Tag: SF Bay Area
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Aziza
Just a quick review…On Saturday, we went to the last Richmond Night Market of the year. We went late afternoon and it wasn’t so busy yet, but was nice to see our city feeling so alive. We just did a walk through and then decided to grab some dinner somewhere local. Andrea picked Aziza since…
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Cotogna
Third night in a row eating out this week. This time we were revisiting Cotogna which we last visited here back in July. We had such a great meal last time we were very much looking forward to this meal. Menu had changed a fair amount since July which was nice since we could try…
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HK Lounge Bistro
We were at a cocktail event at the Cat Club (the 20th anniversary for Tales From the Kitty, the group we use for cat-sitting) and wanted to grab dinner. Fortunately, the HK Lounge Bistro was just a block away. We first ate here last October for Sunday brunch with our neighbors Michael and Elizabeth. It…
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Fiorella
I’ve been dealing with the flu and pneumonia for the last couple weeks so we’ve been laying low, but I was finally up for going out again. We decided to go very low key and just eat at the newest restaurant in our neighborhood, Fiorella, the 4th location of this restaurant in SF and occupying…
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Elena’s Mexican Restaurant
Just decided last minute to try a walk-in at Elena’s since we really enjoyed our lunch here awhile ago and wanted to see what dinner was like. We were told we’d have a 45 minute wait, so we went to the bar and ordered some margaritas. Andrea had the spicy watermelon (jalapeno tequila and mezcal)…
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Commis
I’ve been wanting to eat here for at least 5 years ever since we ate at the restaurant Wolf next door. I believe this is the last remaining Michelin starred restaurant in the east bay. We don’t eat out in the east bay often and esp. not during our normal Thursday dining because of the…
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Khao Tiew
Wanted to try this newish Thai restaurant in West Portal. You can only make reservations if you have a party of 6 or more. We showed up just a bit before 6pm and had no wait for 2. There were a lot of dishes we wanted to try and didn’t know where to start so…
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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…