San Francisco Trip for Aaron & Jennifer

salted caramel, coffee toffee, $2.95 for single; ice cream sandwiches and cakes

Vista Point(1): Cross Bridge, park at parking lot on the right.
Vista Point (2): Getting out from Vista point (1) parking, turn right drive further north. Take next right at Sausalito Lateral Road. Follow direction the other vista points.

Chilled Delta asparagus with prosecco-pecorino zabaglione, bucatini with pancetta and other stuff, lamb w/ black olives and fava beans, Roasted Fulton valley chicken with olive oil mashed potatoes and royal trumpet mushrooms, snap peas and morel mushrooms, fries w/ rosemary and basil, Sudwerk dunkel on tap

calamaretti, paglia e fieno

Just the type of restaurant you might expect to find in the Marina/Cow Hollow: overpriced, overly dark, pseudo-Japanese food that is more style than substance. To be fair, the food is actually not bad. In fact, several of the dishes we had were pretty tasty. But the portions were pretty small (ok if you consider Umami a small plates place), especially the kanpachi carpaccio which was possibly the highlight of the meal in terms of taste. Yes, carpaccio is supposed to be thin but at least give me some surface area! The "shaking beef" was also solid but just not enough for the price. There are plenty of other places to go in the area so I would avoid Umami unless you really want to sit in near-darkness while surrounded by people you would rather see than hear. Note: I believe Umami is owned by the same people who own Mamacita.

ahi tuna wasabi bowl

Calamari and chorizo in romesco stew; buttermilk fried chicken with chard; chocolate and butterscotch pot de creme! (worth going just for that)

pumpkin pie, organic raspberry-pear pie, slice $3.50, mini $4.50, full $18