The Slanted Door
The Slanted Door is a small restaurant, bar, and patio that specializes in Vietnamese food and showcases an abundance of produce an ecologically farmed mean, game, poultry, and more from the San Francisco Bay Area when you are here with your San Francisco cheap car rental.
Restaurant history
When you are here with your San Francisco cheap rental car, you will find out that The Slanted Door was opened in 1995 on Valencia Street with a vision to blend Vietnamese cooking with local ingredients. The food, the relaxed atmosphere, the wine list, full bar, and hard-to-find Chinese teas all make this a unique restaurant. They are now located in the main hall of the Ferry Building and there is a take-out service called Out the Door. Out the Door offers prepared dishes and easy-to-use cooking kits that give you the opportunity to make the same dishes at home.
What's on the menu
When you choose to eat here with your cheap San Francisco car rental, you will find the Slanted Door attempts to recreate the richness of Vietnamese street food and enhance it with western style service using the freshest ingredients possible. Lunch is served Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The lunch menu is huge and includes a raw bar, rolls, appetizers, soups, salads, noodles, meats, poultry and game, seafood, vegetables, and rice. Afternoon tea is served from 2:30 until 4:30 every day. There are a number of food items offered at this time, including a raw bar, rolls, salads, noodles, coffees, and teas. Dinner is served every day from 5:30 until 10 p.m. There is a raw bar, rolls, appetizers, soup, salad, meat, poultry and game, seafood, vegetables, and rice.
The prix fixe menu
When you are here with your cheap San Francisco rental car, there is also a prix fixe menu that you can choose from to get a taste of some of the best dishes without all of the cost. It is based on the number of dishes specified for your party size. The portions are designed for family-style serving, sized to accommodate the number of people in your party. If you want extra dishes, they are $3 more per person for each additional appetizer or vegetable dish, and $6 per person for each additional entree. These are ideal for large groups.
Topping off the meal
When you are here with your San Francisco cheap rental car, you will find that the drinks at the Slanted Door were all chosen with the same attention that the food was chosen with. The wine list features estates that grow their grapes organically or biodynamically and the bar has a small selection of high quality liquors. For the most part, they are from smaller producers that make artisanal spirits instead of highly promoted products. The wine list here was picked to pair well with the food and arranged to make pairings easily. You are also welcome to bring your own bottle to the restaurant, but there is a corking fee of $35 per bottle or $65 per magnum with a 5-bottle maximum. The Slanted Door also has a good relationship with two local tea purveyors, Silk Road and Imperial Tea Court. They are central to the tea program. They also come in to educate the staff in the traditions of serving and drinking tea.
When you are here with you San Francisco cheap car rental, you will find that the Slanted Door is a great Vietnamese restaurant with a number of unique selections that you can choose from. Their extensive menu guarantees there is something for everyone here.
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