Dine About Town 2008, Part II

[chemchef]

June 1st - 15th

http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/din...

Where are you going to go?

[yehfromthebay]

Too bad Kyo-Ya's not on the list. I went there twice for lunch during the last DAT. The butterfish was fabulous.

[nicedragonboy]

looks like one of my DAT stops will be Bushi -Tei. Any recent reports? most of the reviews on Chow are over 1 year old.

[Carrie 218]

I would avoid Bushi-Tei; I went there two years ago and then a few months ago -- definite down-hill slide (they got a Michelin star their first year and lost it in their second).

They might be putting their best foot forward for DAT and to reclaim business, but I think there are much better places to eat in the city.

[chemchef]

I'm definitely going to try 1550 Hyde, as per rworange's recommendation... already made my reservation and everything. Thinking about Lark Creek Steak, but mostly b/c my husband's an avid meat & potatoes kinda guy, so I think he'd enjoy it.

[liujenny]

Just looking at the list preliminarily, I would go to Aziza and Les Amis again for their great food, great service and biggest bang-for-the-buck. In addition to those, I might want to try Cortez. Where's everyone else going? Anything else that's a good deal??

[chemchef]

My friend and I went to Sens last time and had a wonderful meal, however, now that Shuna's gone, I doubt if we'll go back. The food was good enough, but the dessert, OMG, the desserts were fabulous!

[nicedragonboy]

anyone know where she went to?

[chemchef]

Yes, for the moment she's just teaching classes and consulting for two W. Oakland restaurants, MōNO and Brown Sugar Kitchen. I'm taking a class with her this Saturday.

[nicedragonboy]

Aziza's defintely one of the best deals and I had a wonderful experience there in January myself.

Did anyone try Lark Creek, Sens, Sauce or supperclub during the last DAT?

[chemchef]

I said that I tried Sens. I think I even wrote a mini report on it somewhere on this board.

[Ruth Lafler]

There were a couple of very positive reports on Sens for lunch -- not sure about dinner. Okay, here's a dinner report from rworange: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/47017...

Note, however, that I don't think there have been any reports since the most recent round of staff changes (in particular the departure of pastry chef Shuna Lydon).

If you do a search on the restaurant name plus "DAT" you'll find more reports.

A couple of places I'd be interested in:

The Cosmopolitan
Cortez
Les Amis