September 21, 2009
Since moving back to California, I’m trying to branch out more and find new places to eat all over the Bay Area. A few weekends ago my parents and I took a nice drive out to Pescadero, a quaint little town out on the coast, just south of San Francisco. We had an awesome Umamiventure […]
September 8, 2009
My buddy Tom and I had been talking about going to the infamous Leg of a Beast at Incanto for a very long time. One lazy afternoon while bbqing outside we decided to call and make the reservation. Incanto’s Leg of Beast includes the preparation of an entire beef shank with all the delicious tendon […]
September 5, 2009
Been craving a fancy meal so I called around to try making reservations- but all the restos I want to go to in Bay Area is CLOSED for Labor Day. UGH! How does anyone expect me to stimulate this wilting economy if you close your establishment on my day off??? Gary Denko: closed!Chez Panisse: closed!Zuni […]
September 2, 2009
Photo by Thien V. Visiting the Tomales Bay Oyster Company has been high on my priority list since CJ wrote about it last year. Fresh, just caught oysters? Overlooking the bay? Picnic tables? BBQ pits??? If that isn’t a dream scenario for you, don’t talk to me. But obviously all of you felt my enthusiasm, […]
August 26, 2009
I have a new obsession- they come in these little bite-size sacks, filled with pork, crab and a touch of soup. Xiao long bao, aka XLB, soup dumplings!!! In NYC, I loved the dumplings at Shanghai Cafe, and have finally found a place that are just as good. Actually, they are BETTER. I haven’t been […]
July 31, 2009
To celebrate my VERY FIRST paycheck since moving back to the Bay Area, I took my parents out to their lunch of choice last week. They had been wanting to try Bushi-Tei, a Japanese “French California Fusion” place up in San Francisco, so we dressed up in our Sunday best, piled into the Toyota Camry […]
July 19, 2009
Went out to dinner the other night in Cupertino to a newish Japanese “fusion tapas” place called Gochi. The place is always ridiculously packed, and their menu is way too long. They had several “fusion pizzas” on the menu, and we got one topped with unagi, egg, cheese, shimeji and shiitake mushrooms and seaweed. We […]
July 6, 2009
I took a much-needed trip back home to California in May for two weeks. I risked contracting the swine flu to indulge in my second passion after eating – photography with my grandma’s 1970s Nikon EM film camera.I love taking photos of food in Tokyo, but there’s something about the California sun that saturates food […]
June 25, 2009
Sorry this column has been defunct for the past few weeks- honestly, I just haven’t been going out to eat lately! I actually got a job at this Spanish restaurant in Menlo Park, so I’ve been working there five nights a week. My dinner usually just consists of bread and butter that I manage to […]
June 19, 2009
Yesterday I was at my usual Thursday happy hour and started wandering around the city with a little buzz trying to figure out where to go next. As I approached the corner of Folsom and 7th Street, I noticed a food truck in a parking lot and naturally went straight over to check it out. […]