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Chef Mourad Lahlou's inspiration is Moroccan and his ingredients organic Californian,
but his flavors are out of this world: Sonoma duck confit melts into caramelized onion in
flaky pastry
basteeya
(chicken pie), while saffron infuses slow-cooked local lamb atop
barley - and pastry chef Melissa Chou's apricot bavarian is a goodnight kiss.
(
415-752-2222;
www.aziza-sf.com
; 5800 Geary Blvd; mains $16-29;
5:30-10:30pm Wed-Mon;
1, 29, 31, 38)
11
Ton Kiang Restaurant
$$
Don't bother asking what's in those bamboo steamers making the rounds: choose by
aroma alone, or ask for legendary
gao choy gat
(shrimp and chive dumplings),
dao miu
gao
(pea tendril and shrimp dumplings) and
jin doy
(sesame balls). A tally is kept at your
table, so you could quit while it's under $20 - but wait, here comes another round…
(
415-387-8273;
www.tonkiang.net
; 5821 Geary Blvd; dim sum $3-7;
DIM SUM
10am-9pm Mon-Thu, to 9:30pm Fri,
9:30am-9:30pm Sat, 9am-9pm Sun;
;
1, 29, 31, 38)
Local Life
Coasting the Coast
Hit your stride on the 9-mile stretch of
Coastal Trail
(
OFFLINE MAP
, A1;
www.californiacoastaltrail.info
;
Fort Funston to Lincoln Park; sunrise-sunset;
1, 18, 38) , starting at
Fort Funston
( 415-561-4323;
www.parksconservancy.org
;
Skyline Blvd; ;
Judah St) , crossing 4 miles of sandy Ocean Beach, wrapping around the Presidio and ending near the Golden
Gate Bridge. Casual strollers can pick up the trail near Sutro Baths, head around Land's End for end-of-the-world
views, then duck into the Legion of Honor at
Lincoln Park
.
12
Kabuto
$$
SUSHI
GOOGLE MAP
Innovative sushi served in a converted hot-dog drive-in. Sit at the bar to witness seaweed
wrapped around sushi rice with wahoo and grapefruit,
hamachi
(yellowtail) topped with
