During our recent trip to Italy, two of the best things we had to eat were towards the very end of the trip while we were in Liguria, namely (a) Mandilli al Pesto at Le Cantine Squarciafico in Genova, and (b) Focaccia di Recco at Pizzeria del Ponte in Recco (described further at items #19 and #21 at this post). Not long after our return to San Francisco, I was recounting those meals to a friend who told me that both dishes could be found at Farina Focaccia on 18th Street in the Mission, a restaurant featuring Ligurian food of which I had heard, but to which I had never been.
I decided that the Thanksgiving holidays would be a good opportunity to try out Farina so last Saturday, still a bit full from our Thanksgiving meal a couple of days earlier, Andrew, Connie, Alex, Cassie, Nancy and I descended upon them.
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