Capp's Corner @ San Francisco

I really forgot how amazing Capp's Corner is in Northbeach. It's nothing fancy really, it doesn't boast itself (at least from the exterior) that it has authentic or great Italian food. Honestly, from the outside it looks like any other bar. It's not situated in the heart of Northbeach so people passing by don't just stroll in. People who eat here are either those of have been coming here for years, or because probably Beach Babylon Blanket has a deal with them. Either way, for less than $15 a plate, where you will have left overs beats Olive Garden any day! Oh yea, if you're real nice to the waiter he won't charge you things like soda, coffee, salad, soup and ice cream...what a deal! (dinner is not as great here, it's a must for lunch especially since they serve cream pesto)

Minestrone Soup
soup was ok...but i've never been a fan of minestrone soup. oh yea and this isn't the best of what's at this restaurant, and it was free...haha so yea. but yes it is on the menu and they do charge for it, just not us

Salad
[iceberg lettuce, beets, kidney beans, garbazo beans, topped w. thousand island type dressing]
salad really good. very light and refreshing.

Pesto Linguinin w. Mussels and Shrimp
ok while i may not have caputred the best picture, you have to believe me when i say that this was truly great, and a piece of art. you can't tell by the picture, because of the lighting, but the green on the pesto sauce is vibrant and popping. the pesto is full of flavor, and creamy. pasta cooked perfectly, and the mussles and shrimp were super freesh. they only offer this for lunch people! if you order it, it must be for lunch, not dinner! something about a different chef at night. so strange.

Steamed Clams w. Garlic Cheesy Bread
oh wow. clams were so fresh and so plump. they were cooked in a nice wine reduction broth with garlic. i could have just drank the broth by itself, but me being the light weight that i am, i probably would have gotten a little tipsy. i love love love the garlic bread too, but who doesn't? so this entire dish for less than $10, great huh?

Hot Italian @ Sacramento

It's been awhile since this Penguin has blogged, and it's partly due to the fact that I haven't eaten out in awhile. It's not that I have run out of places to eat, because that could never happen, but I'm running out of people to eat with! That and I've been busy too.

Anyhow these next two posts are dedicated to bacchus of nyc (you know who you are). I am assisting you in your procrastination!

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Good pizza, not so good panini. Hot Italian. I has a super trendy exterior and an even trendier interior. Plenty of natural light on the inside which is a definite plus (i like natural light). Yup this place is straight out of Sacramento, and it's not a chain restaurant! Rice rocket and I decided to have lunch here the other day. I kept passing by it whenever I drove up 16th street, and I was definitely intrigued, especially when the website boats of motor cars...Italiano style! The pizza was really good...thin, crispy, airy and chewy at the same time. I know how is it possible right? I would definitely come back here again, more pizza though no panini. Oh yea and I HAVE TO TRY the dessert pizza! Sounds too good to be true.

Oven where the pizza cooks



Stella Pizza
[prosciutto parma, mozzarella, crescenza cheese, mushroom medley]
this was AMAZINE! the crush was just soft, thin, crispy, chew, tasty...all of it! i love prosciutto, and it was nice and cured! love the crescenza cheese, it was scattered around the pizza and when you take a bite and it's right there it just bursts of flavor in your mouth. last but not least, the mushrooms. i love mushrooms...and my idea pizza has mushrooms in it. as amazing as this pizza was, i felt it was missing something, but that's because i'm just so use to having my pizza dipped in ranch sauce...it's just too good to not dip it. also there was no tomato sauce, and i just love tomato sauce too. but honestly, pizza was good as in, even despite my palate

Pantani
[bresaola (cured, salted beef), arugula, mozzarella, shaved grana padana cheese]
ok this piece was a complete negatory for me. i think partly it was because of the bread, as much as i love love love the pizza crust, i didn't want the pizza crust to be my bread in the panini. good panini has good bread; crunch, toasty, flavor and just a smidgen of oil...whether it be because of butter or olive oil. i also wasn't a fan of the cured salt beef...proscittuo! not cured salt beef. the cheese wasn't good either because there was too much of it (yes too much) and when it cooled down, it did what cheese does...gets hard a little....yea no thank you. this too was missing sauce, and i deseprately needed something! i requested mariniara...rice rocket i blame you for ordering this!

Marinara Sauce
now why didn't they just put the marinara sauce (or pizza sauce) right onto the pizza! it could have helped if the guy nuked this in the microwave too, it was room temp. however it did add to the panini which was a plus!

Gelato: ferrero rocher
tastes just like the candy!!! really good...hmmm...but i really do need to try the dessert pizza next time, that sounds like heaven in my mouth