Lukas Taproom and Lounge

2221 Broadway

Oakland, CA 94612


Occasion: Dinner date with Anne K. Lee in Oakland. 11.10.10

 Seared Bacon Wrapped Yellowfin tuna

with new potatoes, hard boiled eggs, celery greens and sauce Gribiche

I'm not usually a bacon person, but for some weird reason I have liked any dish that had bacon wrapped around it.  It sounded really appealing so we decided to get it.  It was amazing! I love how it was served in slices. I built it into a sandwich form before I bit into it. First the layer of the sliced boiled egg, then the bacon wrapped tuna, then the picked veggie.  As I bit into it, there were a burst of flavors from the fresh fishy taste of the tuna, to the salty bacon to the tangy picked veggie. It's definitely something to try.

 Squash Soup

with roasted pepper and creame fraiche

Very flavorful and creamy. Again perfect, a soup kind of day.

Ricotta and Porcini Gnocchi

with chanterelle mushrooms, kabocha squash, rapini and frisee with a porcini sherry broth

I think this must be the first time I've had gnocchi.  It's like a pasta dumpling, stuffed with ground meat and other things. It's not that bad, but not something I'm that fond of. My favorite part of this dish were the chunks of squash, which were soft and sweet. I loved the consistency of it.

 

Luka's Burger and Fries

with lettuce, tomato, onion and extra added avocado

It was good and very filling. Nothing too special or extraordinary from other burger joints