Commonwealth Restaurant, the Mission, San Francisco

to start, house-made potato chips with vinegar 'foam'

potato chips and vinegar foam at Commonwealth

porcini churros, thyme, huckleberry jam: unbelievably good

...those were so good!

albacore tuna sushi with crushed hazlenut and wasabi

potato gnocchi, corn, maitake mushrooms, sage, parmesan reggiano, truffle oil

summer squash, chilled soup, fried squash blossoms, shaved salad, vadouvan

coconut milk poached halibut, sea beans, grapes, little gem lettuce, thai spices

perfectly-cooked marrow stuffed squid, tamarind pork, shelling beans, black gardlic, cilantro

dessert: cinnamon mille-fuille, caramom marshmallow, chocolate ganache, burnt honey ice cream