Ebisu Sushi Restaurant

Ebisu is our favorite Japanese Restaurant. It is best to take a seat at the counter where you will get excellent service. Bill Bishop and I always sit at the counter, which brings you closer to the sushi chefs.

Some of our favorites dishes are the Live Scallops with Tempura, Cucumber Salad (Sunomono) and the Chef’s Choice Sashimi Appetizer from their lunch menu. The scallop is removed from its shell and prepared just after it is ordered. The shell holds a light dipping sauce and the tempura that comes with it is delicately prepared moments before it is served. Ebisu is on 9th Avenue at Irving in the Sunset near Golden Gate Park and plenty of parking is available in a metered lot nearby.

Sushi Counter

Prawns

Scallop on Shell

Blue Fin Specials

Chef Serving Scallops

Chef’s Choice Sashimi

Fish Display Case

Welcome Signage

Live Scallop

Sashimi Appetizer

Sunomono

Table Setting

Placesetting

Table Seating

Toro

Edamame

Salmon Roll

Specials Board

Hamachi Toro

Fresh Fish of the Day

Restaurant Entrance

How to Pronounce Ebisu

Ebisu Sushi Link

Lucca Ravioli Company

Lucca’s is one of the last authentic Italian delicatessens in San Francisco. Located in the heart of the Mission at 22nd and Valencia, Lucca’s is the perfect spot for Sicilian olive oils, vinegars of all kinds, cold cuts and fresh handmade pasta, ravioli and cheese. Imported tomatoes and Italian wines are essentials.

Bi-Rite Divisadero

Bi-Rite Divisadero

Shopped at the new Bi-Rite grocery store on Divisadero Street.
Read an article about them in The Chronicle and had to check it out.
Their grand opening was only two weeks ago. What a treat this store is! This store feels very similar to the original store on 18th Street, but the new one has much better light. Fresh fruit and vegetables, their famous ice creams, wines and cheeses, meats and poultry. I shopped for an ad-lib pasta sauce: spinach, spring onions, chives, tomatoes, mild sausage and Estero Gold cheese from Valley Ford Cheese Co. Had to try their salted caramel ice cream, it was delicious.

Panorama Street View

Cool Retro Signage

Store Front

Cheese

Citrus

Packaged Foods

Dry Cheeses

Apples and Oranges

Ice Cream Counter

Ice Cream Freezer

Meat and Deli

Nuts and Dried Fruit

Pears and Tangeries

Fresh Vegetables

Dried Beans

Dried Beans at the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market

Fall Bounty

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Produce at The SF Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market

In Season    Seasonal VEGETABLE Chart     Seasonal FRUIT Chart

bay bridge at dawn

golden beets

meyer lemons

asparagus dirty girl (may)

beets

blueberries (may thru july)

raspberries (june)

cherries (may thru july)

strawberries (march-july)

red cherries

have some cherries

apricots

aprium, apricot and plum

fresh almonds

strawberry peach (june)

peas in a bag

pluots

zuchinni blossoms (july)

green gulch lettuce

little zuchinni

choice of zucchini blossoms

a lot of blueberries

yellow cherries

white spring onions (june)

a lot of cherries

basil, very fragrant (july)

What’s available beginning in February ArtichokesMarch Hass Avocados, Red Butter Lettuce (end March), Pink Eureka Lemon (end March)
April Asparagus, Strawberries, Beets, Green PeasMay Blueberries, Cherries, Raspberries, Peaches

People

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Saturday Morning at the SF Farmer’s Market

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San Francisco Ferry Plaza

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BABY ARTICHOKES RECIPE (click link to see greg’s fab recipe)

Pink Eureka Lemons

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Baby Artichokes (feb-may) $3.00 lb.
Strawberries (march-), 3 baskets, $10
New York Sirloin Steak, Prather Ranch
Avocados (march-), $7.50 bag
Pink Eureka Lemons last available 3/19/11
Red Butter Lettuce, Dirty Girl Farms last avail. 3/12/11.
Acme Green Onion Slab Bread.

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