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Sainte Claire Hotel. Photo taken from the southern end of Plaza de Cesar E. Chavez, nigh-on to Quetzalcoatl.

On 21 Dec 1999, I dined with a Grace at Il Fornaio, located on street level. The house Cabernet was Farallon, which is an odd name for a wine considering no grapes are grown on those rocky little islands. I enjoyed a plate of Linguine Al Gamberelle. Grace ordered Salmone Alla Norvegese. We both licked our plates clean. (Update: Dec 2002. Farrallon Cabernet was briefly on sale at Nob Hill for 3 dollars a bottle--a tremendous value.)

Grace made the interesting observation that old people have lumpy feet and require extra-large shoes. During the meal we realized we did not know what kind of fish Mahi-Mahi was. We decided on Dolphin. It is, of course, Tuna (wrong--see below).

Update: 10 Jan 2003
James Morrissey offers clarification arrived regarding Mahi-Mahi:
"Having caught many of these fish in Guam and the Seychelles, I can assure you that the fish is not tuna but, dolphin. (Always go with your first guess)

Some proof: www.foodreference.com/html/fmahimahi.html

MAHI-MAHI
Dolphin is the name of a marine mammal, but it is also the name of a fish.
Because of the confusion, most restaurants today use the Hawaiian name mahi
mahi or the Spanish 'dorado' on their menus so customers don't think they are
serving 'Flipper' the famous TV show mammal.

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