Thank you to everyone who was able to come to our latest dinner! We were thrilled to share such a personal dinner with you all! Another amazing location, this time we took over Cassava, which serves delicious gluten free empanadas, smoothies and treats, so go check them out and show some love to our neighbors. We were also in the great company of Sami Grisafe, who may have rocked out her best show to date! The food as always was a twist on our recent adventures, in this case we took one of our favorite pastimes, chilling in Dolores park with cheese and Champagne and turned that into the first course. The second was inspired by both the Mission neighborhood and a terrific lunch we had at Betelnut, a play on a side street beer house or peiju wu. The third course came from a much admired chef and restaurateur Alice Waters. We were able to dine at Chez Panisse for Brians birthday dinner, the salad of perfectly sumptuous avocados and beets was the springboard for our soup course. The perennial favorite of The Slanted Door, led us straight to the entree, whereas we love Charles Phan's clay pot dishes that we couldn't let you only have a taste! Though we mix it up with homegrown jalapenos and goats milk caramel, cajeta. Finally dessert was the culmination of two events, Tartine bakery whose pastries are unmatched, and our engagement in Napa Valley. What better than a spin on a Mexican wedding cookie! Again a big thank you to everyone who came, as this indeed was a dinner to remember!

los menu:

1). oh Delores! : chinese style sausage + bollio + mission fig + cotija + 5 spice honey

2). missionary style : green papaya + jicima + pea tendrils + chipotle vinaigrette + pork belly

3). para aguas! : avocado-poblano soup + crispy kale + chioga beet chips

4). slightly slanted pollo : dark chicken + cajeta + ginger + jalapeno + cilantro

mexican rice + purslane

long beens + sorghum vinegar + almonds

5). misson accomplished : mexican wedding cookie tartlet + meyer lemon curd + peach-ginger jam + basil