Tag: California
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Dig Truffles? Foodie Experience & Truffle Lunch at Joseph Phelps
I’m not sure how I found out about this event, but since we enjoy truffles quite a bit, it seemed quite interesting. It’s actually a weekend of events, but the only one I signed us up for was the Dig Truffles? Foodie Experience & Truffle Lunch at Joseph Phelps. The main things that attracted me
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Kenzo
(this is AI generated just from the menu, haha. Using as a placeholder until I have a chance to write it up) We were up here for the Napa Truffle Festival and so I booked us for dinner here. This is the last Michelin-starred restaurant at which I hadn’t yet dined between Napa/Sonoma through SF
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Frances
Andrea wanted a lowkey dinner. It’s been awhile since we’ve eaten at Frances (wow, Nov 2022!). The nice thing about it is we can walk there and it gets us out of the house and a little bit of physical activity. It wasn’t that busy at all. We sat at the window counter seat that
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Trestle
Had dinner with Jacob and Robert again with the addition of Joe this time. Jacob picked Trestle. I hadn’t eaten here before, so this sounded good since I’m always interested in something new. It was not too far from the Transamerica Pyramid which also turned out to be good because my wife’s office was very
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Neighbor’s Corner
The Andreas were meeting for morning coffee to plan our winter block party and I tagged along. Andrea P. got a chai; Andrea S., a latte; and a matcha latte for me. Not crowded at all at this hour, but it did become quite a bit more crowded even as we just say here to
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Billingsgate
This is always a nice fresh, healthy-ish meal. Andrea ordered what she always gets, the Dungeness Crab with greens (other option was brioche). I also ordered what I always get, the Spanish toasts, but I also ordered the Wild Scallop Ceviche. Scallops came out first. They were decent, fresh and some nice acid from the
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Novy
Looking for a quick lunch. We walk by so many times here and always see it so busy. We haven’t eaten here in awhile so we finally did again. Andrea had the Panos Burger with sweet potato fries. I had the Lamb Gyro Benedict with the Greek fries. Andrea’s Panos burger is a lamb burger
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Vespertine
(WRITEUP COMING SOON. Placeholder AI generated writeup below) Opening Courses Wild Scallop — passionfruit, aji amarilloThis feels like a very deliberate opening bite: clean, sweet scallop paired with acidity and gentle heat. Passionfruit brings brightness and perfume, while aji amarillo usually adds warmth rather than real spice. We’re guessing this is lightly cured or just
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Breakfast at Ladyhawk
Another breakfast here. Andrea skipped it, so just solo. Much more crowded at this hour for breakfast and on a Saturday than yesterday. I decided to try the huevos rancheros with eggs poached and a glass of the Daily Greens – Pressed Juicery. Sad to say huevos rancheros were incredibly bland and soupy. The only