As amazing as Bushi-Tei is we have to move on in our search across the food alphabet of lovely San Francisco. So we come to the letter C and while the Cookie Monster may feel that C is for Cookies, for us bunch of intrepid food explorers and adventurers it means so much more.

As is usual we started with our lengthy list of great eats all beginning with the letter C...

• Cafe Altano - Hayes Valley Italian
• Cafe Andree - Downtown / Union Square Californian
• Cafe Bastille - Financial District / Embarcadero French
• Café Bistro - Nordstrom San Francisco Downtown / Union Square Contemporary American
• Cafe Claude - Downtown / Union Square French
• Cafe de la Presse - Downtown / Union Square French
• Café Ethiopia - Mission
• Cafe KATi - Pacific Heights Californian
• Cafe Maritime - Marina / Presidio Seafood
• Cafe Mozart - San Francisco Downtown / Union Square French
• Cafe Pescatore - Fisherman's Wharf Italian
• Cafe Tiramisu - Financial District / Embarcadero Italian
• Caffe Macaroni Sciue Sciue - North Beach Italian
• Campton Place - Downtown / Union Square Californian
• Capannina - Marina / Presidio Italian
• Capurro's - Fisherman's Wharf Seafood
• Careme 350 - Potrero Hill / Dogpatch Contemporary French
• Carnelian Room - Financial District / Embarcadero Californian
• Cassis - Pacific Heights French
• Castafiore - Financial District / Embarcadero Italian
• Castagnola's - Fisherman's Wharf Seafood
• Catch - Castro / Noe / Glen Park Seafood
• CAV Winebar and Kitchen - Civic Center / Van Ness Contemporary American
• Cha Cha Cha - Haight
• Cha Ya - Mission Vegetarian Japanese
• Chapeau - Richmond District French
• Charanga Restaurant - Mission / Bernal Heights Latin American
• Chaya Brasserie - Financial District / Embarcadero French
• Chenery Park - Castro / Noe / Glen Park American
• Chez Papa - Potrero Hill / Dogpatch French
• Chez Papa Mint Plaza - Downtown / Union Square Provencal
• Chez Spencer - SOMA French
• CHIAROSCURO - Financial District / Embarcadero Italian
• Chouchou - Forest Hill / West Portal Contemporary French
• Chouquet's - Pacific Heights French
• Cioppino's On The Wharf - Fisherman's Wharf Seafood
• CIRCA - Marina / Presidio Contemporary American
• CIRCOLO - SOMA Californian
• Citizen Cake - Civic Center / Van Ness Californian
• Citrus Club - Haight – Asian Fusion
• Cityhouse - Parc 55 Hotel - Downtown / Union Square Steakhouse
• COCO5OO - SOMA Californian
• Coi - North Beach Contemporary American
• Colibri - Mexican Bistro - Downtown / Union Square Mexican / Southwestern
• CONDUIT - Mission / Bernal Heights American
• Cosmopolitan Restaurant Lounge - Financial District / Embarcadero Contemporary American
• Côté Sud - Castro / Noe / Glen Park French
• Crab House at Pier 39 - Fisherman's Wharf Seafood

Through our usual highly complex process of elimination, or in other words, where have we already eaten at, we very quickly whittled down the list to a grand total of One! which is really quite impressive by any measure. So where is it that this eclectic band of foodies have not been... well as it turns out we have not eaten at a place that is named after what is probably the oldest country in the world! And by that we mean Ethiopia... and just so we are not confused asking where the C in Ethiopia - we mean Cafe Ethiopia.

So reservations where made and we eagerly await our dinner date.