San Francisco Ferry Building- The Slanted Door Restaurant

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 The Ferry Building is a vibrant gathering at the foot of Market Street which houses shops large and small that celebrate food in all its forms, offering everything from artisan  cheeses to the freshest of local fish. Restaurants and cafés serve cuisine representing the quality and cultural diversity of   SanFrancisco's best chefs and local farmers.  The farmers market is the best in the Bay area open on Thursdays and Saturday mornings and highly recommended for anyone that wants to buy the freshest of fruits, vegetables, oysters and even eggs!

There are several favorite places that we love at the ferry building that include the Stonehouse Olive Oil Company (Persian Lime Oil is our favorite) San Francisco Wine Merchants for wine tasting/shopping and the Cowgirl Cheese Factory.  Additionally the Hog Island Oyster Company and Delices are restaurants that we have enjoyed.

Our favorite restaurant in the Ferry Building is the “Slanted Door Restaurant”. Here we enjoyed modern Vietnamese Food cooked to perfection.

The chef’s menu changes on a daily basis.

Several specialties we tried were the Slanted Door spring rolls with gulf shrimp, pork, mint, and peanut sauce. We also sampled the crispy vegetarian imperial rolls with taro root, cabbage, glass noodles and peanut sauce that were warm and equally as good.  We also tried the daikon rice cake with shiitake mushrooms, shallots, sweet chili and soy that was over the top.

Linda ordered the gulf shrimp and wonton soup with five spiced pork and egg noodle. I had the chicken noodle soup with thin noodles, scallion and caramelized shallot that was seasoned perfectly.

For the entree, we ordered the gingered beef sirloin with rice vermicelli noodles, field greens and roasted peanut that was plenty to share.  I would compare it to eating angel food.

For dessert our knowledgeable waiter JJ, recommended pastry chef's Chucky Dugo's lemon meringue tart that lived up to its grand billing.  Dessert wine suggestions are also offered to pair with your selection.

We loved the Vietnamese food that the Slanted Door prepared.

For more information and to make reservations go to:

Click here: The Slanted Door / Modern Vietnamese Cooking