February 6th, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under American, Food / Leave A Comment
Anne and David just flew in from Taiwan and I wanted to take them to an American restaurant since they can get all the Asian food they want already in Taiwan. I chose BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse in Foster City since it’s a safe restaurant to go to, i.e. there’s something for everyone, and it’s closeby to where they’re staying. We all loved the spinach and artichoke dip and killed it in minutes. I had to order that since they don’t have artichoke in Taiwan. Entrees were huge and really stuffed us.
2206 Bridgepointe Parkway
Foster City, CA 94404-1569
(650) 931-2990
Tags: Anne Tan, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, David Tee, Jeric Tamano, Mom
Filed under American, Food / Leave a Comment
February 6th, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Asian Snacks / Leave A Comment
These Everyburger (aka Every Burger) chocolate-filled cookies made by Bourbon are one of the cutest Asian snacks out there. Just the box alone had me drawn in at first site last year. It’s two soft yet crunchy sesame cookie “buns” covering a smooth, buttery-textured layer of chocolate “patty” with a smidge of white confection “cheese”. Very clever, very cute, and very tasty if you’re into those ingredients.
Buy Bourbon Everyburger at Asian Food Grocer
Tags: Asian Snacks, Bourbon, Chocolate, Every Burger, Everyburger, Sesame
Filed under Asian Snacks / Leave a Comment
February 1st, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Coffee & Drinks, Dessert, Food / Leave A Comment
The Tuttimelon in Chinatown/North Beach reopened this weekend, now as a self-serve frozen yogurt shop and as a hybrid store along with Tea Way, i.e., they now offer pearl milk tea drinks and fried snacks. They also still serve gelato (since they also used to be Yoogo Gelato). They were offering free frozen yogurt today (Sunday) with any toppings you want. I think Tuttimelon is genius. They’ve just captured the whole Chinese, Italian and American market with this one store, plus their food and drinks are not bad.
Tags: Chinatown, Mae Luu, North Beach, San Francisco, Tea Way, Tuttimelon, Veronica Ng
Filed under Coffee & Drinks, Dessert, Food / Leave a Comment
February 1st, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Bakery, Dessert, Food, French, Must Eat / Leave A Comment
This was my first time having savory items at Patisserie Philippe, but I wasn’t surprised at all at how good they were since they know how to do pastries right. I really liked their quiche lorraine (quiche with bacon and onions). It was light and not too salty. Just right. Their other savory pastry that we tried was not bad either. I don’t know what it’s called. It was a puff pastry with sliced tomato and crumbled cheese on top.
Of course, we had to get some macarons. This time we tried their earl gray tea, rose, and pistachio. I’m not sure who’s I like better – Patisserie Philippe’s or Pauline’s, but they’re definitely two of my favorites. We also tried the pot de creme, another good choice.
Tags: Macaron, Mae Luu, Patisserie Philippe, Quiche, San Francisco, Veronica Ng
Filed under Bakery, Dessert, Food, French, Must Eat / Leave a Comment
February 1st, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Bakery, Food, Must Eat / Leave A Comment
I haven’t been to Sandbox Bakery ever since I left for vacation. Nothing has changed – everything is still good. This time, I tried their blueberry bread pudding. It’s one of the best bread puddings I’ve had. It’s lighter than when I get it at other American bakeries, yet it’s still very moist, and most of the sweetness is from the blueberries rather than extra sugar. I also liked their melonpan (melon bun). Their scone this time, however, seemed drier than usual. It never crumbled like that before. Not enough butter, perhaps?
833 cortland avenue (at gates). san francisco . california 94110p.415.642.8580 f.415.642.8581
Tags: Bread Pudding, Mae Luu, San Francisco, Sandbox Bakery, Veronica Ng
Filed under Bakery, Food, Must Eat / Leave a Comment
