Nopa

We gathered at Nopa on wednesday night to celebrate a friend's birthday. it's a big group of us and Nopa does not take reservation. we ended up standing around for almost an hour. the place is casual with a mixed crowd. it's packed on this wednesday night and still packed when we left. and i believe this is one of a few restaurants in San Francisco that open until 2 am., very rare in SF indeed! the staff were nice, trying to sit us but it was quite a challenge to sit a big group when it's busy...

one special thing about this restaurant is that they filter and cabornate their own water so no need to order sparkling bottled water unless desired. i'm not sure if they have bottled water on the menu???

for drink, i start with a Pirata cocktail which has tequila, black cherry, bitter and some other things that i don't know about... it was tasty and quite strong...

we all shared the flat bread

and the corn soup with pesto for snacks, both were delicious!

my friend and i shared the fried little fishes for starter, it was good but not as crispy as i imagined. and i had my second drink which was a viognier, excellent.

entree, we shared the porkchop with roasted peach, that was very good, the peach was sweet - perfect for the pork.

dessert, we shared the sorbet. i feel like i have sorbet everywhere i go but we were quite full so sorbet seemed to be the best choice... there was plum, peach and nectarine with port. it was good as sorbet should be.

http://www.nopasf.com/