[San Francisco, Financial District] Perbacco

Mr_Happy · February 18, 2017, 12:54am

Had a dinner at the bar at Perbacco and stuck to some old favorites.

Vitello Tonnato - slow roasted veal / lemon and albacore tuna sauce / capers / arugula ($15)

Cold thin slices of veal with a pureed tuna mayonnaise sauce, capers, olive oil, peppery microgreens. Delicious.

Agnolotti dal Plin - pasta filled with roasted meats and savoy cabbage / sugo d’arrosto - full size ($21)

Great. Toothsome agnolotti wrappers. Nice filling with I think a touch of orange peel, buttery sauce.

Side of Brussels Sprouts - capers / shallots / parmigiano reggiano ($8)

Fine, but wasn’t as good as usual, I think it was because some of the brussels sprouts were not sliced in half and didn’t get enough of the caper shallot sauce on them. Also this dish didn’t have as many crispy bits as previous times that I’ve had it.

Mr_Happy · April 4, 2018, 1:31am

From another recent meal at the bar:

Piastra Roasted Octopus ($16)
amorosa potatoes / fennel / poached veal tongue / ajioli verde

Off the appetizers section. The octopus was cooked perfectly - tender but still a little springy. Potatoes were fine, lacked salt but was good after putting some of the creamy aioli sauce on the outside on it. Don’t actually remember the veal tongue in this dish. Pretty rich - everything was sitting in a pool of butter.

Plin con Salciccia di Anatra ($22 for a large portion)
herb pasta filled with black truffle duck salsiccia / burro del pozzo / bonini 18 year balsamico

Duck sausage in agnolotti wrappers. The sausage inside was a little firm, had the consistency of potsticker filling. So this was like little mini truffle and duck flavored dumplings in a buttery rich gravy sauce, with a bit of sweet tangy aged balsamic vinegar drizzled on top to cut through the fat. Really delicious.

sck · April 5, 2018, 1:18am

Was the server hungry? It looks like they might have licked the plate before giving it to you! Or an artistic plating experiment gone wrong. Hopefully it’s simply you started eating it.

Mr_Happy · April 5, 2018, 6:44am

Wow I just noticed that. I’m pretty sure that’s just a plating error (I hope ).

sck · April 6, 2018, 2:05am

From Yelp:

New cook

Lethe2020 · April 6, 2018, 6:16pm

Perbacco was advertising on Tablehopper (and other places, of course) about two months ago for help - can’t remember if it was a sous chef or chef de cuisine but it wasn’t just a line cook position.

shrinkrap · December 31, 2021, 12:18am

Reservation tonight. I think this is tonight’s menu.

https://www.perbaccosf.com/menus/

Any recent visits?

Mr_Happy · December 31, 2021, 2:44am

@shrinkrap I’ve been a few times this year but haven’t written them up. They have a parklet now and also some tables outside the front of the restaurant. The agnolotti were as good as before, also tried the langaroli which are similar wrapped pastas, but filled with short rib and in a truffle sauce. Those were really good too. Didn’t try any of the mains except for once they had the meatballs from Barbacco next door on the menu. Usually just stick to the appetizers and the pastas. The vitello tonnato and fritto misto were quite good off the appetizers list.

brisket44 · December 31, 2021, 2:55am

I love Perbacco but haven’t been in a long time. That Tajarin with pork and porcini sugo would be calling my name though. Jealous!

shrinkrap · December 31, 2021, 5:26am

Kitchen view!

I had paparadelle with beef short rib. It was okay. I don’t know why I order pasta.

Son says his pasta stuffed with short rib might have been his best pasta ever.
LANGAROLI? Angolotti?

Panna Cotta! A little heavier than expected, but there was some lemon curd that was the star of the plate!

Mr_Happy · December 31, 2021, 6:49am

Looks like the langaroli! Yum!

Too bad about the pappardelle, hope the rest of dinner was better.

@brisket44 I like the tajarin too, though I haven’t had it in awhile either. The noodles resemble ramen to me.

shrinkrap · December 31, 2021, 9:26am

Last night we did Warfare Tavern, and this morning Ferry plaza.

The paparadelle was fine, I just fill up quickly on that, and feel like I’m struggling through. I did love the texture of the short rib, and to add to it I chose the larger portion.

Everyone enjoyed their dishes quite a bit; I started with grilled octopus which had just enough bite, and a perfect balance of accompanying fruit, veg, and sauce.

Husband had a sliced pork loin, daughter short rolled pasta and pesto, and DIL who had the frito misto, as well as the good sense to order the smaller portion of paparadelle with short rib.

All in all, a late December tradition we were fortunate enough to have enjoyed once again.