Valentine picture story
David took Valentine's Day off and we decided to go to the Ferry Building for lunch. We walked around looking at the different markets and restaurants, and went to the Slanted Door, a critic's darling Vietnamese place. They politely told us there was an hour and a half wait. We politely left. After wandering around some more and getting a gift for a friend at Surly Table, we then went to the Imperial Tea Court. We had some tea in the Gaiwan tea presentation style. David had a green tea which was very floral and I had a puerh, which was very strong and smoky. The presentation was interesting, as each tea was in an individual cup, and the server had you sniff them in the cup alone, then after he had added a little hot water to rinse the tea. Then more hot water was added to the cup, and a lid was put on it. You drank the tea with two hands, one holding the cup, and one moving the lid so there was a small gap between the lid and cup, just enough for the tea to come through, but not the tea leaves still in the cup. Apparently if you know what you are doing, you use only one hand, but we are stupid gweilos. We also shared some ginger flavored almonds, mediocre dim sum and a wonderful hot noodle bowl with spicy pork.
Afterwards we went for a
We came upon the sculpture by Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito, _Passage_, a mother and child
made out of scrap metal
and, apparently, place settings.
Then we walked down Pier 2, where the curved handrails made interesting shadows.
On the sides were inlays of tiles with scenes of boats
and metal ones with nautical poems
and it had spinny metal chairs you could use either to fish, or just to be silly.
Of course, there were great views of the Bay Bridge
and birds
but eventually we had to walk back
Then we went home, and that night I cooked dinner for my sweetie. I made an insalada caprese, a shiitake and porcini risotto, and pork chops with a cherry/balsamic/black pepper sauce. It took much longer than I expected to cook, but everything was really tasty.
Afterwards we went for a
We came upon the sculpture by Dan Das Mann and Karen Cusolito, _Passage_, a mother and child
made out of scrap metal
and, apparently, place settings.
Then we walked down Pier 2, where the curved handrails made interesting shadows.
On the sides were inlays of tiles with scenes of boats
and metal ones with nautical poems
and it had spinny metal chairs you could use either to fish, or just to be silly.
Of course, there were great views of the Bay Bridge
and birds
but eventually we had to walk back
Then we went home, and that night I cooked dinner for my sweetie. I made an insalada caprese, a shiitake and porcini risotto, and pork chops with a cherry/balsamic/black pepper sauce. It took much longer than I expected to cook, but everything was really tasty.