Last week, Jennifer received an email for being a friend of Nibblers. Nibblers was a restaurant in Pleasant Hill that did small plates and was run by a wonderful man named Daniel.
he is an amazingly knowledgeable man, and we had several great times there, not the least of which was a birthday dinner for Jennifer.
The email she received was an invitation to a preview of Daniel's new restaurant Origen on Telegraph in Berkeley. We decided on an evening, and made our reservations. We planned for the day, and set aside money for what we expected to be a possibly expensive evening.
Tonight we went an experienced the “Farm to Fork” plan of Origen. we didn’t order, they just brought out food asking about cocktails or wine that we might like with the meal. We had a squash and gorgonzola pizza. We had a potato and chard soup garnished with bacon. We had a salmon wrapped in Artic chard with cloved figs. We had a chuck burger with gruyere and homemade red pepper ketchup. And we finished with a chocolate pavê infused with plums and orange zest.
When we were done, we asked for the check, and our waiter explained that there was no cost for the meal. This was a celebration of the new restaurant for the friends of Nibblers. So we left a very nice tip, thanked our waiter and our host, and came home.
This is a place we plan to patronize. And we hope that those of you who are local will as well. Go and enjoy.
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