Tag: SF Bay Area
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Alexander’s Steakhouse
This week, we decided to eat at Alexander Steakhouse. This had not been on our radar at all since we have habitually been disapointed with steak when eating out except for two notable exceptions (Niku here in SF and Bazaar Meat by Jose Andres in Las Vegas. But since our fellow foodie, Trish, mentioned during…
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Movida
This week, we wanted to try something a little different so we went to Movida, a lounge/restaurant not too far from the ballpark. The cuisine was a fusion of Mexican and Persian cuisine which was unique and sounded interesting. The lounge opened up last October and recently received a mention in the latest Michelin guide.…
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Nisei
This was a sort of a last minute, same day reservation…we were having our taxes done and figured we might as well go out and eat. There were a couple new restaurants I wanted to try, but they weren’t open for dinner on Sunday. I’ve been wanting to come back here to Nisei (japanese born…
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Wagyu, Truffle, Caviar
A very different meal than our usual truffle dinners – wagyu nigiri with truffle and caviar, ramen, and a wagyu steak. Andrea and Trisha picked up the wagyu from the butcher shop at Niku steakhouse. For the nigiri, it was the Takamori “drunken” wagyu from the. Yamaguchi prefecture. It gets its name because they use…
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Caviar, Truffle, Fonduta, Salmon
For today’s dining, I bought a 125g tin of kaluga hybrid caviar from The Caviar Co., So we started with caviar and martinis. For dinner, we had fonduta, basically Italian fondue made with Fontina, seared salmon, and some broccoli (had to get some cruciferous vegetables) and a little bit of toasted Acme bread. We topped…
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Caviar, Truffle, Steak, Pride
First night of truffles with Trisha here. I had a small vertical of Pride Merlot (2001-2003) that we started with. On the menu was a simple pasta with butter and cheese and some ribeyes from our local butcher, Barron’s, grilled, of course, on the BGE. We don’t normally age our wines much, but we did…
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Dandelion Chocolate Factory Tour
https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/pages/experiences#tours
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