I had lively dinner at Basil Thai, in the So Ma section of San Francisco, Friday night with Jessica H. Faust, literary agent, and several members of the San Francisco Chapter of the Romance Writers of America.

This is a place we all enjoy and often choose as our destination when we have out of town guests. Jessica lives on the east coast and was the SF RWA guest speaker at our Saturday meeting.

Don't ask me what all I ate -- it seemed like a parade of incredibly tasty dishes kept arriving. All of us chose our favorite dish. Mine was:

hoi ka-ta -- scallops with tempura long beans wok-fried in Thai black bean, chili and wine.

The scallops almost floated off the platter and the fried beans were crunchy and delicious.

If you want to go there, here's the data:

http://www.basilthai.com/

Basil Thai
1175 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA
Tel: 415-552-8999
Fax: 415-552-8889