Tag: California
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Taishoken
After running around the city (including an unsuccessful search for canale), Kristina and Paula treated us to some ramen, which was a great idea. We went to the Taishoken at their Valencia St. location. We started with the Agedashi Tofu and Eggplant. I enjoyed the subtle flavor of this dish, although the fried part on…
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Dandelion Hot Chocolate
Tasting the Mission Hot Chocolate and the House Hot Chocolate at the Dandelion Chocolate in the Ferry Building since we had some cards for free drinks that we were given when we did the factory tour in February. https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/pages/ferry-building
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Cotogna
Dinner at Cotogna before the Dear San Francisco show. This is the sister restaurant to Quince (at which we ate last month). We’ve only eaten here once before and very much enjoyed it and this time we were even more impressed. Cocktails were delicious…I had the mezcal based Tremante, Andrea had the tequila based Aurora,…
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Wizards and Wands
It was only thanks to Kristina that we even knew there was a Harry Potter themed bar here in the city, so of course we had to go. When we arrived, the place was packed. There was one guy wearing his Hogwarts robe (dang, why didn’t I think about wearing mine!!). I have to admit…
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A16
Dinner with our new friends from Germany who we’re hosting for a few days. We had an excess of food as usual at A16 which is someplace I’ve been meaning to try for a long time.Solid, traditional Italian cuisine. We were seated in the small back patio area. Some Italians dining back there and our…
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Petit Crenn
This week’s dinner was at Petit Crenn. We’ve eaten at Atelier Crenn and Bar Crenn on various occasions over the years, but never made it to Petit Crenn. They were closed for the pandemic and only recently re-opened for a few months before the close permanently in September, so we had to try them out.…
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Elena’s Mexican Restaurant
I wasn’t jam packed with meetings today so we both had a little extra window to grab some lunch. I recommended we try out Elena’s in West Portal since they opened up in February. There’s a lot of buzz around this restaurant since it’s opening. It’s owned by the same couple (Elena and John) behind…
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Sushi Yoshizumi
This week’s dinner was on a Saturday, which is fairly rare for us (we always try to avoid the weekend reservations) and even more rare because it was for the second seating which started at 8:15PM, which is late for us old folks. It was also in San Mateo (Bryan did you ever eat here…
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The Rotunda
We’re downtown today so we grabbed lunch at The Rotunda, my first time here. Andrea had the corn velouté and I had the lobster bisque. Both were quite large (we could have split one) and the bisque was heavy due to ask the cream ( it could have done with more lobster meat) but tasty…
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Mijote
This week’s dinner was at Mijote, a French bistro in the Mission. They have a low-key 4 course prix fixe menu (modestly priced at $82 each) with the options for add ons. They feature natural wines by the glass or bottle. We had seats at the counter (there is also table seating). In addition to…