Tag: San Francisco
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Beef Brisket
I haven’t made beef brisket for a long time (have usually done pork shoulder, which so easy), so wanted to give it another try. Andrea picked up a nice 4 lb. piece of brisket from Bryan’s Market and made the coffee rub based on a recipe from the Wall Street Journal that has worked for…
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Coffee
We’ve been roasting coffee for more than 15 years. It all started when this coffee shop in Windsor first showed us how you could roast beans with a hot air popcorn popper. I started with one of those from a garage sale from my neighbor, but soon upgraded to a Gene Cafe hot air roaster…
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Hilda & Jesse
I’ve been meaning to eat here for awhile, but since it’s more a brunch place (and we don’t often brunch), I never got around to it. They just earned their surprise Michelin star recently, so I at least thought we’d try them for our weekly dinner (they’re open Thur, Fri, Mon for dinner). They have…
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Prik Hom
Was just looking for something pretty quick and easy, but tasty, so we decided to revist Prik Hom on Geary. They have a seasonal menu, although the last time we were here it was also summer so some similarities with the menu. I started with their Ultimate Thai Iced Tea. Not sure what made it…
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Tiya
I had read about this restaurant, but with our schedules I hadn’t been able to book it until now, so I didn’t really remember what to expect. I just knew it was an Indian restaurant and that we’ve been searching for another decent place ever since Indian Oven went downhill, Dosa went out of business,…
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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…