I’ve finally got some time around to stick around home, back in NorCal. Over the weekend, we decided to take advantage of this weekend and head over to the beautiful city of SF.
The original intent was to go visit the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival, but it was too gloomy and cold that we decided to keep the activities more indoor. For those of you who don’t know, the event runs this week as well, until tomorrow 4/17 5pm in Japantown! Make your way if you have time and are in the area, it is a beautiful and lively festival!
Back to business…food! Like I mentioned, it was cold and gloomy, and was getting late, so we were hopping around the main Market/Westfield area trying to find some food. Which is where we stumbled across a “secret” inside street (not exposed to any street roads) Yerba Buena Lane. This street hosts a couple of restaurants, Delarosa being one of them.
The nice thing about it was that there was no wait to be seated during the peak hours of a weekend. The restaurant is a casual, lively restaurant with a nice ambiance. I would recommend this restaurant for an occasion with friends. Another note about this restaurant is that although it is an Italian restaurant, all if not most of the items are portioned smaller, similar to tapas.
Upon looking at the different food rating apps, it seems that everyone was raving about the honey bruschetta. So, we did! And boy, was it a good decision! This is the true definition where sweet meets savory. With a load of olive oil smothered on the sourdough bread (which was the only thing which I was meh about), there was a slab of mozzarella (YUMM) drizzled with some hazelnuts and pepper. This was where complimentary things really came together!
We ordered a couple of pastas after, my choice was the crab linguine. However, I think I end up preferring the pappardelle and chicken parmesan dish better. The linguine dish is light in flavour and mildly bland for me, since it was mostly spices and no sauce. But, I did enjoy each bite of meaty crab! All the pastas were well made, cooked to al dente. The red sauce in the other two dishes were really tasty and bold in flavour.
The last thing we got was a simple magherita pizza. Ingredients are quality and simple. To be frank, I think this is the aspect of food enjoyment that I still need to learn to enjoy. Although a classic, I couldn’t really find justice for the plate I was paying for. However, the pizza was made with care, basil evenly placed, olive oil carefully outlining the tomato sauce. The dough was also very thin, but I found the crust a bit big. Nonetheless, it’s very photogenic :).
I think this restaurant has a lot of vibrance and is a great selection for people to try different foods, but I would say proportion for price is a little unbalanced. However, I’ve always got to keep in mind that I am eating in a restaurant in San Francisco, where standard of living is generally higher than other places. All in all, it was a good experience and I enjoyed my meal fed by Delarosa.
-ksdn
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