This place was a surprising discovery that turned into a very pleasant one. While driving in the city we decided to just look for a place for dinner by doing a spot-check of “hey that looks good, let’s try it”. After driving around and feeling hungry while looking for a place to park we ended up at David’s Kitchen, a hole-in-the-wall place that didn’t have any clear ambiance or characteristics… other than the menu that looked to be interesting. Well, those are famous last words because the food was simply great and the ambiance is created mostly in part by it being a small place with a small kitchen with one cook (David) who works his butt off to create very tasty fresh food. According to David a lot of the locals know of the place and those make up the bulk of his customers and that he has some help from his sister and his mother when things get busy (you will have to be patient but it will be well worth it). I started off with the Half Moon Wraps which were Enoki mushrooms wrapped in thinly sliced beef in a black pepper sauce. Very very tasty!
The Beef Somehow was simple but very tasty (and since I wanted it Medium Well David automatically made sure the beef of the Half Moon Wraps were also done Medium Well). For desert I ordered the Taro Root Cake which were pie slices of Taro Root with coconut milk and vanilla, which came with a salsa that, in combination with the coconut and vanilla flavors, really made me feel very full and happy. I never had anything even remotely like it, nor encountered it anywhere, but I can recommend it to everyone. I think David has a really good thing going in the midst of many other restaurants. I hope the place will continue to thrive… if only so I can return to it again. If David finds this listing online; In the midst of various posh big restaurants on my recommended and favorites list you have made it straight into it… and it isn’t easy to get on my recommended list so whatever you did with the food, keep doing it! You can find Davids Kitchen at 1713 Taraval Street in San Francisco.
Argh! Another place that has CLOSED.
That sounds great, I’ll have to try it next time I’m up in the city.