Yesterday for breakfast we went on a hunt for the best poached egg. The hunt consisted of me doing doing some googling for poached eggs in the Mission. We landed on Bar Tartine and I'm so happy we did. I've posted a few times on this blog about Tartine the bakery (see: here) but somehow, up until yesterday, I had never been to Bar Tartine.
When we walked in I became almost overwhelmed with how much I liked the interior. Before we had even touched the food I knew I wanted to come back because I liked the space so much. It's kind of like... deconstructed elegance. It's an amazing combination of classic (marble bar + mirrors), rustic (wooden tables and floors + antler chandelier), artsy (huge bouquets of flowers + eclectic groupings of artwork on the walls) and I love how high contrast it is (white walls + dark floors + pools of light).
The menu was different than what we had seen online, which was disappointing because there were two poached egg choices that I had read about and was really excited to try. While there weren't any replacement options, they did offer a side of two poached eggs, so I ordered that with a couple of slices of toasted Tartine bread.
I had high hopes when they put the eggs down in front of me. I like the whites of the egg to look fluffy and almost like balls of mozzarella, and these looked perfect. I fully expected when I put my knife in the yolk would ooze out, but it didn't - it was cooked pretty thoroughly inside. Nevertheless, my undying love for the bread made it all ok and I enjoyed it well enough - though it wasn't the perfect poached egg I was looking for.
Kev's food, on the other hand, was even better than I expected and it also was made with Tartine bread so I was very happy when he offered to share with me.
This was the Croque Provencal - gruyere, ham and heirloom tomato, topped with a fried egg, and it was so good. All of the ingredients they use are farm sourced and you can taste how fresh and flavorful it all is. One of the best breakfast dishes I've had in a long, long time.
My only complaint about eating here was the noise. Besides all the oohing and ahhing, we spent a lot of time saying, "What?" which gets kind of annoying. Nevertheless, I fully intend to go back - and soon.
Bar Tartine
The menu was different than what we had seen online, which was disappointing because there were two poached egg choices that I had read about and was really excited to try. While there weren't any replacement options, they did offer a side of two poached eggs, so I ordered that with a couple of slices of toasted Tartine bread.
I had high hopes when they put the eggs down in front of me. I like the whites of the egg to look fluffy and almost like balls of mozzarella, and these looked perfect. I fully expected when I put my knife in the yolk would ooze out, but it didn't - it was cooked pretty thoroughly inside. Nevertheless, my undying love for the bread made it all ok and I enjoyed it well enough - though it wasn't the perfect poached egg I was looking for.
Kev's food, on the other hand, was even better than I expected and it also was made with Tartine bread so I was very happy when he offered to share with me.
This was the Croque Provencal - gruyere, ham and heirloom tomato, topped with a fried egg, and it was so good. All of the ingredients they use are farm sourced and you can taste how fresh and flavorful it all is. One of the best breakfast dishes I've had in a long, long time.
My only complaint about eating here was the noise. Besides all the oohing and ahhing, we spent a lot of time saying, "What?" which gets kind of annoying. Nevertheless, I fully intend to go back - and soon.
561 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415 487 1600
1 comment:
Last paragraph is showing your genetics.
Post a Comment