Jason's Sports, Food and News Corner: June 2011

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Milano Pizzeria

Pizza is always a great comfort food for me. I can never get enough and can always go back for seconds. Well on this night I was in for a rude awakening. When you go into a pizzeria I do not expect any over the top service but I do expect to be acknowledged and helped if you are seating me at a table and have a server coming to serve us. Needless to say the service at Milano Pizza was not up to par and neither was food. The only saving grace of the evening were the meatballs Nancy and I ordered. They were delicious along with the meat sauce it came. The pizza was rubbery and had a funny after taste to it. The garlic bread was lacking garlic and was hard as rocks.

This restaurant was rated on Yelp and Google for 4 stars so that is the reason why we tried it but maybe this just wasn't there night. Try at your own risk.

House Made Meatballs - Photo By Nancy

Garlic Bread - Photo By Nancy

Pepperoni Pizza - Photo By Nancy

Pomelo

Pomelo oh Pomelo

On this night I decided to surprise Nancy and take her to this restaurant called Pomelo. I went to Yelp again for help with this selection. On Yelp this had a 4 star rating and it was in a neighborhood that I had yet to try the food in. When I saw the menu online I was quite intrigued and thought it had a fun and lively menu. This is the adventure of Nancy and Jason at Pomelo.

Upon entering Pomelo I could tell it was a local place to come and eat. You had groups of families and just friends sitting around talking and enjoying their meals. The location on the inside is a little small on the inside but it is just enough for a nice evening out. Nancy and I had the Cabo San Lucas and the Havana.

The Cabo San Lucas consists of two handmade soft corn tacos with grilled pacific snapper, shredded cabbage, mango salsa, chipotle aïoli and house pickled jalapeños. (Descriptions taken off Menu of Pomelo). This appetizer was AMAZING. Never had a taco with this mixture that was so tasty. The chipotle aïoli mixed in with the jalapeños made for the perfect mixture not to mention the snapper was cooked brilliantly. The unsung hero of the plate was also the mango salsa, it was refreshing mix that hit all the right notes.

The Havana cuban style fried rice with black beans, plantains, chipotles, ginger and cilantro, served with grilled skirt steak, sautéed onions and cuban avocado salad. (Description taken from Menu of Pomelo) Normally I am not an avocado person. I have had others make it for me before and had to immediately discard it from my mouth, and have had it other times when I have ate it and gone for seconds. This time is one of the going for second times. The combination of steak, black beans, PLANTAINS, and rest of the items on the plate were just heavenly.

If you are in SF this is a place to stop off and have a meal. It is intimate, food is great, along with personal attention. You can not ask for more than that.