Ferry Building Food Crawl

Every time a friend visits, we go on a food crawl of the Ferry Building. Today's was most satisfying, I must say. The crowds weren't as intense as they are on Saturdays, and the weather was gorgeous.

We started with a coffee and a mocha outside of Peet's coffee, sitting and looking out over they bay. Then we walked over to Lulu and split a spinach quiche while finishing up the coffee. Lulu may make my favorite quiche in the city. It's a very tall version filled with a very soft, jiggly egg custard.

Then we walked over to the newly opened Boccalone.

Admired their meet fridges, which featured a quarter of a pig with a tail sticking out.

We chose a three-sample plate of lonzo, sopresseta, and lardo. Three mini baguettes and a quarter pound of Cowgirl Creamery's lamb chopper cheese later and we were outside on the top deck of the ferry terminal, enjoying our food picnic style with the breathtaking view and gentle sea breeze.

We ended our crawl with a half dozen oysters and two bowls of oyster stew at Hog Island. The bowl on the left is the "traditional" stew, which you have to specifically request. It tasted less creamy and more fishy to me. The new version, which is the default, has more vegetables in it. There are visible bits of carrots and celery, and the chowder tasted like sweet corn. I liked the new version because it was creamier and seemed more rounded to me, but I think both boys liked the more straightforward style of the traditional stew.

Unfortunately, we did not save room for dessert. But the day reminded me how fun it is to just wander through the Ferry Building sometimes, even though we live so close by.