San Francisco Trip Part 2: Ferry Building Marketplace
Second day of my SF trip involved a lot of walking. My tourguide Ms. Kathy Fang decided to walk us through Little Italy (where we got some phenomenal foccacia from a mom-n-pop shop something like 80-90 years old), continued down to the harbor and down the Embarcadero before finally arriving at the Ferry Building.
Apparently the Ferry Building is the center of a transit hub that connects all of San Francisco's neighborhoods and the surrounding bay communities, where in the past anyone coming from the East across the bay would have to pass through before entering the city. Now it's been renovated into more or less a high-end farmer's market, with all sorts of great food from great chefs. It was definitely worth the walk, and it also worked up a pretty solid appetite. Here's what we had:
We started lunch off with a quick round of oysters at the Hog Island Oyster Company. Pretty solid oysters, but I think the ones harvested down south in Carlsbad are much better, and by that I mean fatter and sweeter.
After the first stage of our lunch, we moved on to a little French pantry/restaurant called Boulette's Larder. We got there kinda late, so instead of seating us outside on the patio, they put us at the main dining table right next to kitchen. Not a bad trade-off. Because we were the last seating, we basically got to watch the entire kitchen cook us our dishes.
Banquet table seating next to the kitchen
Pulled pork cuban sandwich
Hearts of romaine w/ pine nuts, goat cheese, etc.?? Can't remember this one, but it was good.
Soft-shelled crab (not the kind you'd expect in your sushi roll)If you get a chance, definitely make a stop here. There are so many places to eat and all types of food that you really can't go wrong. If I wasn't full I probably wouldn't have left.
One Ferry Building
San Francisco, California 94111
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