Maggie Mason says no one cares what I had for lunch today, but I’m mentioned in her book, so that allows me to break the rules. Right? Right!
I walked down to the Ferry Buildings for lunch today. It was my first time inside the food pier — wow, such options. Artisan breads, fancy cheese and infused honeys sat perfect and pricey alongside jarred olive tapinade and imported Italian olive oil. I opted for a slice of cheese and potato quiche from Lulu Petite because it was cheap ($4.75). I should have gotten the $7 egg sandwich, because the quiche was a bust. The egg part was almost liquid-y, and the crust was a soggy disappointment. I hate that my first meal from the Ferry Building bombed. Oh well, I ate just a few bites of what would have been an overly caloric lunch. I’ve been saved from stretch pants by a coagulated quiche.
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Jane Espenson does this:
http://www.janeespenson.com/
I love it.
Tell us what you are eating. Hell, I’m in … Hell.
It’s not terrible all the time, just on Mondays and Wednesdays but the food gets old quick.
I’m assuming being that you grew up in small-town America, there might be a connection.
I want sushi daily. :) No can do.
My favorite Ferry Building eats:
Delica RF-1 (Japanese delicatessen) http://www.delicarf1.com/
Miette (cake. Yummy cake.) http://www.miettecakes.com/
and my verrrry favorite, Slanted Door (also Out the Door for takeout — there’s another Out the Door at the big San Francisco Centre food court). http://slanteddoor.com/
God, I miss the Ferry Building!
i had a burrito and a corona.
Frankly, such minutiae is very interesting to me. We all eat, don’t we?
Speaking as ONE native Californian who still has very strong ties to the state, I tend not to be too impressed by most of that elaborate sounding foodstuff, and many times, I’ve found myself in that same mode of disappointment as you were. There’s something glamorous about ordering infused honeys, artisan breads, potato quiches, and whatever else, but if you haven’t been there, it’s a risk.
As unquaint as it is, I’ll take Souplantation or Chili’s any day. Tried and true.
Oh, Brittney, please, please help me! What is the name of the mushroom shop in the Ferry Building? I just used up the last of the dried morels I bought there two years ago, and of course I have long since lost their business card. Do you know? Can you help a ’shroom-starved Nashville girl? Thank you!
I believe you are talking about Far West Fungi.
YES! That’s it! Yay — thank you!
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