Saturday, May 3, 2008

Incanto - redux

Okay, it's been a while, but i still wanted to mention a dining experience we had way back in San Fran.
We went to Incanto again, this time with Jenifer's parents and her Mom's cousin Liz and her husband John.
Now, we had lots of recommends of places we hadn't tried yet (thanks Billy and Andrea Robb - who actually made some calls and internet requests on our behalf), but we weren't sure what the plans were going to be until pretty late notice, and we were trying to find something on the right side of town for Kathy's cousins who live in Mountain View, so they didn't have to add another 20 minutes to their drive. I was itching to try A16, which happened to be right by our hotel, but they didn't have reses for 6 at a time that worked, and we weren't really willing to chance it at a walk-in table (they have designated walk-in tables; also ruled out SPQR, their sister restaurant, which doesn't take resevations).
All other top options being exhausted I called Incanto (if you have to eat somewhere twice, it might as well be the one that's know for its use of offal). Just-a-by-chance they had just had a cancellation for 6 at 8pm. Rejoice.
Now, amongst other things to make this a memorable meal, I got to eat Porchetta di Testa, the Expo suggested the venison ribs when I took a short poll on the way to the men's room and we got to to try another Masciarelli wine, the Marina Cvetic Montepulciano, which was great.
So after the meal we're waiting for our cab in the lobby and I see some gentlemen about to leave. Hmmm, that guy looks like Nathan Petrelli. Wow, he's hanging out with a guy that looks like Peter Petrelli, that's odd. Holy Shit - that's Hiro Nakamura!!!
Before I could stop myself I yelped "Hiro!" half (one quarter) under my breath, but still hoping he might hear. Thankfully they didn't even pause.
Normally I would scoff at someone approaching a movie or tv star with their character's name, but they were all hanging out together!!
Isn't that kind of weird?
Also, truthfully, I have no idea what those actors names' are. And I was a little drunk.

1 comment:

Alicia Hardy said...

I can't believe that you didn't see them fly. That's so lame.