Recent Posts Tagged With 'san francisco'

• Matches the memories

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 12:49 in san francisco, fusion

  I had a special reason to meet my friends Michael and Karen at Crustacean in San Francisco the other day. It was Michael's birthday! The request was to recommend a French/Vietnamese restaurant that was special. I remembered a number of happy meals...

• Good for you, good for the earth

  Posted on Tuesday April 28th, 2009 at 13:03 in san francisco, breakfast, brunch

  Last time I was near San Francisco's Mission district, I stopped by the Universal Cafe for brunch. It was very busy, and seems to have a lot of fans. The staff was friendly even while the place was slammed. The restaurant emphasized local and orga...

• Japanese Chocolates

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 02:04 in san francisco, Product, japanese

  Aren't these flavors fun? Well Strawberry is a fairly usual flavor to pair with chocolate, however I think it's the first time I tasted chocolate that tastes like grape soda. Kind of like your chocolate fell into one. I have to try the Lemon versi...

• Affirmations Abound

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 19:30 in san francisco, vegetarian, raw

  I went to CodeCon to enjoy fresh new ideas, minds, and especially to listen to a couple friends' talks at the conference. One of my friends, Simon, also likes veggie fare so we convinced our other friend Daniel to enjoy lunch two days in a row at th...

• Firefly squid

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 13:17 in san francisco, japanese

  Jo-Ann and I celebrated her birthday at Oyaji yesterday evening. We had a lovely time chatting and enjoying small, flavorful dishes. Hide, the owner, came over with a special treat. He told us "These are not baby squid! These are called firefly sq...

• Simple, elegant and raw

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 01:21 in san francisco, vegetarian

  Paul dropped into the Bay area last weekend, and we got together for lunch one day in San Francisco at Alive!, a restaurant I've been drooling over every time I pass it on Lombard. It was small, quiet and quite elegant. And the specialty is RAW foo...

• Chinese Heaven

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 02:01 in san francisco, Chinese, vegetarian

  I returned after a someone long absence to visit Shangri-la Vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco, with friend and fellow Marin food blogger, Catherine of Albion Cooks. Shangri-la is not only a mostly vegan restaurant, it is also certified kosher.C...