cafes to get my fix. If you find a great bowl – please, please let me know – Menudo is my favorite dish in the world and I am willing to hike if you tell me you like it.

Eigensinn is superb – but! It takes a couple of hours to get there (and another 2 back). I don’t want to drive for two hours after eating and drinking - which means staying overnight at a B&B. (If you go a superb one...

, fantastic, ambrosial even orgasmic. (Reserve as you are reading this-you may NOT get in for November! Unfortunately, I am serious.) From there I would truck to Venice and on successive nights have dinner at the 28 seat Alle...

some friends coming up from Florida this weekend. I think Klas would be a perfect place to go, not only because it’s good (and, perhaps, going), but because it’s the kind of chow you can’t get everywhere. It’s...

I think that’s a completely fair assessment of what Myth does. The nice thing is, it seems to be exactly what they’re aiming for (and really, restaurants and chefs get into trouble most when they try to do things that...

in line at the other end of the counter with your receipt waiting to get your sandwich of sliced boiled beef on a panini roll. The meat carver wants to know if you want him to dip the roll in broth (bagna) and if you want salt,...

I’m no fan of Hershey’s chocolate, but I have to say, I also don’t get the fanatical attachment to Scharffen Berger. To me, SB’s chocolates consistently have an unpleasant sour aftertaste, and compared to...

Last Thursday ten of us gathered at Hong Kong Flower Lounge in Millbrae for a Chinese New Year dinner. Although there were several set menus available, a couple of us didn’t eat seafood so we decided to order from the menu...

Hmmmmm.... I though about making a post like this one for a while. The recent corn thread touched on this subject again. I think its time to get the opinions of the other hounds. Does it seem to you that the average American eats...

back and trying my luck. My only regret: that I didn’t buy a fresh coconut, de-shelled by a street vendor and served with a straw to drink up all the yummy liquid inside. Those sure did look good. Thanks for reading, and...

to interact with and incredibly knowledgeable. To pair with the next dish, she poured a glass of Kanchiku junmai daiginjo sake that I thought was very well-chosen. Definitely on the dry side, and frankly not something I would...

But when I do drive up to Austin St I usually park on Dartmouth St right next to the tennis stadium. Parking on the north side of QB works also but you have to try to get at least 2 blocks off 108th St to find a spot. Austin St...

. You select what you want and pay for it at the cash register. There you can order from their daily menu of hot dishes, or pay for a bollito sandwich, then stand in line at the other end of the counter with your receipt waiting...

the bones[?] and removed from the fish with a spoon, then mixed with some chopped shiso and takuan – very nice). Shibutani used to have hire-sake, hot sake flamed with fugu fins, much safer than the fugu sushi one can...

's still okay. For non-fried fish tacos, you may want to try South Beach Bar & Grill in Ocean Beach. Nice view of the pier from the bar, great for people-watching, but it does get busy during peak hours. Hope you have a great...