Tag: SF Bay Area
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LeQuy
It was starting to get into the evening and we hadn’t figured out what we were going to do for dinner. We opted to try LeQuy, the new low key Vietnamese restaurant in our neighborhood that quietly went into the former location of Birch & Rye (which was preceded by Mahila (Malaysian) which was preceded…
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The Wild
I only heard about this restaurant after reading a review last week by Virginia Miller in The Bold Italic (I am a big fan of her reviews. Since she’s local, we are often eating at many of the same new restaurants and her reviews are detailed and well written and we agree with her reviews…
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Marufuku Ramen
After visiting the SWEA Christmas Fair at St. Mary’s, we wanted some more substantial, well prepared food and since we were parked in the parking garage in J-town, I wanted to get some ramen. I ended up picking Marufuku based on a quick review on The Infatuation (and there were several recommendations that all looked…
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SWEA Christmas Fair
We were at the SWEA Christmas Fair at Saint Mary’s, mainly for the crafts and the concert and not so much the food, although we did buy just a little bit. There were various Swedish food for sale including bottles of Glögg, bread, pastries, and candy. We did buy one of the Swedish buns, which…
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Ciccino
We went tasting at Tahona Mercado, but we didn’t eat dinner beforehand. So after all of that mezcal, we needed some food in our bellies before heading home. This meant a late dinner which is a bit unusual for us old folks. I did a quick search to see what was nearby on Google Maps…
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Mezcal Tasting at Tahona Mercado
We had first heard about Tahona Mercado after sitting at the bar for dinner at Californios in 2022. It sounded like a really interesting place, but we never made it around to visit. And then after having such great experiences tasting mezcal in Oaxaca, I can remember sitting on the Aeromexico plane while we were…
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Akikos
Andrea was working in the office today, so whenever she does, I always ask if she wants to have dinner downtown, which she did. So I booked us at Akikos which we enjoyed in the past as well as their sister restaurant, Friends Only, which more of their experimental restaurant. We had early reservations as…
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um.ma
We had to fortify ourselves before going doing a little Black Friday shopping at Stonestown Galleria. We were thinking Asian. We parked in the inner Sunset. San Tung was our initial choice, but it had a long line so we walked to um.ma for some Korean food. We started with the scallion pancake…good, but since…
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Thanksgiving
This year, we went over to Kirsten and Greg’s house for our Thanksgiving meal. Andrea made her decadent potatoes au gratin where she uses morel mushrooms and a cheesy cream sauce using various cheeses including a bit of blue. It’s always a big hit. We also brought along a couple bottles of Croix Pinot, one…
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Dash
We were looking for a quick and easy low key dinner (and ideally healthy), so we walked down to Dash. Last time we walked by here on a Friday, it was packed. Today on a Tuesday, maybe half full. We ordered a half bottle of Dassai 45 which was actually better than I remember it…