We love working with companies who like to collaborate on theme and menu; this event was the realization of a long conversation about a party where we could someday hang upside-down Christmas trees and serve roast goose. Enter The Pearl, a gorgeous space in a former ships' boiler repair house in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco: dystoptian Dickensian beauty, here we come. 

It is always a joy to work with the visionary and dream-executing Jack & Ginger Studios, and the florals by Scarlett & Grace (including those hanging trees) were spectacular.

All photos are copyright Beth Thomas.

Menu:

welcome
placed
sugared cranberries

passed
warm roasted chestnuts
brown butter, honey, black pepper

early pass
smoked maitake mushroom
white bean smash, sage, lemon, country toast | v | available gf

dungeness crab
chicory leaf, kumquat, fried shallot

sage flower cracker, carrot puree
flowers, seeds, herbs, pickled ramp

later pass
fried quail
in wooden boxes, pear persimmon chutney, frisee | gf

bubble & squeak cakes
cabbage or brussels sprouts, potato, fried leek, apple, pickled mustard sauce

main feast table
stuffed goose with prunes
brandy glaze

cold poached salmon
lemon mayonnaise, cucumber scales, butter lettuce

tians of vegetables
winter squash, turnip, potato, parsnip, cauliflower, celery root, chicory, thyme

pie shop
beef and stilton pie

potato and cheese pie

pork and bacon hand pies

roots & shoots pasties

apple & quince pie

little chocolate nut pies

cheese shop
westcombe cheddar
berkswell
oat biscuits, housemade chutney

whole wheel colston-bassett stilton
honeycomb, local bread, fruit

fireplace
edible coal in coal buckets