"I went to Ana Mandara last night for the last day of SF’s Dine About Town (only in January!) $31.95 for a three course meal. The inside of the restaurant is styled with palm trees and architecture so that you feel like you are sitting outside a posh nightclub. The food was pretty good but not earthshattering. For my first course I had the crispy lobster ravioli, which was nicely done with a good dipping/dripping sauce. Second course was the mekong basa – a filet of fish, lightly floured and placed over a small pile of greens, surrounded by fish sauce (smells like pad thai). Not much art to the plating. Third course was the meyer lemon mousse, which I have to say was the best of everything I tried there. It’s served in a martini glass with a sprig of mint and some preserved slivers of lemon. Yum. I do like meyer lemon anything, so it’s not too difficult to make me happy. It does shake like jello. Service was decent though slow, and waiters/helpers simply slid our plates onto the table rather than carefully serving and placing them – perhaps because we had a group (?) Water was refilled failrly quickly. I’d go back again but wouldn’t say Ana Mandara is worth a special drive up to the city."

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