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by Amy Sherman
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 You may have eaten at Slanted Door or even at Out The Door
either at the Ferry Building or at San Francisco Centre, but you're
going to want to try OTD Bush in the Fillmore. In addition to many of
the dishes that Chef Charles Phan is famous for such as Vietnamese
Spring Rolls and the Jicama and Grapefruit Salad or the Chicken
Claypot, OTD Bush offers something else entirely. Breakfast!
I
love breakfast but let's face it, going out for breakfast in this town
usually means American fare, dim sum or maybe Mexican food. Now there
is something new, Vietnamese food. At a press preview I got tastes of a
lot of deliciousness. Hats off to Pastry Chef Chucky Dugo for a whole
bunch of sweet and savory treats to dig into. I was crazy about the
crunchy-on-the-outside, fluffy-on-the-inside Beignets, Crepes with
apples, Warm Banana Sticky Rice with toasted coconut and sweet and
savory style pate choux pastries. The little puff pastries were still
slightly eggy on the inside, just the way I like them.
 For
breakfast traditionalists, there are several different egg dishes,
including a Fried Egg with pâté and baguette. The Coconut Pull Bread
was a big hit with almost everyone but I found the filling a bit
cloying. For a pre-opening event the food was amazingly good. I do hope
guests warm up to the comforting Chicken Porridge flavored with rau
ram, crispy shallots and black pepper. It's just the thing when you are
feeling a bit under the weather. Prices on the breakfast menu range
from $3 for steamed buns stuffed with gingery chicken, mushrooms or
pork to $13 for the Poached Sun Hill Farms Eggs with braised Niman
Ranch brisket and crispy potatoes. Most dishes are under $10.
Like
the other locations OTD is modern and clean. This location features
cool blue green tile, warm wood, marble counters and an open kitchen
that runs practically the whole length of the long and narrow space.
Lunch and dinner menus look promising as well. I just hope my dyslexic
brain can be convinced that the servers t-shirts don't actually
proclaim them as sufferers of OCD.
OTD Bush
2232 Bush St @ Fillmore
San Francisco
415.923.9575
Amy Sherman is a San Francisco–based writer, recipe
developer, restaurant reviewer and all around culinary enthusiast. She
blogs for Epicurious , Bay Area Bites and Cooking with Amy .
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