Central Milling Organic Unbleached Flour.
Good news fellow bakers! The costcos in sf bay area (I bought mine in richmond) started carrying a new central milling AP-style flour. It's called "Artisan Bakers Craft" with 11.5% protein (compared to...
View ArticleBest/most interesting food in San Ramon/Danville/Dublin for a visitor from LA?
If you're in Pleasanton and looking for desserts / ice cream try Meadowlark Dairy in downtown Pleasanton http://www.meadowlarkdairy.com/ It's a drive through dairy, they serve soft-serve, my favorite...
View ArticleKombucha Cultures - where to buy?
It's 2013 and I've since moved away from the Bay area..
View ArticleSous-vide egg: California Avenue Farmers' Market in Palo Alto
Can you please tell us how different it is from a soft-boiled/poached egg?
View ArticleCostcos in the Bay Area - What Differences Have You Found?
I'm enjoying that right now! The Asian sauce is salty, not to mention add to the $15.99/lb. price, and so be sure to ask them to drain as much sauce as they can before weighing the poke; I did.
View ArticleBest Cantonese style Egg Foo Young?
Is that really a Cantonese dish? I grew up in Hong Kong, and had never heard about that till I had that served at the Cal cafeteria in college. Wiki says it's really a dish from Shanghai.
View ArticleMing Kee (formerly Happy Bakery), Hong Kong Style B-B-Q in San Francisco
The vast majority of Cantonese restaurants selling rock rod fillets are not going to use rock cod in the dishes. There was this news report in Hong Kong investigating the actual "rock cod" used in so...
View ArticleFreestone Artisan Cheese
Last weekend I had a chance to check out Freestone Artisan Cheese. Wild Flour Bread Bakery, a stone’s throw away and the town’s main attraction, was overrun, judging from the cars parked helter-skelter...
View ArticleAnyone try Lucky 37 Filipino food in Oakland?
I have never been to Filipino food restaurant. I will give it a try this week...and report back. Lucky 37 Filipino 2868 Fruitvale Ave Oakland, CA 94602 luckythreeseven.webs.com
View ArticleLobster Roll
Good lobster rolls 2 out of 3 times @ Prime Dip on Fillmore a little below Geary. Third time the meat was more fishy than sweet. And, it wasn't mainly tasteless little claw meat like some places serve....
View ArticleSoutheast Asian Fish in Banana Leaf - SF Dish of the Month August 2013
Hi pilinut, that *other* type of otak-otak you mentioned is typical of those from Johore, Malaysia's southern-most state, linked to Singapore island via a half-mile long causeway. Consequently, the...
View ArticleMid to high end restaurant with great views [San Francisco]
I don't think anything has changed except he raised the prices.
View ArticleFood Tour for New Yorkers coming to SF
I don't think Slanted Door is past it's prime unless you go back to the original Valencia St. location. The Ferry Building incarnation has had the same pros and cons since day one.
View ArticleFirst trip to SF, looking for the best chinese food
Z&Y is my favorite! Our approach is to get there early on Saturday. If you get there at around 5:30 there is usually no wait. But after 6 the line to get in gets pretty long. Another tip- get there...
View ArticleMoon Cakes are here !
Aha... Thanks for clearing up a small mystery for me. I thought it was childhood nostalgia plus my evolving tastebuds that made them seem not quite as good as I remembered. So, can you recommend a...
View ArticleLunch in Fairfield
My husband works in Fairfield and likes Chez Soul for soul food. I work in Vacaville and like the Pho place, and the Thai place near Country Square market. I'll get the specifics if they are not...
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