The weather forecast revealed that this was going to be the nicest day of my visit, so after breakfast at Jane (really good quinoa bowl with sweet potatoes, kale and black beans) I dragged Jessica down to ocean beach. I wish my knee hadn't been acting up because I would have liked to do more walking, but it was still great. We tried and failed (my fault!) to have lunch at Mandalay, and ended up at a Shake Shack instead (fine; I was sad that they were out of the Korean chicken tenders). Dinner was with Stephanie at a place called Copra that I had really been looking forward to and it did not disappoint. Buckle up:
Started with oysters with tamarind, fermented chilis and white soy
Heirloom beets salad with charred citrus, amarinth, honey vinaigrette
Chutney palette with poppadoms
Rassam poori with passion fruit, mint and sprouted chickpea (it's a good vacation when you get pani poori twice)
Chaat with Madras mixture, green grapes, cashews, date chutney (texture-wise not my favorite)
Dosa (by a large margin my favorite: gigantic, served with the potato mixture on the side to avoid sogginess, and sort of seasoned on the outside? SO good!)
Something called vegetable of the day that was sort of curried and really really good
We split two desserts: something called wattalapan, that reminded me of a tropical flan, and one called jigarthanda, which it hard to describe but a little bit like a Dove bar, with candied cashews. Tasty but tricky to eat.
The room was beautiful, the service very good and overall a delightful meal. The kind where I almost wished I was alone and didn't have to politely share anything.
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| Fancy dessert |
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| Ruins of the Sutro baths |
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| Cute cups at Jane |
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