Marugame Udon - Stonestown Mall
This is not a blog about Japanese food. Japanese food is a mystery wrapped in an enigma, stuffed in a seaweed I've never heard of. But...
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Around Town
Jul 15, 20183 min read
Wok Dreams
How To Season a Carbon Steel Wok (at the beach, or anywhere) The owner of the Wok Shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown stopped me on the way...
Feb 21, 20151 min read
SF Beer Week - Dim Sum and Belgians
San Francisco Beer Week is here. Across the Bay Area taps are spewing the modern day versions of frankincense and myrrh; stuff so...
Jan 18, 20151 min read
Happy Dumpling
Stonestown Farmer's Market When I grow up, I'll eat dumplings for breakfast. Every. Day.
Nov 21, 20142 min read
Where to find Asian Ingredients in SF
Hint: Not at the misleadingly named Cost Plus “World Market”. Not only will you NOT find lemongrass there, you may awake from a...
Jun 12, 20121 min read
Buddha Beer - Bow Down!
Americans love pickup trucks. We love liberty. We love Coca-Cola and bikinis and cherry lip gloss and handguns. And Americans love…...
Jan 15, 20122 min read
Henry's Hunan Chinatown
Why are there so few Hunan restaurants? It’s a mystery and a travesty. Every time I go to Henry’s Hunan I’m terrified that my...
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