Our last 3 star restaurant in SF was Saison and it was over $150 more expensive per person before wines, and honestly was not worth the price. Atelier Crenn is still quite expensive ($335 per person), but in comparison, was definitely a better deal ;) (yes, I understand this is quite relative :) ).

Last time I think I was not impressed because it wasn't the typical french tasting menu I was used to, but also because the service was quite slow and the whole dinner took 4H, which is just too long in my book. This time it was better timed, and some of the dishes that I was less impressed with were replaced by new ones that were all quite tasty with multiple levels of flavaours.
The wine pairing cost arond $250, which clearly wasn't cheap. Jennifer was ok with it, but I think she would have appreciated more red wines, even if a good amount of dishes we had were better paired with white.

we started with what looked like macaroons with pate de fruits, but were actually salted

sea urchin

tasty ostiestra caviar

lovely dish with edible flowers

so cute

dessert #2

The place was still nice, the dishes were enjoyable, unfortunately it took 30mn to get each dish, which is way way too long (4.5H for the whole meal), also we both kind of got stomach sick afterwards, so we likely both got food poisoning there.
That's pretty sad, it was a good place we used to enjoy. What's also more sad is that they don't answer their info@cheztj.com Email, nor did the manager replied to me when I called and Emailed him directly with my concerns...

Oh well, here are the photos, at least those were nice:

A couple of days later, on actual Valentine's day, I got a valentine's android and heart cookie while Jennifer unfroze the remaining pieces of our wedding cake. Said cake was still quite good :)

Mats, one of the two Travieso co-founders, made a fantastic dinner for us (especially considering that all he had in the winery was a microwave and a portable propane burner).

Although, while the dinner was actually really good, it was only second to the fantastic wine selection, including a 1861 Madeira (!), a very nice 1970 Port and 1981 chateau d'Yquem Sauternes and a couple of Moët & Chandon Dom Pérignon from his personal collection (not counting a nice flight of Travieso wines). It's not every day that you get to drink some of those.

A Big thank you Mats for sharing all this with us.

Mats moved some crates away and set a very nice table

Menu, and can't believe it wines

1861 Madeira, whoa!

Mushroom Broth with foie gras

many yummy cheeses and fruits

1970 Port and 1981 chateau d'Yquem Sauterne

Mats' speech, click for video