Rosemary for Remembrance

Peninsula a surprise find south of S.F.

CARL NOLTE: Dyed-in-the-wool San Franciscans are famous snobs. It’s New York without the attitude. So it was with some hesitation that we joined a gastronomic expedition to the Peninsula.

Apart from the incoherence of the writing -- snobs, but without the attitude? -- the idea that good food stops at Daly City cuts Nolte off from any chef or cook (or customer) who can't afford the rents in the City. I've had some magnificent Ethiopian in San Jose, for instance. If you insist on formality, Chez TJ in Mountain View has had a Michelin star for seven years now.