Holiday Party Yummy-ness!

Attended my bff's company holiday party at the Foreign Cinema in the Mission.  It turned out to be a wonderful time - great venue, great bubbles, great vino, great food and most importantly great people!  Have been to this resto several times for brunch which have always been outstanding food but never for dinner.  Here was the menu options for the evening...

Natural beef carpaccio, Dijon-horseradish sauce, gaufrettes, fried rosemary, Parmesan - This was my appetizer...it was very bland and completely lacked taste.

 Smoked salmon, salmon caviar, ruby grapefruit, frisee, créme fraiche - Definitely should have ordered this instead of the tasteless beef carpaccio.

House cured sardines & cauliflower, radishes, bagnet vert

Grilled cocoa-ajwaan kobe bavette steak, truffled potato-celery root puree, Zinfandel butter - I tried a bite of this from my bff's plate and it was simply delish!

Grilled Swordfish with fingerling potatoes, brocolli rabe and fennel - This was my entree, the fish was cooked perfectly...very moist and flaky.  And the fingerling potatoes weren't just plain old potatoes, they were seasoned and crispy...almost like a giant french frie!

Boulibasse - Mussels, Cod, and Scallops - I was debating between this and the swordfish but really glad I got the swordfish as I heard it was very bland.