Today I went to Perilla SF, the new Vietnamese restaurant in the neighborhood. I sat alone at a table in the back. It was really cold in the restaurant… I had long sleeves on and my North Face down vest and I was still cold.
I ordered the Charbroiled Prawn with steamed rice because I thought that it would warm me up withouth making me feel like a total load.
Take a second and try to count how many pieces of food there are on this plate. 1 Scoop of rice, 1 dish of fish sauce, 4 pieces of broccoli, 7 shrimp. I’m sorry, but that is not enough food… not for $8.50 and not for a starving Kir… I gobbled up the shrimp and the broccoli pretty fast, and I was still really hungry so I ate the white rice which you know is soooo not filling in a “filling” way… *sigh*. Will try something else there next time.
Oh yeah, the shrimp was good. It was just sauteed with some pepper and garlic, pretty simple… the broccoli was lightly steamed. The fish sauce was good and the rice was good too… cooked perfectly, not too soft, not too grainy and it had that nice popcorny smell.
I’m giving today’s lunch 2 stars because I think it wasn’t enough food, and it wasn’t oh so spectacular. It was good but it wasn’t good enough for $11… but I will go back to try the garlic noodles – they smelled divine.
Perilla
510 Mission St
(between 1st St & Ecker Pl)
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 777-1893
www.perillasf.com