Sociale

3665 Sacramento St
San Francisco, CA 94118

Occasion: Saturday date night. 09.03.11

Pinot Noir

ROASTED BONE MARROW
Grilled white peach, Saba , crostini, frisee

I've enjoyed bone marrows for quite awhile already, but Henry just barely first tried it.  Since then, he's definitely grown to love it.  Now whenever we go out and see it on the menu, we try to order it. I wish it was cut differently where the bone is in half where the marrow is shown open faced.  I'm not exactly sure what the correct terminology is, but I hope you all understand.  The way they cut it makes it hard for us to stick even the smallest spoon into the bone to dig out the meat. I usually like it very savory, but there was a hint of sweetness, like some sort of molasses that seemed to have been drizzled on top.  I don't prefer it that way, but it works.  It helps to balance out the richness of the marrow.   It was good, but not the best I've had. 

FRIED OLIVES
Fontina stuffed breaded olives, mixed baby greens

Something different!  I'm not a big olive fan, but we wanted to give it a try since it was a highlighted item on yelp.  It had a crispy fried skin, with a gooey cheesy filling.  I've got to give it to them that it's different, but you can deep fry anything.  I liked the fact that it was stuffed with fontina cheese, but the dish was just mediocre to me.  I think my fellow olive lovers will much enjoy it more than I did.

EGGPLANT AND PORK BELLY PARMIGIANO
Roasted tomato, basil, ricotta, parmigiano-reggiano

Recommended by our waiter as one of the best dishes they have on the menu at the moment.  And we were sold.  I was drawn to it when I saw all the ingredients in the dish.  I love everything that they had mentioned and I was sold.  Seriously the best freaking dish we had!  The bottom was battered and deep fried eggplant that gave it a good crispy texture.  The basil sauce that was drizzled was amazing.  Pork belly was super tender and not fatty, as I was expecting.  The dish was not overdone or super rich.  It was perfect.  The balance of the marinara sauce with the cheese was perfect.  I really really enjoyed the flavors, presentation as well as the different textures this dish brought out.

WAGYU BAVETTE STEAK

Kobe style beef with arugula, salsa verda and salsa rosa. It also came with parmigiana-reggiano and fennel dusted fries, but we replaced it with polenta fries instead.

They were nice enough to split our portion into two and cut our meat for us. Their service really impressed me.  The steak was cooked perfectly to my liking: medium rare and perfectly seasoned.  I loved the salsa rosa sauce it came with.  I played around with it and dipped the polenta fries in it as well as the steak meat in it.  Absolutely scrumplicious!