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Tasting the Best Pesto of Your Life in the Mission, San Francisco
Some locals have said it took a lot of chutzpah (or as the Italians would say it, "palle") to move into the Mission and open a big sprawling Italian restaurant mere blocks away from the long-standing beloved, Delfina. But Genovese chef Paolo Laboa has crafted a menu at Farina that is quite unlike anything in the city—you'll find dishes he has painstakingly researched, some dating back hundreds of years. During truffle season, we indulged in the tortino of white truffle, a delicate and oozing buttery little number that was ideal for showing off a shaving of this year's rarity of Piemontese truffle. The capellacci, hand-made ravioli of eggplant, summer squash, and Brie had a perfect ratio of stuffing (an unusual one at that) to pasta, which was almost crepe-like in its delicacy, napped in a subtle thyme brown-butter sauce. >> Full Story on tablehopper.com
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