The day of our arrival in San Francisco, we kept ourselves busy walking all over the city (and those are some hills, let me tell ya!) – other than the Ferry Building, hubs and I checked out Lombard Street, Ghirardelli Square, Chinatown, and so many other famous San Francisco sites.  Needless to say, we were famished by the time dinner rolled around.  Lucky for us, we had reservations at the Zuni Cafe, which I’ve read about on so very many blogs.  I’d worked myself into a frenzy of anticipation and fortuately Zuni did not disappoint.  The restaurant itself is quite unassuming; you could almost walk past it on the street and not realize that you were missing anything special.  But the food is divine and the service is wonderful.  Although the much-lauded mashed potatoes were not on the menu the night we visited (sad messy), hubby and I both enjoyed our dinners immensely.  Here’s what we had:

Salmon with green beans, shiitakes and fingerling potatoes (we each ordered the same):

Homemade ice cream sandwiches with the most flavorful strawberry ice cream I’ve ever tasted (we shared):

We had a great table; we were seated side-by-side with a direct line of sight into the open kitchen.  I loved watching the chefs at work:

Zuni more than lived up to its stellar reputation!  I’m so glad that I got the chance to eat there, and I’ll definitely go back the next time I’m in San Francisco (which I hope will be soon).  Stay tuned for more restaurant dinner profiles and scenes from the wine country!