Neiman Marcus
150 Stockton St
San Francisco, CA 94108
My initial thoughts were: popovers (whatever they are) with strawberry butter (hmmm), at Neiman Marcus, this should be interesting! I am far from a Neiman Marcus kinda girl, but I was going to check off this item from the Big Eat list no matter what!
Location: Union Square. I went with a few friends, one of whom knew the side entrance to The Rotunda. The tiny elevator took us to the top floor and moments after the elevator doors chimed open, I was immediately impressed by the decorated interior; and Yes, in particular, the rotunda:
We didn't place a reservation (absolutely necessary for a table) so we opted for bar seating and were promptly handed a fancy schmancy and oh-so-pretty menu:
So we came to find out this 'popover' thing is served with lunch entree items, kind of like a bread tray, after I placed a $35 afternoon tea & munchies set - not considered a lunch entree! I was so distraught at the thought of not being able to sample a popover but luckily, our server was kind enough to bring out one for each of us. Score!!
So the popover turns out to be a giant blown-up pastry puff, and hollow as such once you rip it apart
Pastry close-up!
Strawberry butter close-up!
I took a small bite each of the popover as well as the strawberry butter and let me just say the strawberry butter is what makes this combo soooo delicious!! It's got the smooth texture of butter plus the distinct strawberry aroma, with visible tiny specks of real strawberry pieces. The flavor of smooth, buttery, creamy, slightly tart and sweet all rolled into one is a nice fiesta in your mouth!! I was smitten right away! And adding to it the soft heavenly pastry puff...what a beautiful combination!
g-g-g-g-g-iiiiii-v-eeeee me that...
STRAWBERRY BUTTER!
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