Chouquet's

i was in the middle of baking the pistachio macarons and my friend called me up for brunch. Chouquet's is the place we wanted to try this time since i'd read in the paper a while back that the new chef is from Paris.

we got a table outside right away. the place is clean, modern, kind of normal bistro place - nothing worth mentioning about the decor.

the crowd here is definitely pacific height crowd, yuppies!

the staff were friendly and service was prompt, food came on time and i felt kind of rushed at the end.

i had the croque monsieur with mixed green salad and a side order of fries. the croque Mr was perfect, opened face, the bread was light and grilled to golden brown around the edges. the cheese was bubbling on top with spots of golden brown. the salad was ok, i thought the dressing could be more interesting. fries were perfect, golden brown, crispy and soft, not an easy thing to make. my friend ordered the smoked trout with fingerling potato salad. she got the smoked salmon instead. we asked the waitress if it was salmon and she insisted that it was trout. she was running around like crazy and my friend didn't want to make a fuss so she ate it anyway. it was very good she said, a bit heavy handed with the dressing! our waitress brought out the check and ask if we wanted dessert. we didn't want any desert but i thought it was rude to bring the check before asking us if we wanted anything else. while the food is good, i don't think i'll be back here anytime soon because of the salmon/trout incident and just simply of the bad waitress. San Francisco is filled with excellent restaurants, i hope Chouquet's realize this and train their staff adequately.

i forgot to take photos again!