Menu Mission: Essencia
Try as we might, we can't track down every single menu in the city. That's where you, dear user, come in. Menu Mission is a new feature where we make a plea to our users to send us an commonly-requested menu.
As far as procuring menus, we're usually all over new restaurants, since most recently-opened restaurants have official websites with their menu online. Unfortunately, that is not the case with Essencia, the "long-awaited" contemporary Peruvian joint manned by Postrio and Hawthorne Lane chef Anne Gingrass. Miriam Morgan had a little tease about the menu earlier this week:
Starters include a deconstructed stuffed artichoke, with the heart and leaves fanned out and topped with quinoa salad in lemony vinaigrette. A spicy yellow pepper sauce complements a delicate ceviche of paper-thin halibut.There you have it. If you've got the entire thing, email us a menu or fax it to 415-358-5770.Main courses offer upscale takes on Peruvian dishes, such as roast pork tenderloin and a creamy lentil-rice mix, topped with bacon and a fried quail egg. A lively cilantro sauce covers lamb with peas and asparagus, paired with a rich risotto.
Essencia, 401 Gough St (At Hayes St), (415) 552-8485
