In search of restaurant recs for relatives arriving - 3 nights in peninsula...
Kappo Nami Nami! GOOD call. I completely forgot. Capable of one of the more elegant, as well as authentic, Asian repasts on the entire peninsula. Estrellita has been a venerable regional Mexican place...
View ArticleB. Patisserie vs. Starter Bakery Kouign amann
I'm the original poster of the kouign search after returning from Brittany and looking for kouign in SF. To that end I tried making it myself, talked Phillippe at the old Phillippe Patisserie on...
View ArticleBachelorette party private chef near Napa?
Umm, so, here's the thing. I'm wondering if there are any private chefs out there in Napa that cater to bachelorette parties -- essentially, hot dude chefs who will cook dinner for 10 girls for one...
View ArticleDim Sum Chowdown at Hong Kong Lounge II [San Francisco]
yimster - Here're some Mexican buns I got from a panaderia in the Mission District the last time I was in town. The one on the left has this latticed pattern which the Chinese equated to a pineapple's...
View ArticleBay Area Food Festivals and Events - August 2013
August 24-25 - 19th Annual Bodega Seafood, Art & Wine Festival http://www.winecountryfestivals.com/
View ArticleMid-range small plates easy walk-in on a Saturday night (San Francisco)
Probably not any longer. Why not give them a call and ask when is a good time, etc. Fair question if they don't take reservations.
View ArticleMoon Cakes are here !
fyi, these mooncakes are not vietnamese baked goods. they are marketed to ethnic chinese who have immigranted from vietnam. these are chinese baked goods. (vietnam ones are white in color) don't know...
View ArticleAny experience with Saba Halal Live Poultry [Oakland]
Thanks for the info. Certainly it would be one of the few (maybe the only) places in the area where you can get fresh goose.
View ArticleSubstandard banquet experience at Farallon
[Although I'm new to posting on this board, I'm a long-time CHer. And generally, I start threads either to extol a place or to ask a question.] Last week, I was part of a group of about 100 people...
View ArticleCafe BaoNecci - Best Pizza in SF?
I don't know about Calabria, but I never had an unripe tomato in Rome or other parts of Italy I visited. They like their tomatoes ripe but they don't like them mushy, so for salads they use varieties...
View ArticleSouk Savanh Restaurant, lao and thai cuisine [Oakland]
I go here pretty regularly since the last post. Pad Kee Mao is my favorite in the area. Medium is plenty spicy for me, occasionally bordering on my limits for pleasant heat. The only thing that might...
View ArticleIn search of restaurant recs for relatives arriving - 3 nights in peninsula...
Thanks for the tip, goldangl. I plan to try Rama V. (Incidentally it's very near the venerable Afghani House, which I mentioned elsewhere in the thread.)
View ArticleSpoonrocket: Designer meals $6 delivered
I sent in order at 1:13, received text message 25 minutes later while trying to get in touch with Spoonrocket. Returned to street and waited 5-10 more minutes without ever connecting. Have been trying...
View ArticleHatch Chiles 2012
On wolfe's advice, I went to the Lucky on Fulton in SF yesterday morning. They only put out the hot ones, which was fine with me so I didn't ask if they had others.
View ArticleRomantic San Fran restaurant with a more varied menu?
Epic's a good call. The menu's quite varied and the prices on the non-steakhouse items are relatively reasonable. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/522363#7205791
View ArticleSearching high and low in for squid ink in San Jose.
I found mine at Draeger's. Regarding Nijiya, there's also a Mountain View location.
View ArticleBest Seafood/Fish restaurant San Francisco?
This topic gets discussed pretty regularly. A lot depends on whether you are looking for fish or shellfish, fish raw or cooked or fish prepared in an ethnic manner (Chinese, Japanese, Italian, etc.)....
View ArticleChampa Garden SF Branch to open soon -- any favorites?
Probably in the same PG&E / permit hell they were last month. This kind of stuff can drag on for years in SF.
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