NEW: Kamdesh Afghan Kabab House (Downtown Oakland) - Anyone?
I've been once and I ordered the Mantoo ($5.95, dumplings filled with ground beef, onions and seasonings, topped with a special yoghurt sauce and sauteed veggies) and Afghani Wrap ($7.50, choice of...
View ArticleSonoma Day Trip in August! A simple 8-hour journey...
It was just I couldn't see the Sonoma Square wander with the Boon Fly lunch. An hour at Ram's Gate with lunch at Boon Fly or Fremont Diner then Artesia or other nearby tasting room and Domaine Carneros...
View ArticleItinerary help please-- NYer returning for 3 nights!
Great!! We need some good breakfast places and oatmeal and pastries sound perfect. Can't wait for your trip report! I'm counting down the days till our trip.
View ArticleLaszlo - Bar Next to Foreign Cinema
Dang, it's just time for a cocktail and I'd love to have one of those spicy ones right now. This really is a super option for HH with a great combo of food and drinks (not to mention a $3 pint for the...
View ArticleLooking for a Few Dinners in/near the Castro
I'm not sure exactly what you've cut from your diet. You might consider Park Tavern if you don't want Italian, or if you do want Italian, Sotto Mare has good SF seafood specialities. The dishes I like...
View ArticleCoffee Roaster in Berkeley-Oakland
Don't forget to post back and let us know what you get. My SO uses a Baratza Vario grinder and a Rancilio Silvia espresso maker, but has lately been making noises about buying a hand grinder as well....
View ArticleMiss Ollie's - Oakland
I am sure you will enjoy it as it really has that ineffable combo of great food, lovely staff and comfy vibe that seems to work for a wide range of patrons. When we were there early on a Saturday...
View ArticleRestaurants and cocktail bar close to Fairmont Hotel [San Francisco]
You're tough! But Powell's better than, what? Mason and Taylor? And I agree. It's a super place for a drink and a view. And then off to dinner.
View ArticleLegit tortas + even more boba in the Inner Richmond [SF]
Or that short-lived vegan momo place?
View Articlebest Kaiseki in Bay Area?
And I most certainly would not. I prefer Yuzuki, Kiss, and Kappou Gomi to Kappa. Went to Kappa once and have not returned. Kappa does have fans. Dustin (another fan) and I have been through this on...
View ArticleMichael Bauer's top 100 2013
He is obviously quite influential, but exactly to what degree is hard to say. If a restaurant really sucks and he gives it a bad review and it fails, did he break it or would it have failed anyway? And...
View ArticleSichuan Chowdown at Mandarin Gourmet Palo Alto
Unfortunately the persistently mediocre reputation of Trend, a restaurant long gone now, has distracted people from the quite unrelated kitchen operations now at the same physical address. There are...
View ArticleBringing foie gras and/or shark fin into california.
>>> I just moved to California and am pretty bummed about the whole foie gras thing. <<< As are we all . . . .
View ArticleUbuntu
It has been gone for some time. Forever. Jeremy Fox left (now in Los Angeles) and his sous, Aaron London, took over for a while. They shut down a year-and-a-half ago for "winter break" and never...
View ArticleTaco truck/caterer w/ al pastor on a spit?
I love Jack London SP and it's literally walking distance from the bride-to-be's parents house. Though I don't know if she would go for it, she distinctly said "I don't want to have a picnic". Thanks...
View ArticleItinerary help please-- NYer returning for 3 nights!
The nice thing about Heyday is that there are tables inside where you can sit down and eat though it is order at the counter. Nice airy room with all the prep happening in the open. Up the other way is...
View ArticleRamen Shop? (Rockridge, Oakland)
Finally got there! Concur w/ positive comments above re veggie ramen. Delighted to try it and eager to try other dishes soon. Also wanted to underscore comments about how nice everyone was. I was by...
View ArticleChez Panisse update re rebuilding
Chez Panisse website says they're aiming for opening both upstairs and downstairs in "the middle of June" (no specific date). And: "We will re-open our reservation phone lines on Monday May 27th at...
View ArticleAny cooking classes that are taught in a restaurant/bakery...?
anyone know of any restaurants that offer cooking and or baking classes in a restaurant or bakery? I know sourflour classes are taught at La Victoria bakery at night. thanks,
View ArticleRestaurants and cocktail bar close to Fairmont Hotel [San Francisco]
even driving a manual transmission up Mason as it hits Cal is a bitch. you really are launching into the unknown at that last second (assuming you're good on the clutch) and can only pray to god no...
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