By Winnie Phan:
For the first time in the history of DASF, we dined on the second Friday for the month of April. We dined at Annie’s Bistro – a Cal-French bistro. This lower Pacific Heights neighborhood joint is small but quaint. The attendees for this month’s group: the Klinklees and the Phans.
It’s been a couple of weeks, but this is what I remember for the ratings.
Food: 83
There were some good dishes and some that were just so-so. For appetizers, Phu ordered the beef carpaccio, mussel Marinière and the open mushroom raviolis. Avis ordered the soup du jour, white navy bean soup. The white navy bean soup and the open mushroom raviolis were really good. The beef carpaccio and mussels Marinière wasn’t very memorable, they were “okay”. For entrees, Phu ordered the Crispy Duck Confit, Rack of Lamb, Pan Roasted Blue Nose Sea Bass and side sauté spinach. The duck was really good. The pomengrate sauce complemented the duck very well. The lamp was cooked perfectly and the accompany port sauce was very nice. The blue nose sea bass could have been better. The pearl onion red wine sauce was too heavy and overpowered the natural favors of the sea bass. The side spinach was a very small serving. It was barely enough for John, Avis and I to split. For dessert, we picked the Ginger Crème Brulee and the Tarte Tatin. The was definitely the better of the two. The texture of the crème brulee was very custardy, too dense and cake like.
Service 88:
There were a hostess, a bartender and a waiter. Our waiter was really good considering he had to service the whole dining room. He was on top of it.
Atmosphere 82:
Quaint, cozy, small, intimate, neighborhood joint. Seats by the door got drafts of the wind every time someone came into the restaurant. Poor Avis had to put her jacket back on to stay warm. No Jon on the John rating this month. John thought it wasn’t worth a Haiku either.
Overall, Annie’s Bistro is a good neighborhood restaurant, offering decent food at decent prices.
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