Osipenko has quietly transformed the bar with a new 20-page menu that features some of the most ambitious cocktails in San Francisco, if not the U.S.
The changing veggies are an ideal palate cleanser or bar snack, providing lively, pickled contrast to comfort dishes like a jidori egg salad tomago sandwich.
Miso cream cheese-stuffed shishito peppers are topped with shaved bonito with an elevated Japanese jalapeno poppers vibe. Grilled agebitashi eggplant soaks up much flavor from its dashi marination.
Appetizers shine, from shrimp shiso tempura to ever-beloved Japanese fried chicken karaage. But temaki (sushi hand-rolls) and those hearty rice bowls make a gratifying and rather superb meal.
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