A favorite from last week: Kim chee sushi

We ended up at a Korean-run sushi joint in San Francisco, and to my delight they have this scrumptious Kim chee sushi. Unlike other rolls that simply include Kim chee as filling, this roll used the crunchy cabbage in lieu of seaweed. Great texture and loved the acid. Been thinking about it ever since.

Now if I could only remember the name of the restaurant. 

Sandy's Café and Deli: PHO!

This little Vietnamese café has become one of my favorite haunts for my
workday lunch. When I'm having a sour day, what's better than a nice big
bowl of fragrant pho? The soup here is great! The only cons of the pho here
is that the plate of vegetables is small (I like tons of bean sprouts in my
pho!), and I think the noodles sit in the bowl for a long time because
they're often really stuck together.
 
I noticed they have sandwiches for about four dollars. I have to try that
some time. It's just that every time I go there, I'm drawn to pho!
 
Sandy's Café and Deli
1382 9th Ave
(between Irving St & Judah St)
San Francisco, CA 94122
http://www.yelp.com/biz/sandys-cafe-and-deli-san-francisco

Thai Noodle Restaurant...in the Tenderloin

Which is apparently right near the Civic Center, where I had gone to an
opera dress rehearsal. I was quite upset when I learned what a bad area we
were in. Well, now I know.

Besides the danger, the food here wasn't bad. I got pad kee mao, which was
spicy and tasty. The seating was a bit, hmm, how do you say, ghetto. We got
seated at a table with a couple. Kind of weird. But not insurmountable in
the name of food.

Casto Street Fair and Dinner at Home

A few weeks ago, I went to the Castro Street Fair. Castro in San Francisco
is a very gay part of town, and apparently every year they put on a little
festival. They had lots of food there and some arts and crafts. Good times.
Josh got some fried vegetable thing, and Erin and Alex got some rib
sandwich. I had just eaten leftovers from Japantown, so I didn't get
anything. Although I rather wanted to try those beer battered fries.

For dinner we came back to my aunty's house and cooked dinner. Using her
vine-rippened tomatoes, we made a pasta. It was a simple sauce of two types
of tomatoes, fresh garlic, fresh basil, red onion, olive oil and salt.
Looking back on it, it would have been a bit nice to add a splash of
vermouth or wine. But still very delicious. Ate it with some sparkling water
and a salad of lettuce from the Menlo Park Farmer's Market and a simple
balsamic vinaigrette.

For my aunty Paula, we whipped up a whiskey sour, one of my favorite drinks.
It consists of whiskey (for some reason I like Jim Beam bourbon), fresh
lemon juice, simple syrup, and a touch of egg white. She said it came out
alright!

Thanks to Aunty Paula for letting us cook at her house and use her
ingredients!

Adventures in the City: Bonfire at Sunset & Japantown

Food pics from our day adventure in the city! We started off at the Improv
Everywhere mp3 Experiment in San Francisco, then I met a new friend from
Dwell magazine, then we went to Chinatown for bubble tea, dim sum and
pastries. Then we drove to Sunset beach for a bonfire--sausages and roasted
marshmallows! Then I got a beef donburi from Japantown (it was like oyako
donburi but with beef). And then we went to a cake and champagne birthday
party.

What a fun day!

See the mp3 experiment video here:
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/10/20/the-mp3-experiment-san-francisco/

You can even see my friend Joseph's face! And my back.