Our 58th Spot:

Restaurant Anzu at Hotel Nikko

222 Mason Street San Francisco, CA 94102

www.hotelnikkosf.com

I saved this Spot toward the end of this Leg cuz it just already seemed so chic from what little I knew about it. I like to build anticipation!

It’s on the 2nd floor and you get to pass by + overlook this stunning lobby area. No photos, cuz I want you to experience the grandness of it when you come!

So. Much. Chartreuse. (three clapping emojis) Immediately in love. It’s my 2nd favorite color! There were 8 of us this time…and of the three gorgeous rooms, we were the only ones dining!! We had the whole place to ourselves and it felt even more exclusive.

Nikko Boutique Blend – Cherries and rose? I’m in. They had a nice selection of teas. Not too much to choose from, but enough variety. While I almost went for my beloved vanilla rooibos, I spotted this one last minute and went for it. Happy I chose it. Even had 2 cups! (my Loyals know I only do more than one cup if it’s a high quality cuppa)

They served healthy servings of tea boyy! These were like 4-cup teapots!! (when usually most places offer a 2-cup pot…and then just continue filling with hot water) Like, I use this exact teapot at home when I steep for the family. Then they came around and gave each of us a little cup to try each other’s picked blends. Very thoughtful. I got to try someone’s Lady Blue Earl Grey and someone else’s Jasmine Pearls. Both delicious!

Listen, there was a BOUNTY of food! This tier is just the Sweets!! There were PLATTERS for the sandwiches, and more than one sandwich a person. And these were like full-sized ‘I just cut the crusts off’ tea sandwiches! Plenty of food for everyone, more than enough. No one was going home hungry. Five of us even brought full to-go boxes home with us.

Cucumber – Forgive me cuz it’s been over 10 years and I am over 75 Teas in…but I can’t remember ever having a cucumber tea sandwich with tomato in it (or at least not a memorable one). It’s not usual. But I loved it!! This was SO GOOD. Nice crunch, light cream, and I feel like I was tasting basil. This was my favorite of the 3 offered. It was just so refreshing!

Egg Salad – It had green onion!! My new favorite thing. There was a nice crunch to it. Bread was kinda dry…buut I also kinda liked it like that haha.

Smoked Salmon – It was a good smoked salmon. I think I would have liked a top slice of bread (like the others had). Nice herby cream. I told you there was a plethora of food cuz- my girls were putting 2 of these together to make fuller sandwiches!

Sweets – I tried to put a variety of items on my plate for the photo (even tho I did not plan to eat all this), so you could see…but I wasn’t even able to get one of each thing served!? [scroll back up to the Tier] I don’t think you can tell just how big this thing was!! That bottom layer was the size of an extra large pizza! Everything was really good. The scone was dense and had nice flavor, good with the apricot preserves. They had these pregnant madeleines that were so fluffy, those tasted homemade for sure. The tiny eclair was so moist. And all the other sweets were just high quality picks. Toward the end, divvying up all the leftovers- we ran out of room in our to-go boxes and people were getting doubles of stuff. There was so. Much. Food!

I had to make sure and include this shot cuz my girl ‘Wife of Filipino’ and Cutie Jr. and I had a FULL ON Photo Shoot of it!! Hahaha. These are different height glass canisters of their teas offered on a cute cart in their front room. They had labels on them, but I didn’t want the white stickers in my shot so we turned them all around. Then WoF even made sure that the contents inside laid nice + even! Hehe, too much fun with these. But it turned out pretty right!?

This was the last big party I had for Leg 4. We had a blast and were laughing most of the time. We had 2 Firsties (first time afternoon tea attenders) with us and some girls who had never met before. That’s my favorite part. I’m sure I talked about this before, but I’ll say it again… I love love LOVE it (it really is my favorite thing) when I introduce two of my friends who don’t know each other, they hit it off, exchange numbers and make plans! I am not one of those jealous people that needs to be a part of everything. Like I WANT you to get together and vibe…without me hahah. I love to see it.

Customer Service was excellent.

We’re in the final stretch of the Tour guys! Three (potentially 4) more ‘Last Entry’ Spots to visit. Thank you for continuing to support by reading, following, subscribing, donating, and engaging with our socials. We have had some cool “out of towners” visiting on the website too! *Shout Out* to our Readers in BRAZIL who blew my numbers up out the water a couple weeks ago!! NINE TIMES our average view count!!!

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