Is it really the last day of Sloth Season? Say it ain’t so! Sigh. Totally not fair considering the Bay Area has been a shroud of fog, gloom and sweater-weather all “summer”. In Dante’s Inferno, San Francisco is not unlike the third circle of hell, where the gluttonous are punished in eternal rain and relentless […]
Author Archives: Kayoko Akabori
August 27, 2010
Pizzeria Bruno: The Proof Is In The Pizza (SD)
Pizzeria Bruno was the one place I wanted to go during my visit to San Diego earlier this month. Mike Senese, television personality and hardcore pizzahead, had mentioned that it was, “easily the best pizza I’ve found in Southern California,” so of course I had to try it. I walked in and the first thing […]
August 24, 2010
Lazyass Cookin’: The Goya Champloo Breakfast Burrito
Lazy here. Very very lazy. Yet, I have a knack for going into my fridge and whipping up random dishes that are at times bizarre, but always edible. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Goya Champloo Breakfast Burrito. It’s kinda genius, if I do say so myself, plus it seriously only took me like […]
Breaderico Panini
Introducing Breaderico Panini. Not to be mistaken with Federico Fellini, director of one of my favorite films, Otto e mezzo. (Is that so film student cliche, or what? Alas, I was not a film major. I was worse– the lit major). Ain’t he dashing? Spitting image of Mastroianni. I’m in a silly mood right now, […]
August 22, 2010
Heads Up – Umamiventure #28: San Tung Restaurant (SF)
Confession: This Umamiventure has been created solely for the purpose of sating my own obsession for San Tung‘s chicken wings. San Tung is no secret in the SF dining community– it’s got like 1700 Yelp reviews and is a mob scene at all hours of the day. My dear friends Khoi and Sarah took me […]
August 17, 2010
Lazyass Cookin’: Warm Eggplant Tsuyu
Ah, summer. Nix that– the dead of WINTER here in the Bay Area. We’re below the Equator, didn’t you know? But for the sake of conversation, let’s say it’s summer. And summer means cold noodles, right? Thanks to Yoko, ya’ll are equipped with the definitive recipes to making your very own tsuyu. Japanify, holla! If […]
August 13, 2010
SWEET BERRY WINE!
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO + POST! To bookend the week the way we started it, I leave you with more Tim and Eric Awesome Show. SWEET BERRY WINE! This one is my second favorite skit, after Ham’b Not Lamb. Steve Brule is such a genius. And here’s a dope little track by Flying […]
August 12, 2010
Ramen Night, Part Deux (SF)
Back in April, we had a very special Umamiventure— Marcel (we call him that here), a dude who has been making ramen out of his home for the last year and a half, invited Umamimart over to try it. Fifteen of us showed up and gathered in his living room as he toiled away in […]
August 9, 2010
H’amb Not Lamb
I went to visit one of my very best friends last week in San Diego. And while we could have spent the days on the beach, hanging out in flip-flops and throwing around frisbees (my dream life, duh), you know what we did? Laid around and watched Tim and Eric Awesome Show on her couch. […]