7 Adams (*) San Francisco

A new experience with the chefs of Marlena, with whom I’ve dined before they shut down. I think their big thing is affordability; the 5 course prie fixe menu was $87 or so pp. I opted for the caviar add on because I’m a big caviar fan and it was worth it. There were some hits and misses, overall a decent 1 Michelin star experience. Some of my favorites were the milk bread and the cod, which was so fluffy. I think a miss for me was the poached egg course, which was described as a perfectly poached egg. It was tasty but my last fine dining experience before this was Alchemist, and they just had a much better egg. Two more highlights were the dining space, which was a cozy outdoor nook surrounded by bookshelves, and the nonalcoholic beverage, Smoke on the Water (not pictured), which had lapsang souchong and was so deliciously smoky. Overall a 7/10 experience.