Mashed Thoughts

The first thing I did when I was planning my trip to San Francisco was looking up where to eat. I google mapped it. Hog Island Oyster Co. was one restaurant that showed up and it has some amazing reviews so I decided I must try it out.

Hog Island Oyster Co. is located in the 1 Ferry Building Marketplace on the Embarcadero in San Francisco.

You get some complementary bread with butter to start while looking over the menu.

You can either sit inside and watch the shuckers shuck oysters or outside to look out onto the water. There was nice weather so a lot of people choose to sit outside. It was still a little early so it wasn't too busy yet but it will get crazy busy at happy hour.

I ordered a Oyster bar mix, 6 oysters for 18 USD. They were out of two types of oysters so I had some doubles. Wish I had ordered more...I particularly like the Hog Island Sweetwater oyster. The oysters were very fresh, served with a lemon slice and a light sauce.

Hog Island Sweetwater

Pacific Gold

Naked Cowboy

In addition to the oysters, I ordered a salad. I wanted the Hog Island special Gumbo but they ran out. Little Gem Salad - Alba strawberries, fuji apples, almonds and ricotta salad with Citrus vinaigrette. It was very fruity and quite delicious.

When I left, there was a huge lineup! The oyster bar is very popular during 5-7pm happy hour and for good reason. The oysters were delicious and very fresh. Definitely deserves a repeat visit.

After the shopping in Portland, I flew to San Francisco. I've been there several times already since I have family living there but I love the Fisherman's Wharf area so that's where I wandered around when I landed.

The primary purpose of my Portland trip was actually to attend my cousin's law school graduation. The ceremony was at the Hult Center which was right next to our hotel. The ceremony had a lot of interesting speeches! It was way funnier than my own grad ceremony but I guess lawyers know how to talk otherwise they wouldn't be lawyers! We didn't have any time for breakfast or lunch before the ceremony so we were starving! The hotel front desk recommended we try Oregon Electric Station which was just a block away.

It was about 3:30pm, too early for dinner for most people so we were the only ones there! The kitchen wasn't every prepared yet for dinner service so we had to only wait for half hour as they started preparations early just for us.