Aziza

5800 Geary Blvd

San Francisco, CA 94121

Occasion: Friday date night/ celebration dinner! 04.01.11. I've been meaning to come here, so glad I finally had the chance=]

shrimp

brown rice porridge, broccoli, smoked butter

There were only 3, but they were huge and full of flavors.

Our libations

Don't remember what we had, but I wasn't too fond of mine.

Scallops with granny smith apple sauce

One of my favorite things to order.  Pretty delicious!

spreads

bean-paprika, yogurt-dill, piquillo-almond, flatbread

Basically nan and hummus.  It's a really simple dish, but I really enjoyed it.  I enjoyed dipping my flatbread in the different dips, all of which I thought were amazing.

meatballs
jícama, grape, herbs
As seen on the SF BIG EATS 2009. They were delicious! Meatballs were flavorful and were well complemented by the grapes.

duck confit basteeya

raisin, pistachio, sweet onion

By the time this dish came out, we were so full already.  We only got to half of it. We wanted to save our stomachs for the main dish and dessert!

lamb shank

barley stew, prune, saffron

Henry was brave enough to try something outside his comfort zone.  He's not a lamb person and he actually didn't think it was too bad.  I was afraid he'd be turned off by the gaminess of the lamb and the flavor of the saffon, but he wasn't. Yay to stepping out of your comfort zone and trying something new!

 

 Dessert

Must not have been that great because it wasn't memorable!