Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Ah yes, the near-mythical Santa Ramen. This review is going to be quick and dirty. Simply put, Santa Ramen is the best ramen you can get in the Bay Area. No exceptions. Some places may be close, but nothing can top the king of ramen in the Bay. Seriously. [...]
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Cioppino is one of those city/region specific dishes, intricately tied into the history and culture of a city and its people. Just like Chicago’s deep-dish pizza, New England’s clam chowder, and Texas barbeque, cioppino is uniquely a San Franciscan dish. It’s origins come from the early 1900’s when Italian fishermen, working on the wharf, would [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Finding delicious treasures is fun. Especially ones in the middle of tall, dusty warehouses. Slow Club sits on the edge of the Mission and SOMA, far from the hustle and bustle of the taquerias and fruit markets. Across the street from grimy MUNI buses and carved inside of a cold slab of stone, you [...]
Sunday, September 9, 2007
(Note: This review was unfortunately written several months after we visited the restaurant)
I’m not a foodie. Let me just say that and get the hard part out of the way. And as a writer who isn’t foodie, I’ll honestly say I have no idea how to write about food. So what’s a non-foodie like me [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Well, this is easily one of the all-time greats in my book. As a Cal alum, eating a slice of pizza here on the median of Shattuck was and always will be one of my fondest memories as a student. Born out of the Alice Waters’ food revolution, Cheeseboard Pizza encompasses the distinct [...]
Ah, another ramen shop. I’ve always had a soft spot for the local store that peddles their own version of the classic comfort food. As someone with Japanese blood, nothing hits the spot than a perfect bowl of ramen. Delicious noodles, sinfully rich broth, melt-in-your mouth pork. Put them all together and [...]
Man, when I think of Noe Valley, all I see is a little hood chock full of those yuppies, working 9-5 for the man downtown. Yet swirling in that mist of yuppiness, stands a little tasty food treasure named Firefly. It sure does a great job serving up some great American cuisine with a [...]
As a food lover, I love the people and places that painstakingly supply my needy tongue and stomach. The fishermen, the butcher, the grocery bagger. The farmer’s market, the local supermarket, the open at 5am donut shop. Missing that feeling of culinary wonder in sleepy San Mateo, I heard of little grocery store [...]
I love hamburgers. Big, small, greasy, cheesy, chili-filled. I would even argue that nothing else represents American food in the summer than the hamburger (ironic that it’s got a German name though, haha). Can’t say I’m not always in the mood for them, but when I want one, the feeling is fierce. [...]
Okay, I have been pining to check out Tajine for a long time. I have always been a fan of Moroccan cuisine with all their hearty flavors and the multitude of aromatic spices. The liberal use of lamb doesn’t hurt either. They recently moved to their new digs on Polk, but I have heard [...]