For Kat's birthday we went out to Bacco restaurant, a wonderful little neighborhood italian restaurant in San Francisco. Away from the glam of the city, Bacco is a warm cozy little place that tells you just that as you enter through their red velvet curtain.
Kat started off with an argula and raddiccio salad with walnuts and gorgonzola cheese. A simple straightforward dish with a tasty vinaigrette that with the gorgonzola went well with the wine. We each had a glass of a verdiccio, as one of my wine instructors would say, "fresh and light, and light and dry, that goes well with linguini and clams." The large and rich chunks of gorgonzola went perfectly with the wine!
I started off with a pasta special, linguini with pesto and bay scallops and pecorino. To paraphrase, my old wine instructor, the verdiccio was, "fresh and light, and light and day, that went perfect with linguini and scallops!" Bacco's claim to fame has got to be their housemade pastas. A restaurant nestled in the middle of a residential neighborhood bordering Noe Valley, Bacco's pastas fit the scene well. For Italians is there a better comfort food that homemade pasta?
Kat got a veal dish with an arugla salad. As I told my friend Steve (An fellow food lover.) after a first couple dates, Kat's eating meat is my benefit!!! It was her first time eating veal, and Bacco being Bacco, didn't serve "Western Veal," but the real stuff. White and completely tender, the veal was pounded thin, breaded and pan-fried and very well seasoned.
My entree, the lamb chops was nice, but forgettable. Properly cooked, medium rare, they were served with a bittergreen and roast rosemary potatoes. Nothiing wrong about the dish, but nothing to inspire me with. Nitpicker that I am, they served me four thin chops...
Why not serve two thick chops? Something I could get my teeth into...
Anyways, happy 26th birthday Kat, i love you!
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