Café Aquatica in Jenner on the Sonoma Coast [Coffee Roasting, Chowder,...
Last weekend I headed to the coast to check out a secret watercress pool fed by a springtime creek for some end-of-season foraging. But the patch had subsided and I decided it looked too much like real...
View ArticleChinese-style snails - where to find?
Saw a dish of them at New Gold Medal in Oakland a couple of days ago.
View ArticleGifts from California to take overseas?
I just looked and only see the Meyer Lemon and their regular which isn't lemon. I kinda overlooked the fact that you don't know if they cook. I probably wouldn't get it then. It's not cheap and is far...
View ArticleShopping in Sausalito and San Francisco
Hi all, My wife and I are frequent visitors to San Francisco and its environs so we're familiar with things to see, places to eat. This year is a bit different. We'll be in the area for the month of...
View ArticleSichuan Chowdown at Mandarin Gourmet Palo Alto
Excuse the belated post here. We're going back for seconds tonight. My favorites were: Cold Shredded Bean curd with Sesame Oil not super-spicy, but good flavor Hot & Spicy Beef Combination aka...
View ArticleAnyone know a great East Bay Burger joint?
Anyone try Ahn's Quarter Pound Burger on Grand near the Lake? Yelp gives it 4 stars with close to 200 reviews. Says old school, hole in the wall. I've ridden by there a million times but never figured...
View ArticleCommonwealth or Commis?
I'm curious as to why you wouldn't do the wine pairing again at Commis. What about it was unimpressive?
View ArticleSichuan Chowdown at Mandarin Gourmet Palo Alto
Thanks y'all for a wonderful evening and thoroughly reported and photographed chowdown! I've not had the mindspace to write the post this meal deserves, so let me say something briefly now on what led...
View ArticleSichuan Specialties at Mandarin Gourmet [Palo Alto]
Here's a link to the report of our recent chowdown here, http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/902062 I'll be very interested to read follow-up reports, and especially whether it is necessary to be so...
View ArticleBanh Mi Thit Nuong at Thanh Huong Sandwich (Senter Road, San Jose)
I recently tried a #11 pork with pate and a #13 chicken with pate here. I prefer the pork over at Huong Lan (especially with the 50c extra meat upgrade), but the chicken here was delicious, very tender...
View ArticleWrecking Ball leaves Firehouse 8 in SF
http://sf.eater.com/archives/2013/05/20/wrecking_ball_coffee_out_at_firehouse_8.php So sad to read this -- we had some mighty fine espresso drinks there just last week, and the Marla pastry cheese...
View Articlebest rye-based cocktails in/near Oakland?
thanks for the recommendations, everyone. I'll go with Adesso for the bday tomorrow (a bitters-focused program sounds right up his alley) and keep the rest of these in my pocket for future outings....
View ArticleBodega Bay: Fishetarian Fish Market, Fisherman’s Cove Deli & Bait, Chowder Day
thanks. what moniker do you use with Yelp ? do you link to your blog on your Yelp reviews ?
View ArticleBakeries in Palo Alto or Menlo Park
Chantal Guillon macaron would be fun. I don't get to personally try a lot of bakeries due to Celiac but I did like the one cake I got at Satura. I know a lot of people like Martha's bakery in MP - a...
View ArticleWeekend "Fusion" Breakfast at House of Thai (Formerly Thai House Express on...
This thread from more than a year ago details the ownership change. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/819568
View ArticleDim Sum Chowdown at Great Eastern Restaurant on Jackson St. [San Francisco...
"Fress" -- comes directly from the German, which uses a specific word for "to eat" ("essen") for people, and the word "fressen" for animals. Thus, when applied to a person "fressen" means "to eat like...
View ArticleIs there such a thing as a poor man's French Laundry in Napa?
No, it wasn't a chef's tasting. But I just looked on the website and they do have a chef's tasting menu that comes in at $105 with wine. http://www.angelerestaurant.com/Dinner_Menu_051513.pdf
View ArticleU-Pick Pesticide Free Cherries in Brentwood
One of my co-workers brought in some nice, ripe cherries she'd picked in Brentwood over the weekend, so if you want to do this, it's time.
View ArticleLooking for a Few Dinners in/near the Castro [San Francisco]
Plouf's good if you want moules-frites, but my favorite place on Belden is B44.
View ArticleNapa eats for a Vancouver B.C. Chowhounder?
I believe the artichoke fritter is a special offering when they are in season, but the "Frickles" are always on the menu and always fabulous!
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