Influenced by the cuisine of Zen Buddhist temples in Japan (called shojin) the Medicine Eat Station in San Francisco offers up a mostly organic, vegetarian menu.

Olivia Wu of the San Francisco Chronicle says:

...a fusion of opposites: ancient and contemporary, fine dining and casual service, East and West, from-scratch cooking and quick food, traditional and hip. Those are a lot of dualities for any place, but Medicine generally succeeds at making this work, delivering a well-rounded experience and certainly an unusual one. (read her review )

A look at the menu: The sets are healthy, ultra-simple foundations for a meal at MEDICINE. As a light meal, they can stand by themselves, or they can form the core of a richer dining experience.

Soba Set
- Buckwheat noodles in housemade shojin broth, topped with wakame seaweed, fiddlehead fern, sour plum, and mixed sesame-flax seeds

- Fresh artisan tofu with garnish

- Fresh light pickles of red and yellow pepper, Japanese cucumber, and turnip

Mountain Monk Set
Salad of exotic seasonal greens, vegetables, grapes, and nuts, with sake leaf dressing, and a light garnish of black daitokuji natto

White Kyoto miso soup with carrot, daikon, roasted soy beans, and burdock root

Fresh light pickles of red and yellow pepper, Japanese cucumber, and turnip ADD fresh artisan tofu with garnish

Clarity Set
- Assorted simmered vegetables with tomato, Japanese pumpkin, sugar snap pea, snow-dried tofu, white asparagus, shiitake

- Fresh artisan tofu with garnish

- Chilled clear soup with Japanese cucumber, sour plum and junsai

- Fresh light pickles of red and yellow pepper, Japanese cucumber, and turnip

( Have a look at the entire menu )

Medicine Restaurant
161 Sutter Street @ the Crocker Galleria
San Francisco, CA

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