We have so many memorable mouthfuls of pork from our trip to San Francisco to share that I haven’t known where to begin. The lovely lunch at Bouchon? The braised pork shoulder at Incanto so tender I could have cut it with a spoon? All the salumi, everywhere we ate?
Finally, I’ve decided, I have to begin at the beginning.
These pork sliders were the first lunch we ate. Well, this was the first lunch that Danny ate, because I couldn’t eat the buns. I looked at the sliders longingly and asked about every nuance of taste.
They have a bit of smokiness, sweetness in the sauce. His eyes closed for a moment, and then he coughed. Okay, this has a good spice kick to it. Maybe a little too much cayenne? (Danny’s not a big heat fan.) These would be great with a cold beer.
He finished off each bite, licking his fingers of the wonderful mess.
Damn, this is going to be a good trip.
Meanwhile, it’s not like I was suffering with this cobb salad, filled with hard-boiled eggs and Niman Ranch applewood-smoked bacon. Each ingredient tasted fresh and lovely, just like itself.
We were lucky enough to stumble onto a Sellers Market, a block from our hotel in downtown San Francisco, just after landing. Flying with a toddler, even a well-behaved one, is exhausting. So is leaving the house at 4:30 in the morning to catch an early-morning flight, and skipping any form of breakfast.
Oh, we enjoyed this meal.
You’d probably enjoy the pork dishes at Sellers Market too. This small chain (with three locations in San Francisco, all of them on Market Street) clearly caters to a business crowd who need a quick lunch. (And breakfast. Danny had a bacon and egg sandwich a few days later that he thoroughly enjoyed as well.) Even if lunch is quick, it can still taste good. Sellers Market features local artisan food producers in its healthy fast food. (It’s an “only in San Francisco” place, at the moment.)
We’ve never had such good food so fast, for so little money.
And those pork sliders. Oh my.
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I’m planning a trip home to just North of San Fran and am adding Sellers Market to the itinerary. I’m a sucker for pulled pork recommendations and a glimpse of the slaw tumbling from these sliders is too much to resist.
Last year on a visit to San Francisco I had a tremendous dinner at Incanto–the pork standout for me was the dessert: prosciutto panna cotta. Amazing how it captured the prosciutto essence, and how perfectly suited it was for to dessert!
Did you get to try that as well?