Our first dinner at Jardinere was a wonderful experience which we will happily repeat soon. Jardinere is one of the few restaurants with a cheese cave and the cheeses were on the mark. By far the star was Joanne's entree: "Carnaroli Risotto with Wild Mushrooms, Toasted Pinenuts, Treviso and Fontina d'Aosta". We really enjoyed a great bottle of Chenin Blanc from François Chidaine with the food, but Jardinere also offers many tasting flights of wine and spirits to pick and choose from.
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Upon first approach to this Hayes Valley brick building, one is met with graciously large glass and wooden double doors. Valet parking is available, but on Sunday evening, unnecessary, as the streets are clear of parked cars. A matinee at the nearby opera is long over, and the diners from there are also gone.
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One of my boyfriend's friends just ended her job as a pastry chef at Jardiniere in San Francisco, and she invited a group of friends to celebrate her move to new horizons, and to enjoy the benefits from her employee-discount for one last time.
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If I had been born to old money instead of young love, or had I not procrastinated so much when contemplating an application to Harvard things may have turned out differently, and I might feel more at home in Jardiniere. It’s not that I felt out of place or that someone thought I was out of place -- some day I’ll have to tell you about the time the hostess tried to kick me out of the Concorde lounge in Heathrow -- it’s that Jardiniere is so upscale, so refined, so expensive. When I go to Jardiniere, I take a look at the menu, gulp, and rationalize that I eat there, on average, once every 540 days. Then I look around at my company at the bar and think they must eat here once a week, or at least every time they attend the Opera or the Symphony.
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