: 2011-09-06 06:51 pm (UTC)It didn't seem that off-the-scale garlicky to me, really.
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Date: 2011-09-06 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-06 10:57 pm (UTC)