Breakfast at Jane, near the apartment. A cinnamon bun and avocado toast (with the very nice addition of pickled shallots) and a quiche and salad for Jessica. Her quiche would have been more appetizing heated up, as there were big chunks of not really melted cheese. Then a walk through town over to Hayes Valley where we picked up some superfluous donuts from Johnny Donuts. I think I liked them more than Jessica did (one blueberry and one maple glazed for me, vanilla and a lime-poppyseed for Jessica, all cake style). We nibbled on those all afternoon and shockingly did not have any lunch!
Dinner was so fun (but LOUD) at Leo's Oyster Bar. Small, crowded and trendy, but the food was all excellent. We shared: deviled eggs with a Wing Fried Oyster (spicy and crunchy!), butterfish confit (cunningly served in a little sardine tin) with pickled giardinere and smoked aioli (what is with all the aioli in this town? Anyway since Jessica doesn't like smoked things that was all for me and I liked it); a Little Gem (another thing they love in SF) salad with roasted baby beets and carrots, hazelnuts and dukkah green goddess (this was so flavorful and delicious that it may have been my favorite dish); house-made tater tots with salt cod brandade and tapenade; and finally some composed raw oysters: a couple with horseradish and pickled tomato, one with caviar for Jessica, one with melon and celery for me. Plus a couple of shrimp. Unsurprisingly after all that, dessert didn't appeal, so we headed home to watch some HGTV and eat a little See's chocolate.
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