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| San Francisco, CA |
It's always a fun to dine with LoKo and try new places in the city. For her birthday, we decided on Perbacco, a popular Italian place in the financial district. For a Tuesday evening, it was packed, with every table filled and a bar area also swamped. By the time I got there on a rainy evening, I was starved and ready for some good food. Not sure why we keep going to Italian, but our last meal at A16 was not a success, so I tried to keep my expectations in control for Perbacco.
We decided to skip the appetizers and jump into a trio of pastas, a tasting portion of three different pastas; the Coujette, a occitaine potato gnocchi, the Pappardelle, a wide pasta ribbon, and the Tortelli Di Zucca, pasta filled with roasted butternut squash
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| Pasta Trio |
All three pastas were good, the best being the gnocchi (left), a stark contrast from A16's. The gnocchi was well prepared, light and tasty, drenched in a duck ragu. The totelli de zucca (right) was also tasty, a well balanced, flavorful stuffed pasta with rapini. The parpardelle (middle) was good, but somewhat bland, needing a little larger flavor profile.
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Capicollo Arrosto
We shared the entrée, Capicollo Arrosto, featuring slow roasted pork shoulder, roasted grapes, hazelnut polenta in a cugna reduction. Given the dish was split, it was quite large. it was also nice, they had plated it individually for us. We also ordered a side of overcooked brussel sprouts. The pork was good, not great and was not fall off the bone tender as you would want from a slow roasted piece of pork. The polenta was additionally subpar, but I like the roasted grapes which added a sweetness to the dish. The gnocchi at this point was expanding so we skipped over dessert.
Perbacco offered us a good solid meal, with a couple pasta highlights and a hearty sized entrée. The service was kind and attentive and the prices are reasonable. Not a place I'd go out of my way for, but if you're in the financial district looking for tasty pastas, Perbacco is a good option.
Rating 6.5/10
November 9, 2010
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