March 11, 2009
Pellet is an extremely imaginative, hilarious artist who is making his way to NYC from lil’ ol’ decrepit San Jose. Bright Lights, Big City!!! Having just left the city myself, I am extremely excited for him to branch out of California and tackle NYC head on. There ain’t no other thrill like it, is there??? […]
March 10, 2009
Went to Strong Beer Month at Magnolia Pub in San Francisco a few weeks back with a group of UM readers. The first Umamiventure since I moved back to the west coast! No better way to start off my California residency than some delicious beers brewed right in the middle of the city! As CJ […]
February 20, 2009
For seven years now the brewers of 21st Amendment and Magnolia Brewery in San Francisco brew an amazing range of beers (usually over 8% ABV) for the annual Strong Beer Month.The kegs and casks of vintage and barrel-aged beers will appear throughout the month starting February 1st, but you should get on it as soon […]
February 19, 2009
UM turns TWO next week which can only mean one thing: the return of the Umamiventure! We are celebrating SF’s Strong Beer Month at Magnolia Pub & Brewery next Wed. 2/25 at 7pm, hosted by UM’s beer guru, CJ. YESSS! Please join us if you are in the Bay Area- you can’t pass up rare […]
February 18, 2009
For some reason, anago (saltwater eel) is not so popular in the States- its freshwater sister, Unagi (freshwater eel) just took the limelight and ran with it. Perhaps it’s because anago is not as buttery, I’m not sure… poor anago, it’s the underdog eel. But I’m telling you folks, anago is BETTER! It’s just delicious […]
February 12, 2009
Okay, so I headed out to Toronodo knowing it was going to be the material for my first of many posts. Equipped with my camera I was going to attempt to be sophisticated so that I could write a nice and fancy blog post for you all, but as you will see, that’s just not […]
January 22, 2009
Nhu took PPQ newbies Jacobo, Alice and me out for crab the other night in the Outer Richmond district of San Francisco- YAH!!! PPQ Dungeness Island (isn’t that the best name ever? Stands for Pho Phu Quoc), serves whole crab prepared in a variety of ways, Vietnamese style. No joke, this place is the real […]
January 7, 2009
My very first post about Bay Area food since I’ve moved here! Woo-hoo! Vanessa took me to Anh Hong in the Tenderloin, a popular Vietnamese restaurant boasting “7 COURSES OF BEEF” for only $18.95! Love it!!! From their website, it looks like there are restaurants located all over the Bay Area, and in LA and […]
September 5, 2008
Here is my new favorite place that Christi and Mike brought me to in Man Jose called Dia de Pesca. It’s a seafood taco shack out of a “roach coach” that ROCKS. Literally, it’s just an old school mobile home that houses the kitchen, parked in the middle of a parking lot, with tables and […]
August 29, 2008
Met up with V’s good friend Esther for lunch at Tu Lan, a kick ass, grubby hole in the wall Vietnamese joint in the Tenderloin (TL) area of San Francisco. This place is RAD, it must be an SF institution- there was a line out the door by 12:05. Sweet. And look at that sign! […]