Tag: Japanese
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Akikos
My very good friend Chris was in town for the Databricks conference. Since he can’t eat red meat, I figured sushi was a good option (and a lot of restaurants are closed on Monday). Andrea and I had eaten here several times and most recently in December so it had always been a solid option
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Katsuya
Heard about the chicken katsu here and since it’s one of the few times I’m downtown, Andrea and I went here for lunch. Andrea had the Chicken Katsu Curry Rice and I had the Chicken Katsu Sando Meal. The katsu itself was fine, but in general everything else kinda mediocre. Andrea thought the curry was
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Saru
Just an impromptu lunch after doing the Noe Valley Garden Tour. We had the Spicy Cracker to start and the 12-piece nigiri omakase. Satisfying lunch. https://sarusushisf.com
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Okane
We went to the art show at Hunters Point shipyard and were looking for something for dinner. We picked this place because it was pretty close to where we were and a place I had been curious about for awhile esp. after having eaten at Omakase, the sister restaurant, a couple weeks ago. This is
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SHŌWA Le Gourmet Tonkatsu
I hadn’t really heard about this tonkatsu place through the usual blog sites, but did hear about it through a Discord fine dining group. I had been trying to get a reservation here for a few months. It seemed impossible to get a table for 2 although for 3 or more seemed much more available.
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Friends Only
Second time eating here (first time link here). Outside of restaurant is not very non-descript and not labeled at all. We were the first to arrive although the restaurant was fully booked for 5:30pm on a Wednesday evening, but in talking to the somm (this time we were seated all the way on the right
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Marufuku Ramen
Was going to lunch with one of my ex-coworkers. We had planned to go to Niku Butcher Shop for their wagyu smash burger, but since there was a fire in Niku Steakhouse, they’ve been closed for that service (boo hoo). Our original plan was ramen in Japantown so that’s where we headed. We had been
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Morimoto
Our last meal here. I picked Morimoto since it would be different from the two meals of Chinese food we already had at Din Tai Fung and Hakkasan. We had eaten at Morimoto Asia in Napa in October, but found it meh. Many years ago (2012!) we had eaten at Morimoto in Napa and I
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INÉ
We were in Hampstead so went to this place that Trisha liked. I was kind of glad to get a lighter meal and Japanese is always a good go to for me. It was a cold day, so nice to start with some miso. I ordered the salmon maki to start, Andrea ordered the vegetable
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Akikos
Peter T. invited me to lunch. I gave a bunch of recommendations and he picked Akikos, which is great by me! This was my 4th time dining here with the most recent being dinner earlier this month with Andrea. Every meal here as been great and I expected much the same this time as well.