Commonwealth-San Francisco. So this weekend I went on a road trip to the Bay Area. One of my friends really wanted to try this restaurant and was denied the chance last visit. So we decided to try Chef Jason Fox’s Modern Progressive American restaurant. Commonwealth provides a fine dining experience at a rather affordable price. The quality of food and service is very high at a fraction of the price of most high end restaurants in San Francisco. One unique thing is he donates $10.00 for every tasting menu that is ordered. This was a great dining experience with some unique and creative items and flavor combinations that you won’t see anywhere else. His presentation is also very beautiful and refined. This was a great dining experience for a fun impromptu trip to Frisco. If you love unique food experiences Commonwealth won’t disappoint.  Love Peace and Pork Jowl grease!

Menu

Homemade Potato Chips with a malt vinegar mousse

Japanese Rice Beer

Black Cod steamed over ginger snaps, parsnips, charred rapini, mint and rau ram

Pickled Herring, chicken skin bread crumbs, fennel, currant, beet miso puree and dill

Root vegetables cooked in ash, brussel sprouts, shittake onion jus and truffle froth

Cedar grilled mussels, pork belly, broccoli bread pudding, celery root, saffron and cured egg-the broccoli bread pudding was very interesting this dish was very good.

warm oxtail terrine, whipped bone marrow, shaved root vegetable and arugula emulsion-This was my favorite dish presentation wise and that whipped bone marrow was amazing. I wanted a bowl of it to just eat it as a soup.

Pork Jowl, Blood Orange, Rutabaga, Sweet potato cooked in duck fat and tarragon

Peanut Butter Semifreddo with frozen popcorn- which I would describe as an Ice Cream Chocolate bar with a Popcorn cottage cheese.  The dish sounds weird and I am not a big fan of peanut butter but it was delicious.  The frozen pop corn which has the consistency of a cottage cheese was also very interesting but also worked together with the other flavor components.  A very unique dish!

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