294/365 dinner at loló
For my birthday in August, we ended up eating dinner at Loló, a very eclectic Mexican-Turkish restaurant in the Mission. Because we ate so late, the light for pictures was pretty bad. I was maxing out the 50mm lens, and all the pictures came out blurry and/or grainy. So Steve and I decided to go back, this time at 6pm when they open, before daylight savings time ends this weekend. The light was slightly better for the first half of the meal, but it got dark pretty fast. I'm still not posting the picture of our last dish: the duck confit with corn tortillas, cilantro, and grape-fruit jalapeno sauce. We'll have to try again in the summer, when it's light out for much longer.
These are the huitlacoche ricotta stuffed dumplings. We had these on my birthday too. Huitlacoche, also known as corn smut, is a black fungus that grows on corn and has been referred to as the "Mexican truffle." I'm not sure if I'm allergic to mushrooms or not, but this seems to be okay. The flavor is rather earthy, but the dipping sauce they serve with the dumplings balances that.
294/365 dinner at loló
For my birthday in August, we ended up eating dinner at Loló, a very eclectic Mexican-Turkish restaurant in the Mission. Because we ate so late, the light for pictures was pretty bad. I was maxing out the 50mm lens, and all the pictures came out blurry and/or grainy. So Steve and I decided to go back, this time at 6pm when they open, before daylight savings time ends this weekend. The light was slightly better for the first half of the meal, but it got dark pretty fast. I'm still not posting the picture of our last dish: the duck confit with corn tortillas, cilantro, and grape-fruit jalapeno sauce. We'll have to try again in the summer, when it's light out for much longer.
These are the huitlacoche ricotta stuffed dumplings. We had these on my birthday too. Huitlacoche, also known as corn smut, is a black fungus that grows on corn and has been referred to as the "Mexican truffle." I'm not sure if I'm allergic to mushrooms or not, but this seems to be okay. The flavor is rather earthy, but the dipping sauce they serve with the dumplings balances that.