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1407 Bush St. San Francisco, CA 94109

415-440-6343

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Best Paella
Award Winner 2004

Cuisine(s): South American, Spanish

Price: $$, $$$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, cash
Features: Private Party, Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Street

Description

Large menu offers good appetizers like ceviche mixto (whitefish, prawns, mussels, squid, and onions marinated in lemon juice and aji) and ensalada de pulpo (octopus salad). Entrees are less polished -- try the pollo a la Fina Estampa.

2004 | Best Paella

The first paella was cooked up near the town of Valencia on the east coast of Spain, where the rice, saffron, and olive oil come from. That initial attempt featured snails and eels as well, but you can add anything you like to the basic triad; the trick is balancing the different ingredients with cooking time and temperature and not letting the whole thing dry out. Fina Estampa specializes in Peruvian cuisine, but its version of the Spanish classic is as richly flavored and lusciously... More »
2000 | Best Alternative Seviche

By now, just about everyone in San Francisco has tried seviche at least once, and though lime-cured seafood is hard to beat, it can, like anything else, get tired after a while. If you've reached this point, it's time you ordered the seviche mixto at the Peruvian-Spanish Fina Estampa -- a heaping plate of whitefish, prawns, mussels, squid, and onions, marinated in lemon juice, as opposed to lime, then touched with fiery aji chili sauce. Your taste buds have never felt so alive. More »

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By Greg Hugunin | Wed, March 08, 2000

While working as a translator in the oil fields of Kazakhstan, my friend Olga, who is Russian, was witness to a peculiar ritual. Among the Kazakhs, whose hearts are said to be wide open, like the steppe, business is often a social rite and hospita... More »

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La Fina Estampa

1407 Bush St. San Francisco, CA 94109

415-440-6343

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2004 | Best Paella

2000 | Best Alternative Seviche

Around the World

By Greg Hugunin | Wed, March 08, 2000

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