Financial District, San Francisco · restaurant
The garlic noodles come out of a sealed family kitchen where no one outside the family has ever learned the recipe. And after tasting them, you'll wish you had a claim on it. The menu spans Dungeness crab, tuna cigars, and king crab bánh khót, blending Vietnamese and French techniques in a candlelit room that requires a reservation and a dress code.
Whole Dungeness crab with the same secret garlic sauce as the noodles, ordered at market price.
Silky noodles in a roasted garlic sauce made only in the sealed family kitchen, recipe never shared.
Tuna rolled cigar-style with instant smoke, avocado silk, and tobiko caviar, a showstopper opener.