Avenues - How to Spell Musubi
The first time we came to Avenues was pre-COVID. We brought my dad, who's "get off my lawn" sensibilities were kicked into high gear by...
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Jul 14, 20201 min read
Taraval-Love in the Time of COVID
May 16, 2020
Day 60 of Shelter-In-Place
Mar 6, 20202 min read
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...
Jan 25, 20203 min read
Underdog's Too
And one day, unto the earth, there was a man who was called Nick. And he did say Let There Be Tacos, and forsooth a crunchy taco shall...
Aug 19, 20192 min read
Andytown Coffee Roasters
This hurts. I want to write a rave. But Andytown has me feeling so very Get-Off-My-Lawn. Every new space in the city is now done in...
Jul 7, 20193 min read
The Riptide
The Riptide is a proper phoenix. When this place burned down, it singed a lot of salty hearts. There's always excessive hand-wringing...
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...
Jul 14, 20153 min read
OPP IPA
One of the many advantages of living in an Asian neighborhood is cheap produce. And once in a while this ‘hood really outdoes itself and...
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...
Feb 7, 20151 min read
The Chairman Food Truck
Tired of food trucks phoning it in? Riding the wave of food truck mania and slinging mediocre food? Check out the Chairman's legit Gua...
Jan 18, 20151 min read
Happy Dumpling
Stonestown Farmer's Market When I grow up, I'll eat dumplings for breakfast. Every. Day.
Jan 6, 20152 min read
Kimchi Bacon Burger
This was supposed to be the first generation ‘test run’ of a more sophisticated (read: complicated) burger that would evolve to...
Nov 30, 20142 min read
Thanksgiving Leftovers
Black Bean Turkey Pot Pies and 5-Spice Cranberry Sauce The Pilgrims were fortunate. They didn’t have access to Asian food, and therefore...
Nov 30, 20142 min read
Thanksgiving Leftovers 2
The Curry That Saved Christmas Aaaand now it’s Sunday. Day three after the holiday, and the last of that turkey had. to. go. If we threw...
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…...
Apr 7, 20122 min read
Sharing Stir Fry
A cunning ruse resulting in involuntary vegetable consumption by minors. This is the bloody tale of how two children fought to the death...
Mar 13, 20122 min read
"Pork and Beans"...Asian Style
Chinese Long Beans with Chilies and Garlic Sometimes home cooking can induce just as powerful a craving as your favorite restaurant dish....
Feb 1, 20123 min read
YES YOU CAN!...Make New Year's Dumplings
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Yep, even after 3 years of Mandarin classes I still say it the super-whitey way. It’s a hard language, OK? With the...
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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