Ferry Building Smorgasbord

My friend Alejandra and I went to this event Friday night hosted at the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero, here in San Francisco. The Ferry Building houses restaurants, cafes, small food vendors, a book store, and a Sur La Table. On Saturdays, they have a farmers market set up outside, which draws large crowds. I was here earlier in the week, just roaming around, for no particular reason (it's one of my favorite things to do), and found out about the event.

We showed up promptly at 5:30. As was explained to us, $20 gets you 10 tickets. Tickets get you wine and hors d'oeuvres. Wine was 2 tickets for a glass. And food, depending on the item was either 1 or 2 tickets. We started with 10 tickets. After all, we had already eaten lunch; this was just fun snacky-wine-hangout time.

Tuna tartar... the tuna was fresh, the cabbage was really good, and the crunch from the chip was great. So, I'm tasting all of that, and then the spice monster hit me! Washed it down with a swig of crisp Sauvignon Blanc, and I was good to go.

And there was dancing, ahhh C'est la vie.

Chris Cosentino, the chef and owner of Incanto, in San Francisco, also has a sandwich shop, Boccalone Salumeria in the Ferry Building, where he serves up freshly sliced salumi on rolls of crusty bread with cheese and mustard. He was there that night! He's the one in the background. I made my friend stand in front (hence the cracking up), to pretend I was taking her picture! I didn't want to look lame, and star struck.

Because, you all know how I'm slightly obsessed with Anthony Bourdain and his show No Reservations....Well, when he came to town to make the SF show, Cosentino was one of the chefs he visited at his restaurant. SOoooo, a bit of celeb chef sighting happening here. I know, Imma dork!



Mini lemon and salted chocolate tarts!

"Ooooohhhhh, oysters!" We exclaimed unanimously. Before the night was over, we had spent $40 on tickets, had 2 oysters a piece, at least 4 glasses of wine (but whose counting!), and ate and drank our way through the smorgasbord. As the evening progressed, fun snacky-wine-hangout time became the perfect girls date night. I always have a good time with Ale!