However, it was my birthday last week, and B had asked if there was anywhere special that I wanted to eat for dinner before the baby arrived, so we sucked it up and called Delfina for reservations. Perhaps because we chose a Monday night to dine, we had our pick of times, so I didn't mind having to negotiate with the reservationist.
We started with a burrata special (I have a weakness for anything with burrata, making it sort of surprising that we haven't yet tried #56 Caponatina with burrata at Beretta from the 2009 list) as well as a fantastic grilled squid and white bean appetizer. The flavors of both dishes worked perfectly, but most amazing was that the texture of the squid was absolutely perfect!
We then each ordered a pasta dish: B selected the wild nettle risotto (quite an attractive shade of green) and I the duck sugo from the list. Technically, the list calls for pork sugo, but that wasn't an option the night we went there. Also, the duck was fantastic! It was rich and tender, and the pappardelle was well-made and well-cooked. We rounded out the meal with a main of white bass served with flavorful, ever-so-lightly-pickled cherry tomatoes; the dish was good, but we were getting a little full at that point. It almost felt like "Top Chef," since we only ate savory dishes. We were too full for even the delicious-sounding chocolate budino on the dessert menu.
Our meal, overall, was fantastic. I'm not sure when we'll be back (this whole baby thing certainly threatens to crimp our dining out in San Francisco, as do our plans to move down the peninsula within the next year), but be back we will.
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