Sutro's at the Cliff House

Annie and I are in San Francisco for vacation and my marathon. Because we like to spend money and eat at fantastic places (i.e. Jacque Cousteau in the Eiffel Tower) we were told to eat at Sutro's in the Cliff House.



Despite the fact that we were 20 minutes late for our reservation, we were warmly greeted and had a seat at the bar and ordered some cocktails while waiting for our table by the windows.



Annie got the rum punch with nutmeg and bitters, while I opted for the tried and true margarita. They were both amazing.

Once seated at the table we ordered appetizers and a lovely wine.


Cauliflower bisque with pieces of shrimp scampi.



Gainey Vineyards Reisling. We wanted a nice white to eat with our fish for dinner.

For dinner Annie opted for the Bacon Encrusted Salmon with celery, apples and rainbow chard on top, sitting on a bed of potato purée. The potato was delightfully light, the salmon was extremely good tasting, especially with the bacon, and the apple/chard sealed the deal. Llama approved!


Annie's entree.

I choose the scallops with a corn tamale and shrimp chorizo. I wasn't sure what to think of the shrimp chorizo when I ordered, but I had no doubt that the scallops would be amazing.


Aside from the fantastic presentation, my entree simply rocked. The tamale was fresh, the scallops even more so, and the shrimp chorizo was really tasty with great flavor.

We had a dessert as well, but we ate it too fast for a photo. Chocolate lava cake with peanut ice cream. Mmmmm lava cake.


Llama llove!