Heaven's Dog

This is a new restaurant that just opened in San Francisco about 3 weeks ago by the same guy who did The Slanted Door. Robert (???) hooked us up and was nice enough to reserve a little table in the lounge area for us. It was a very hip place with a bar and restaurant seats, and had a very young, hip crowd.

The food was interesting, different and couldn’t be classified in any one category, but was almost all really (???). One of the items we got was a clay pot with rice noodles and shrimp. The waitress said she loved it, my wife thought it was okay and I thought it was okay.

We also got a dish that was their dan dan noodles and was not done the way it usually is with chicken, but instead, it was done with, I believe, tofu and lots of incredible sauce with egg noodles. I thought this was the best thing we got there. It was out of this world.

I got a puffed pastry with ground beef in it. It was curried and you dipped it into a mint sauce, which was awesome.

We also ordered basil ice cream that was to die for. I was already full before we ordered it, but once I saw basil ice cream on the menu, I realized that it was something I never tried before, and I had to try it because I always liked to try something new. They couldn’t have done a better job with it. It tasted like a really creamy gelato and was absolutely fantastic.

I also got an elderflower soda, which, I believe must be from the flower, from an elderberry. It was really interesting and really good, although I made the mistake of ordering two of them. I think I was charged for both.

The prices were very reasonable. We went there hoping for a very inexpensive dinner because we’ve been spending so much money on our trip this time. Most of the items are under $10, although we still managed to walk out of there with a bill that was $75, including drinks and tips, by the time we left. It was more than what we wanted to do, but it was an awesome meal and I’m not going to complain about it.

Robert was fantastic, finding us a table. The seating was really comfortable in the bar area. The waitress was incredibly nice and had a very cool Mohawk. You can even go there just to have drinks and possibly, a pop of tequila(?), if you like it.