This past weekend, I spent a delicious two days in San Francisco. I discovered that in addition to a farmer's market at the ferry building, there are food stands set up all long the pier. Always one for a smorgasbord of tastings, I couldn't wait to try them all. Unfortunately, my stomach is an eighth of the size of my appetite so I was only able to try a couple. First stop was at Roli Roti, where there was a crazy line. They offer rotisserie chickens but I'm pretty sure everyone was waiting for the ridiculous looking porchetta. Porchetta, pronounced
por-ketta, is a fatty, boneless pork roast generally layered with herbs and other aromatics and traditionally roasted over wood.
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| you could hear the crunch of the crackling as they cut into it |
They serve the sandwich with a crunchy Acme ciabatta roll, some onion marmalade and greens. It's phenomenal. In my opinion, it surpasses Porchetta's (NYC) pork sandwich by miles.