I Left My Heart(burn) in San Francisco, Part III

On Saturday, we walked up Market Street to the newly-redesigned Ferry Building, now a gourmet food hall with rows of purveyors of specialty food items. We sampled a host of items including two varieties of ice cold raw oysters on the half shell at Hog Island Oyster Company, a brothy clam chowder at San Francisco Fish Company, panko-breaded scallop and shrimp croquettes at Delica/rf1, a buttery brioche at Miette, crisp green apple and pear sorbets at Ciao Bella Gelato, and fresh, incredibly sweet white peaches in the outdoor farmer's market at the rear of the building. There were so many more items we could have sampled, but it would have taken a good solid month of visits to exhaust all of the possibilities. And about an entire month's salary as well. It ain't cheap. But the views of the Bay Bridge span from the piers behind the building are spectacular. The entire other half of the day was spent recuperating from the trauma our stomachs endured. Good times.