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I previously wrote about pizza, that was more the gourmet sit down kind. Deja Vu is my favorite spot for pizza by the slice: thin exquisite crustness The wait can be ungodly but it's all made fresh ...
Posted Mon, Apr 7, 2008 @ 3:27:49 PM in food / photo / sanfrancisco

It's already March. Better late than never New favorites, all in San Francisco: Hai Ky Mi Gia, Deja Vu Pizza, Sebo Old favorites (sf): Limon, Koo Old favorites (south bay): Gochi, Tanto, ASJ/A&J Old...
Posted Thu, Mar 6, 2008 @ 4:53:16 PM in 2007 / food / photo / sanfrancisco

A nice weekend trip with the boys for Sina's bachelor party. Didn't see too much of Seattle though The Saturday Night Book Club: Mayor Cary, Judge BPC, Daniel Bonaparte, Big Al, D-Locke, Not-gay-n...
Posted Wed, Mar 5, 2008 @ 10:06:53 AM in 2008 / food / photo / travel

Delfina's sister restaurant definitely goes in the top SF Pizza restaurants (read gourmet) To think, this salsiccia pie is not even the best thing there Bonus: fritto (deep fried cheese and bread) ...
Posted Mon, Jan 28, 2008 @ 9:20:23 AM in 2008 / food / photo / sanfrancisco

Last night I checked out the "omakase" at Bushi Tei, an establishment generally well regarded in San Francisco. They were recently included in a culinary write up of our city in Les Echos and there wa...
Posted Fri, Nov 30, 2007 @ 2:25:02 PM in food / photo / sanfrancisco

DC
Had a grand time in DC (first visit), big ups to the homie jmc We rode the new Virgin America, $280 roundtrip non-stop SFO-IAD, beat that The planes (A320) are real new, got power outlets and huge ...
Posted Thu, Nov 15, 2007 @ 3:10:46 PM in 2007 / food / friend / photo / travel / video

Updates - June 2008 - March 2008 - Two months ago, Gee, James and I decided to lunch at every single restaurant in Milpitas Square, the Asian restaurant plaza around 99 Ranch Market. We went in orde...
Posted Thu, Sep 27, 2007 @ 11:21:30 AM in food / friend / photo / southbay

Open for just about a year by the Town Hall folks, Salt House is still the busy. Sometimes I'm just not down with the communal thing so stick to the bar if you can't get your own table Fantastic sexy...
Posted Mon, Sep 24, 2007 @ 2:47:30 PM in food / photo / sanfrancisco

Wows, September already. August just flew The weather continues to be amazing out here in the bay so that was nice for Labor Day weekend. Checked out J's and Rodney Strong up Healdsburg on the wham's...
Posted Tue, Sep 4, 2007 @ 11:33:40 AM in food / photo / travel

James hooked up a monster dinner at Plumed Horse in Saratoga. The place got a recent remodel and has been open for a week We got to eat at the "chef's table" ($1,200 minimum!), a special room that ...
Posted Fri, Aug 31, 2007 @ 9:23:15 PM in food / friend / southbay

This is the market for real people, as opposed to the fancy one at the Ferry Building. Sure the weather is never as good and we are miles from the bay (about a mile and a half actually) but the stuff ...
Posted Thu, Aug 30, 2007 @ 4:29:36 PM in food / photo / sanfrancisco

I've been lookin out for this since the Tablehopper heads up. So crazy close to where I live, a dangerous proposition really.. burger.. every week? They repainted the outside though it's a half assed...
Posted Wed, Aug 22, 2007 @ 2:18:31 AM in food / photo / sanfrancisco

Like DAT, the 6th Annual Dine Out offers $25 prix-fixe lunches ($35 dinner) in San Francisco and other cities (via carm) When Sunday, August 19 to Thursday, August 23, 2007 Sunday, August 26 to Thurs...
Posted Sat, Aug 18, 2007 @ 12:00:39 AM in food / sanfrancisco

If you ask me what is my favorite restaurant in San Francisco, I might be tempted to say Sebo though dropping $50 (minimum) on dinner is not all that cool (I do think sushi rules supreme), Limon would...
Posted Fri, Aug 17, 2007 @ 1:26:31 AM in 2007 / food / sanfrancisco

Dr Mehmet Oz was on Charlie Rose to promote a new book he co-wrote, "You On A Diet". "Waist management", how cute. He's the vice chairman of surgery for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (wikped, offical...
Posted Thu, Jul 26, 2007 @ 11:32:08 PM in exercise / food / tv

A little slice of heaven away from Italy Gialina more pics Pizzetta 211 more pics Don't forget to order wine Gialina 2842 Diamond St San Francisco, CA 94131 (415) 239-8500 gialina.com Pizzet...
Posted Wed, May 23, 2007 @ 11:02:09 PM in food / photo / sanfrancisco

I haven't kept up with my weeklies lately, it's been more Yelp + Chowhound for food, and it's been just food for me. I picked up the giant SF Weekly this morning, the best of issue: adtastic Anyways...
Posted Wed, May 16, 2007 @ 10:52:36 AM in 2007 / food / sanfrancisco

I love Limon, my first experience with Peruvian food. I've been there a lot lately and I've visited the old 17th st location. It's a bit on the pricey side though sangria makes everything ok. It's not...
Posted Mon, Apr 2, 2007 @ 10:40:16 AM in food / sanfrancisco

I wrote about Scrapblog here, wooo embedding is hot
Posted Fri, Mar 30, 2007 @ 6:36:04 PM in food / tool

CNY (Chinese New Year, of the pig) didn't prove to be so festive, without family or 紅包 (actually my weird auntie gave me $66.. no idea). Still I managed to squeeze in the best meal of th...
Posted Tue, Feb 20, 2007 @ 12:01:00 AM in food / sanfrancisco

This is pretty random, I just saw a mf'in rat at the Mtn View train station, a rat! That was freaky, so NYC wannabe hehe. I tried to take a pic but the lil guy moved fast. On the platform, someone w...
Posted Mon, Feb 19, 2007 @ 6:49:26 PM in commute / food

Not having great eats to start the year (new year's day brunch kinda so so, hit up cafeteria Monday).. especially following yesterday's post I had a tendergrill chicken sandwich at Burger King for "...
Posted Thu, Jan 4, 2007 @ 10:40:13 AM in food

Finally a reason to be alive, eating is like awesome In: eating out, duck, udon, pork belly, sushi rolls, scallops Duck @ Limon Out: cooking, ramen, galette, dessert, hot pot, Italian (this is Wor...
Posted Wed, Jan 3, 2007 @ 10:29:05 AM in 2006 / food

The 6th annual DAT has been announced (almost two weeks ago). Check out a new place or eat at your favorite restaurant with special prix fixe menus ($21.95 lunch, $31.95 dinner) in January Five pick...
Posted Thu, Dec 28, 2006 @ 11:20:01 AM in food / sanfrancisco

James is bad, he's been keeping Koo from us. Go there Koo 408 Irving St San Francisco, CA 94903 (415) 731-7077
Posted Sun, Dec 3, 2006 @ 7:31:56 PM in food / sanfrancisco

Going there Friday (please be on time), are you hungry yet? Pics from Flickr: frankfarm, rick, umetaro, mochiland, jenny.bean Yelp recommends - spoonful of happiness - tuna/salmon tartar ...
Posted Tue, Nov 28, 2006 @ 8:02:00 PM in food / sanfrancisco

This is from a Runner's World (Aug 2006) article by Kelly Bastone called "The Organic Question", it looks like the 2nd list has produces with natural protection (or as I call it natural tupperware), i...
Posted Mon, Nov 27, 2006 @ 2:02:24 PM in food

The new Bloc Party album was leaked, I like Another $10 sale at Threadless, except there's nothing to buy (maybe a green Pandamonium?) I need a vacation, among many things Finished reading, nothin...
Posted Wed, Nov 15, 2006 @ 11:54:35 PM in book / concert / food / movie / music / shopping / suck

I'm always looking for an excuse to eat out so the Dine Around event is perfect. For Wednesday Nov 14, participating San Francisco restaurants will donate 25% of the receipts to charity (AIDS Emergen...
Posted Wed, Nov 15, 2006 @ 2:32:34 AM in food / sanfrancisco

Props go to the Tablehopper, this was a $20 special dinner (well I paid another $20 worth of drinks) to taste the upcoming menu of the new reincarnation of Hawthorne Lane, called TWO Pretty sweet eve...
Posted Sat, Nov 4, 2006 @ 1:55:46 AM in food / sanfrancisco

My pseudo reviews Little Children (btw, We Are Marshall trailer was good, check out the poster) John Legend - Once Again, Monsters Are Waiting - Fascination Farmerbrown, Golden Boy, Koh Samui The Na...
Posted Mon, Oct 30, 2006 @ 11:16:20 AM in book / food / movie / music

Tanto was full (isn't it always) so I thought I'd try Gochi. Damn good! Dang Lil Gee, you woulda liked it (especially with Akachochin closed)
Posted Wed, Aug 9, 2006 @ 12:35:18 AM in food

Lotta buzz, best meal in a while. I like that they close late
Posted Tue, Jun 20, 2006 @ 5:43:40 PM in food / sanfrancisco

Haven't been on Chowhound for a while but I always love these threads on "the best xxx in whatever area". Recently, burger in the financial district/downtown. The recommendations: Zuni, Taylor's, Roya...
Posted Tue, Jun 6, 2006 @ 10:45:17 AM in flickr / food / sanfrancisco

I'm starved (photo credits)
Posted Tue, May 23, 2006 @ 2:43:32 PM in flickr / food

A bit late on most of these but the beauty of podcasts is that you listen at your own pace (these new players are tight) Michael Pollan on Science Friday powered by ODEO The author talks about his bo...
Posted Tue, May 16, 2006 @ 11:30:04 AM in book / food / podcast

I strolled by the location at 99 Yuerba Buena Lanes (next to St Patrick's off Mission, across from Yuerba Buena Gardens) last week and they were putting the finishes on the store It's open today so...
Posted Fri, May 12, 2006 @ 11:30:58 AM in food / sanfrancisco

The Marina is like awesome
Posted Sun, May 7, 2006 @ 2:58:20 PM in food

.. and I want all of you to know about it Thanks for everyone for putting up with my whack restaurant picks, the presents (last minute and otherwise), dressing up for the event which was incredibly ...
Posted Sat, Apr 29, 2006 @ 7:29:57 AM in food / personal / sanfrancisco / suck

Checkin out the menu on their site this morning, it's pretty well made for a fast food joint. I really dug the nutrition calculator with the animations when you add items on a tray, displaying corresp...
Posted Wed, Jan 18, 2006 @ 11:11:19 AM in food

Favorite eats this year followed my travels a bit, eating out in Paris, Tokyo, Toronto, New York, my mom's cooking and some gems in the Bay Area of course. Sample Flickr set Most unexpected...
Posted Mon, Jan 9, 2006 @ 4:48:32 PM in 2005 / food

What I love about NYC It being a city. Non-mall shopping, subways and cabs, Starbucks and ATMs at every other block. If they can do something about that weather I'd move there Financial District ...
Posted Thu, Dec 1, 2005 @ 3:09:31 PM in art / food / show / travel

Super juicy tip from Chowhound on the Beard Papa's US site: the Japanese cream puff giant is supposed to open at the new Yuerba Buena Lane (Mission between 3rd and 4th). The west coast to east coast l...
Posted Tue, Nov 15, 2005 @ 6:00:42 PM in food / sanfrancisco

Judicious question post on Chowhound "I am just curious to learn where everyone gets their chocolate (or plain butter) croissants from. So far, the best place I've been is Acme bread in the Ferry B...
Posted Mon, Oct 24, 2005 @ 4:46:45 PM in food

I've longed been on the side of those who frown when hearing about ordering uni (sea urchin), I remember trying some long ago but that was a time when I didn't really enjoy sushi. Fast foward to now,...
Posted Sat, Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:40:38 PM in food

I miss my Esquire subscription, it ended with little solicitation to renew which is odd in the magazine industry (stop sending me junk mail!). John Mariani crafts a fun and light article on new restau...
Posted Thu, Oct 13, 2005 @ 4:25:18 PM in food

My parents plus my brother Denis went back to France Saturday capping a long stay with me over the summer. All I did was eat eat eat (out and at home) while they were here, not particularly adventurou...
Posted Mon, Aug 15, 2005 @ 11:18:55 AM in food

I was too stuffed to get a Jamba Juice all to myself, even in the civilized "sixteen" size (16oz) so my brother Denis and I decided to share one. Now which one to get.. my last order of Orange-A-Peel ...
Posted Wed, Aug 3, 2005 @ 10:38:58 AM in food

Corn Pops wins! Actually by a lot. The Kix stuff doesn't really have much taste. I don't know how I'm gonna finish the box (thanks for nothing Vicki hah, don't worry it was on sale :-) I think I'll m...
Posted Fri, Jul 29, 2005 @ 8:10:45 AM in food

A Full Belly Burrito Alert!BurritoEater certainly rocked me, but Burritophile might be a worthy challenger. It's less San Francisco centric for one, with reviews stretching from Sacramento to the Sout...
Posted Thu, Jul 14, 2005 @ 5:37:57 PM in food / southbay

I spent a couple of hours lookin up places in Toronto for food but all we did was have Chinese food which was really good actually. Here's the list for posterity Not to miss...
Posted Mon, Jul 4, 2005 @ 1:30:36 AM in food / travel

I'm always down for a good burrito (I'm all over the carne asada), but I never know where to go, especially if I venture out to SF. You gotta give it up to this kid at BurritoEater.com, he samp...
Posted Tue, Jun 28, 2005 @ 11:30:17 AM in food / sanfrancisco / web

I've always found the substitution cereal in serial killer a bit amusing (must be because English is not my first language). I first encountered the phrase on the Geto Boys album Till...
Posted Mon, Jun 27, 2005 @ 11:05:41 AM in food

Best meal Oliva (Spanish Tapas)Best snack Beard Papa's (cream puffs)Best of New York Pizza, they know what they're doinPlace where I ate too much Cafe Con Leche (Cuban)Tourist TrapDumpling Man (don't ...
Posted Thu, Jun 23, 2005 @ 6:37:59 PM in food / travel

Roundup for my east coast trip (Jun 2005) Best mealVictoria (Chinese, Seafood)So BostonBoston Chowda Co. (lobster roll)Local treatFried doughReturn visitsQuincy Market ...
Posted Thu, Jun 23, 2005 @ 6:32:08 PM in food / travel

Not really. The Rain is back (= no running, which worked out). Watched Closer (good) and Spanglish (bleh). I ate the worst food today, in order: Stax chips (that may have been yesterday), Dannon Cream...
Posted Mon, Mar 28, 2005 @ 12:06:37 AM in food / movie

Yeah it took me all of 2 sec to come up with this post title. This last LA trip was as memorable as ever, the drive down and up were surprisingly traffic free. Listened to more trance than I've had in...
Posted Tue, Mar 22, 2005 @ 3:28:51 PM in clubs / food / travel

I read about Chantico (chan-tee-ko), the new Starbucks offering (well, new since January of this year) on one of my many food blog subs (finding which one was a bit of a challenge, but it was Culinar...
Posted Sun, Mar 6, 2005 @ 10:14:56 AM in food

1- Jambaism #4: we'll hook your unsuspected ass with a 10 cent increase when we feel like it. Was a bit stunned to find that my favorite Jamba the Orange-A-Peel was now $3.05 instead of $2.95, lil mon...
Posted Sat, Mar 5, 2005 @ 12:54:42 PM in food

So it was just about 10 days ago I had to pick some California wine for my uncle in France.. I relied on those cool ratings (out of 100, prominent at Wine.com and BevMo) next to price labels to help m...
Posted Thu, Feb 17, 2005 @ 3:39:47 PM in food / tv

Paris. Ate like there was no tomorrow, some highlights in alphabetical order Chine Massena, good seafood and straight up Chinese banquet Lao Viet, old favorite Melinda, another old hangout Menhir, ra...
Posted Tue, Feb 15, 2005 @ 4:13:15 AM in food

Went to the famed House of Prime Rib (HOPR) last night in San Francisco, it's consistently packed out there. Ate way too much as per usual but it was a good meal. A lot of people are not sold on prime...
Posted Sat, Jan 22, 2005 @ 12:02:58 PM in food / friend

January marks a special holiday in France, the Epiphany, which isn't much celebrated in the US. The religious event commemorates the visit on Jan 6 of three kings bringing gifts to a newly born baby J...
Posted Sat, Jan 8, 2005 @ 8:17:53 PM in food

The list is loosely in descending order of visit. Because of the spontaneity and how well it worked out, Ozumo and Pavillon Montsouris really top this list. Limon is right up there also. Clementine wa...
Posted Sun, Jan 2, 2005 @ 4:09:51 PM in 2004 / food

1st post of the year, had quite a bit of fun this new year's eve we left for san francisco early friday after gettin some food at safeway (~ $40), weather was actually ok but turned to ass by the tim...
Posted Sat, Jan 1, 2005 @ 11:51:39 PM in food / party

Had a fun trip, spent it with the Chens in Southern California. Not a lotta pictures but it was pretty good, ate entirely too much, the weather was a bit uneven (rained hard Saturday) and some sun, ki...
Posted Mon, Nov 29, 2004 @ 4:01:47 PM in clubs / food / shopping / travel

The most valuable snack at work is... the mighty banana.. if only it would last longer than a couple of days :-) I received two drone pre-recorded calls today from fuckin Mike Dunleavy of the sucky G...
Posted Thu, Sep 23, 2004 @ 4:26:09 PM in personal / food / sports

Things kinda cost a lotta money in nyc, and food is no different. Hopefully for us, there were a few exceptions. I really liked those New York hot dogs, especially the ones i got at Gray's Papaya. Jam...
Posted Sun, Sep 19, 2004 @ 12:29:16 PM in food / travel

Ahh Derek, my long lost brother... I again echo his sentiment on the subject. Just substitute the food with salad, my current dinner staple, and the food tray with a coffee table.. at least my hair do...
Posted Wed, Sep 15, 2004 @ 11:19:54 AM in food / comics

a big salad, some shrek 2 cheese nips (they were on sale), an orange, a vanilla yoghurt, some milk, a banana... that was supposed to be it, but for round 2, i got some instant noodle, nuked some froze...
Posted Fri, Sep 10, 2004 @ 12:12:16 AM in food / tv

for cheese amateurs and addicts, check out the quiz (via "on my plate") i am american cheese baby! haha silliness
Posted Wed, Sep 8, 2004 @ 4:22:15 PM in food

I coulda used a mellow week-end but LA was calling out and we had planned on going for a while. It was a lotta fun, mostly. Cabazon and desert shopping was off the hook, Riverside was a lot nicer th...
Posted Mon, Jul 26, 2004 @ 1:17:46 AM in travel / food / car

Excellent Chronicle article. Boy do I got the sweet tooth. I just saw one of those kraft quick recipe commercials today too, put me down for it haha Home-made Ice cream is where it's at, some of thos...
Posted Thu, Jul 22, 2004 @ 3:18:25 PM in food

introduced to these delicacies by clotilde (bless her heart and her blog), she says financiers (also a french word) are named that way because they resemble small gold ingots, i kinda like that haha. ...
Posted Thu, Jul 15, 2004 @ 7:56:42 AM in food

this chick clotilde (excellent blog, she's french what do you know :-) posted a good article on her pasta salad, makin me crave for it, i want some chorizo! boy! i'd make one for dinner but i got some...
Posted Fri, May 28, 2004 @ 4:07:20 PM in food

A story Friday on online grocery shopping via Slashdot got me real interested. I had checked out the service to see if it was available and safeway.com actually service the bay area, along with a h...
Posted Sun, May 23, 2004 @ 10:12:01 AM in food / shopping / web

Buy This! Okay, it is just an attractive bottle but it tastes somewhat different. There is no way of course that this would be any closer to actual fresh orange juice but Simply Orange ain't bad at al...
Posted Sun, May 16, 2004 @ 10:32:59 PM in food

Had lunch at home, kinda had to cuz Gee and John were going to TK Noodle (not really feelin that). Some people might be wondering what kind of salads I've been stuffing myself with It's pretty gay bu...
Posted Wed, May 12, 2004 @ 12:45:47 PM in food

Got some neat toys that came in the mail, a spankin salad spinner (that spins both ways) and a cheese grater (oh it's on now). Yeah I'm kinda lame but you should try my salads. They rock. How much d...
Posted Wed, May 12, 2004 @ 10:07:12 AM in food / site / shopping

Had a great week-end in LA. We went for the road trip thing, rented a SUV from Alamo and left it on Thursday (took Friday off, ya heard!). Got a Buick Rendez-Vous with the full coverage and everything...
Posted Sun, May 9, 2004 @ 11:07:43 PM in food / travel

Welp, got off my ass and went to Boulevard in San Francisco, which was on the top of my Zagat list. I'd have to say the food was a bit disappointing. The venue rocked, it's very close to Embarcadero (...
Posted Sun, Apr 11, 2004 @ 11:15:36 PM in food

bbq
It was Gee's birthday Saturday, had a good dinner at Piatti's, and then we partied up even better We got him a barbecue and some nice utensils so today was a great opportunity to have a bbq at his ho...
Posted Sun, Mar 28, 2004 @ 7:31:07 PM in party / food

kewlioboy : my comics this week were 12.06 but the clerk rang me up and made it 12 even on my credit card kewlioboy: i even said oh an even 12 kewlioboy: he didnt say anything kewlioboy: u think he ju...
Posted Fri, Mar 19, 2004 @ 3:02:39 PM in comics / food

Filled my Zagat survey for the next publication of the famed restaurant guide (yeah busy day), the site is now subscription only tho u can still look up phone/address for free, no reviews tho I forget...
Posted Thu, Mar 11, 2004 @ 11:23:54 AM in food

Went to Blowfish in Santana Row for John's 25th birthday, mellow affair (hey it's Wednesday) but I think John liked it. A bunch of us got him an ipod mini, it be tight!! Paul evited it up but he used...
Posted Wed, Feb 25, 2004 @ 11:35:34 PM in food / friend

so my parents have been here a week but we really only had meals at home since last thursday (ate out everyday before that) and i'm glad to say i've managed to eat less rice.. yeah! i love the rice bu...
Posted Mon, Feb 23, 2004 @ 4:37:47 PM in food

had lunch at quizno's today (@rivermark) and gee knew about this interesting promo where u bring any coupon (valid), u get a buck off, that ain't bad at all their stuff is pretty tasty. james pointed ...
Posted Fri, Feb 13, 2004 @ 1:47:23 PM in food

I fell asleep on my couch, for maybe half hour or so... feels like shit. I dunno if it's because of the slices of leftover pizza I had but yeah, not feeling great. Gonna skip lunch and work out hard ...
Posted Mon, Feb 2, 2004 @ 10:34:29 PM in food / exercise

Had Jamba Juice twice today, woke up so early that I made it to the store at opening (8am, that ish worked out good for hangover) and I had craving for it again around 7p, they should have some custom...
Posted Sat, Dec 27, 2003 @ 7:02:10 PM in food

Cooked some good food, well it was okay but kinda yums. Turned leftover rice into fried rice and had some chicken over tomatoes from the other day. Simples. Ate that while wathchin last Alias ep... ne...
Posted Fri, Nov 14, 2003 @ 9:01:01 PM in tv / food

My dad hooked up some mooncake straight from HK, his friend was flyin back so it worked out pretty well.. The moon fest was actually yesterday or something Who can keep track of this stuff? The offi...
Posted Fri, Sep 12, 2003 @ 4:42:24 PM in food

Went to Half Moon Bay to celebrate 5 years of near bliss with my girlfriend Tran. She'll be leaving for NYC in a few days.. makes you think :-) seriously we've had a great relationship overall, ups an...
Posted Fri, Aug 1, 2003 @ 1:14:00 AM in food

April kicks off new restaurant month, where I'm supposed to check out a bunch of places where I have not eaten. So far I kinda dug Chi-Dog, Rock Bottom but Okayama in SJ Japantown was a dud..

Had food at Palomino (Italian place) on the pier in SF (saturday). It's supposed to be a fancy place (the price were there) but it's really just a notch nicer than a CPK.. okay I'm not being very nice...