The most popular dish at San Tung Chinese Restaurant has always been their dry fried chicken wings, but personal favorite of mine is their cold noodles, which in Chinese is literally translated to and is called “liang mian” (涼麵). Cold noodles always gives me a refreshing feeling, plus I love the peanut sauce that they [...]
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Every place makes their French macarons differently. If you like it chewy and filled, filled with buttercream, and not dosed with artificial coloring, check out Miette Confiserie in Hayes Valley or in any of the Miette stores in San Francisco. It’s another San Francisco treat! Neighborhood: Hayes Valley 449 Octavia Street San Francisco, CA 94101 [...]
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I just had some of the best milk tea in San Francisco ever from Cynthia’s Crepes over on Clement St. Actually, I got their milk green tea, which is my default drink of choice at these Taiwanese drink stations. It wasn’t overly sweet, the tea tasted like what I get in Taiwan, and the pearls [...]
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I just had a cupcake overload. We grabbed a dozen cupcakes from That Takes the Cake and tried a bunch of their flavors. In the end, there were only a couple that we really liked: the peach cupcake, which was moist and had actual chunks of peaches baked into the cake, and the strawberry cupcake, [...]
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I like eating Croque Madame but I often find it too salty salty in a lot of places. Yes, that’s just how ham is. But the one at Gamine was just right! It also wasn’t way cheesy like at most places. It was the perfect amount. Gamine’s fried calamari was excellent too – lightly battered, [...]
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Bread pudding isn’t just a dessert anymore. Serpentine for brunch serves some really unique items, but I’m mainly talking about their savory bread pudding. It’s a bread pudding with ham, cheese and vegetables. The top is baked to a crisp while the inside stays hot and moist. Definitely a must try. Their salmon benedict was [...]
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There’s a handful of Eggettes out there, but my favorite is the one in Glen Park. I feel like the quality of their food and drinks is better, plus there’s a lot more going on in there with their couch and big screen tv, games, and even their new frozen yogurt bar. Anyway, I always [...]
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One of my favorite Hong Kong dessert shops in the Bay Area is Dessert Republic. The whole setting just feels surreal, like you’re in Hong Kong, not that I’ve actually been to Hong Kong before. I tried a couple of their hot desserts this time and they were really nice and light – very light [...]
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There are two things that are a must order at Izakaya Mai. 1) Their champon, which is a noodle soup dish of Fujian origins (that’s me!) and also popularized in the Korean cuisine as a spicier version, known as jjambbong (짬뽕). It’s loaded with julienne carrots, tons of cabbage, fish cake, octopus, squid, mussels, shrimp, [...]
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Friendly is an understatement when talking about the service at Sunny Bowl. If only all restaurants were like this! Anyway, back to the food. Their main focus is bibimbap, but not in a stone pot, though. Just a regular bibimbap with rice, mixed vegetables and your choice of meet on top. In a way, it’s [...]
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