Restaurant: Liholiho Yacht Club
Location: 871 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109.
Date: September 6, 2023
Cuisine: vaguely southeast Asian fusion
Rating: Solid
Because of my new company, I’m spending more time in San Francisco, so there will be a bunch of quick reports on these work dinners. So as to be non-intrusive, they are generally shot on the mobile phone and I’m not focusing on the food factor.
The menu.
The wine bottle at a distance.
Tuna Poke. Nori cracker, sesame, tamari, spicy aioli. Yummy!
Duck Liver Mousse. Banana bread, li hing strawberry, pink peppercorn, celery.
Empanada. Weakest dish.
Poppyseed Steam Bun. Beef tongue, tare glaze, LYC kimchi, miso aioli.
Red Endive. Brokaw avocado, cucumber salsa, forbidden rice, chili crisp, coconut crunch.
Fried veggies. Pretty tasty, if very fried.
Gulf shrimp. Longanisa, corn, pepita pesto, nectarine, crispy sorana beans, pickled fresno.
Curried fish cakes.
Spam! Really good spam too.
Grassfed Ribeye. Shiitake chimi, tentsu-jus, horseradhish, carrots, hot mustard, sesame. Delicious.
Rendang Curry. Eggplant, daikon, tumeric, butter naan, sweet potato and anderson valley lamb. Not the rendang I was looking for.
Baked Hawaii. Orange Chiffon cake, coconut POG sorbet.
Mom’s Butter Mochi. Coconut custard. Delicious.
Yum again!
This vaguely southeast Asian fusion was pretty solid. Some dishes were great but there were a couple misses. The overall style didn’t super blow me away but it was a very enjoyable meal nonetheless.