Incanto…what can be said about this place that hasn’t been said before. The hubs has been dying to try this place since he first saw it on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations San Francisco episode. Bourdain can recommend cold mushy peas and the hubs would want to try it, so you can imagine what salted pig parts does to the man! To say that we were excited to finally try out this place is an understatement.
All in all the experience and the food was excellent. The restaurant itself is warm and inviting, albeit a little boisterous. We were actually seated in the Dante Room which is a small private dining room usually reserved for group dining, so it was a lot more intimate than the main dining room. As per usual, we were given a basket of bread to start, which also came with an olive tapenade spread! I am really loving the spreads these farm fresh restaurants give as an alternative to butter!
For appetizers, we ordered the Boccalone Salumi Platter, which comes in three sizes, piglet, sow, and boar. We went with the piglet, but only because we decided to share a pasta dish as an appetizer too and it proved to be just the right size. We selected the Handkerchief Pasta & Rustic Pork Ragu. Both dishes were delicious and a particular highlight was the roasted garlic bulb on the salumi platter. I looove garlic so it was a great complement to the cured meats. For our entrees, I ordered the Pork Belly dish while the hubs tried the Goat dish. I didn’t try the goat but the hubs seemed to enjoy it. As for the pork belly, well, let’s just say it was THE BEST PIECE OF PORK I have ever tasted! And I don’t say that lightly. It literally just melted in my mouth. The hubs even had the nerve to pull the “hey, what’s that” move and steal a piece off my plate! Needless to say, I will definitely be coming back again!
Again, rather than try their desserts, which I’m sure would’ve been just as delicious as their entrees, we opted for a stroll and ice cream again. Since we were near the Bernal Heights area, we walked a few blocks over to Mitchell’s Ice Cream. Mitchell’s is just as popular and tasty as Bi-Rite Creamery but offers very different flavors. While Bi-Rite tends to be more gourmet-y (yes that’s a word), with flavors like salted caramel and honey lavender, Mitchell’s flavors are hawaiian-esque or asian-y, with tropical flavors like halo halo, ube, and ginger. Between the two of us, we tried the ube, white pistachio, mango, grasshopper pie, and black walnut O.O! So, yeah, they were all good 😀
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