I booked lunch at the Chez Pannisse Café (upstairs, more
casual) version of the dining room, and ordered the prix fixe menu for the
day.
Menu du Jour
Garden Lettuces: this tasted like weeds and dirt and was
super salty.
Rigatoni with rocket pesto, sun dried tomatoes, and ricotta
salsa: yeah this was just ok, and I already know that rocket = arugula from my
time in Barcelona, but it doesn’t taste any better in America.
Tangerine sherbet meringue with strawberries and candid
kumquats: this was definitely the best course, but not because of the
sherbet.
It tasted exactly like the
rainbow sherbet my grandparents always had when we’d visit them growing up.
The meringue and strawberries were really
good, and the candied kumquats were my very favorite thing from the whole meal.
Meier lemon juice spritzer:
this was overall the best part of the meal (candied kumquats aside). It was super light and refreshing and wasn’t
too sour or lemony.
Bread: Again, just meh.
This is really disappointing since I freaking love bread!
All told, this was fine, I wouldn’t go again and I wouldn’t
recommend it to anyone else. Just go get
a pizza.
