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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.

Date: 2011-09-06 10:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] khleba.livejournal.com
а мне нравится этот ресторан: мы были там два раза. Первый раз вдвоем два года назад, а потом с друзьями год назад. Нам всем понравилась еда. Я заказывала какие-то морепродукты, уже не помню. Но было вкусно. И эту чесночную пасту, которую приносят с булочками, я могу есть ложками пока плохо не станет:)))

Date: 2011-09-06 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elarbee.livejournal.com
I like that stuff too, that's the bagna cauda. But that's an appetizer, their meals were just unremarkable to me. I can go to a restaurant that's less of a pain in the ass and get better chicken.

Date: 2011-09-06 02:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lenkapenka14.livejournal.com
I went there some 10 years ago and really was not a fan either.
On the other hand - have you ever been to Incanto?
Now, this is worth a visit. Hands down, my favorite SF restaurant.

Date: 2011-09-06 06:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elarbee.livejournal.com
I have not, I will keep that in mind!

Date: 2011-09-07 04:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lenkapenka14.livejournal.com
http://incanto.biz/

When you want to have a date night with hubby that calls for exceptional food - go there. Its wonderful.

Date: 2011-09-07 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elarbee.livejournal.com
Fancy!

We're really not the fancy kind, we went because that's what our friends wanted.

Date: 2011-09-07 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lenkapenka14.livejournal.com
Its actually not that fancy! As in you don't need to dress up to go there, but the food is just exceptionally good. Its also very pleasant ambiance, and some really nice beer :)

Date: 2011-09-07 04:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elarbee.livejournal.com
Ah, nice. If we drank alcohol I'm sure it would be even more enticing.

Date: 2011-09-06 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] royal-penguin.livejournal.com
I went there a few times and liked the food quite a bit! Then again I'm basically guaranteed to love anything that has significant amounts of garlic in it.
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?!

Date: 2011-09-06 06:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elarbee.livejournal.com
No, we left Charlotte with Emily.

It didn't seem that off-the-scale garlicky to me, really.

Date: 2011-09-06 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marusja.livejournal.com
I loved their seafood soup, and their bloody marys, but it was a while ago.

Date: 2011-09-06 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elarbee.livejournal.com
Neither are things I'm in the market for...

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