Tag: SF Bay Area
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Four Kings
We’re back here at Four Kings after having just dined here for the first time a fortnight ago. We showed up right at 6pm when they opened. There was a line of less than 10 people waiting in the walk-in line and we were the only ones in the reservations line with several tables already…
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Hamburgers
Kristine and Charlotte were spending their last night at our place before they flew back to their respective homes. It had been a whirlwind and Charlotte had mentioned how she hadn’t had a burger at all on the trip, so I said we could make them at home, so that’s what we did! Mind you,…
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Spruce
Andrea was out of town so I’m home alone. So what’s an epicurean enthusiast to do…go out to brunch! We ate ere 5 years ago for dinner when it coincidentally happen to be white truffle season. It was 1-star restaurant back then, but they lost their star in the latest Michelin guide. I wasn’t really…
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Memento SF
We first ate here about a year ago shortly after they first opened. At that time, we thought it was a nice addition to the neighborhood. They’ve since added a very nice enclosed angled parklet that matches the angled parking adjacent. The menu is broken up into starters, shared, and mains. We wanted a salad…
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Four Kings
I had been trying for many weeks to get a reservation at this new-ish restaurant located in Chinatown just around the corner from R&G Lounge and staffed by some former chefs from Mister Jiu’s. The restaurant only take reservations a few weeks in advance and every time I checked for reservations, there were only available…
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Firefly
We were looking for a low key option for dinner without any advanced planning. It’s funny that because this restaurant is so close we often don’t think of it as our first option to eat at. We figure in the 20+ years we’ve lived in our house, we’ve probably walked by this restaurant a couple…
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Elena’s Mexican Restaurant
I had booked this reservation 3 months ago and because this restaurant was so popular, this was the soonest I was able to book for a weekend brunch. Of course, we had since come here as walk-ins, once for lunch during the work week and once for dinner. Since we had the reservation, we decided…
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Dandelion Chocolate
Since we were already on Valencia, Andrea wanted to stop by Dandelion to get a cookie. I wasn’t planning to get anything because I was already full, but then I saw that they had a chocolate canele and then I saw they had a little mini dessert tasting menu that also included a mini canele,…
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Dancing Yak
We were running errands today and I suggested we try this Nepalese restaurant that I’ve been meaning to try for awhile (I say that a lot don’t I?), esp. since we’ve walked and driven by many dozens of times. We have had Nepalese food since the Nepalese restaurant in our neighborhood closed years ago and…
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Saison
This my 4th time dining here (2016, 2021, 2022) and Andrea’s second or third time. The last time we ate here was 2.5 years ago. Since that was before Chef Richard Lee became executive chef at Saison, this would be our first time dining here with his menu. We had an early seating as us…