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[madbaker]

We went to a nice restaurant for our anniversary. We dressed up - I even put on a tie! The place turned out to be a location we had gone to when we first moved to SF. It was then a restaurant called LuLu that specialized in wood fire-roasted meat, and made killer pan-roasted mussels. We went a few times for dishes like suckling pig, or once just to sit at the bar and share a dish of mussels and have a glass of wine. LuLu closed about five years ago but we recognized the space when we walked in.

The current restaurant (Palette) specializes in fish. We had their eight-course tasting menu and it was lovely. Caviar; tuna carpaccio; abalone; oyster; prawn risotto; a poached egg with swordfish bacon; skate; and then a dessert "bagel" of meringue and lox.

Not too much food overall, although I did get the wine pairing and they were a bit too generous on their pours... it was a good thing we took a cab home, because I was not legal to drive. On the pricy side but we knew that going in, and it was nice to do something a bit fancy to celebrate.

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[beanolc]

That sounds like a lovely evening. Nice!!

[rustmon]

Yay! Very cool and you guys looked great!!

[madbaker]

Thanks! I think the generous pours were partly because we were the nicest-dressed customers.

[joycebre]

it's a small world. :) My brother was the expo chef at Lulu. Those mussels were the best!