quince pt.1

this was our first time to quince, and we had a wonderful experience. food was delicious and the service provided was both excellent and entertaining! quince is a restaurant by chef michael tusk and has been in san francisco since 2003. the establishment has received increasing accolades over the years with a michelin star awarded in 2007 and a second michelin star in 2014.

we decided to celebrate my birthday here and was pleasantly surprised to find a personalized menu to startcanapefreshly dug potato, oyster, chive, brown butter – the green leaf (oyster plant) was quite surprising with a very briney oyster-like flavor!dinner was very focused on the ingredients from the quince farm, fresh micro potatoes were the most recent harvest for the eveningmonterey bay abalone, cucumber, seaweed, tomato, served in an abalone shell dishtsar nicoulai reserve caviar, avocado, corianderfresh run farm haricot vert, anchovy, radish, lovagetagliolini, monterey bay squid, geoduck, melonhouse breadsquash blossom, maine lobster, fino verde basil, mandarintortelli, corn, nasturtium, fava beana wonderful german riesling that paired perfectly with the foie grasseared foie grasliberty duck, fresh run farm beet, broccoli, alliumkashiwase farm peach, white tea, anise hyssop, pluma birthday surprise!bing cherry, manjari chocolate, sicilian pistachio, cocoa nibmignardises