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Kikunoi (èŠä¹ƒäº•): Wellspring of Deliciousness
Usually when I travel, I don’t venture to very high-end restaurants. Whether it’s because I want to maximize on tasting local cuisine or curb my spending (traveling hurts the wallet), I don’t end up going to these fine-dining institutions. However, this time was different! I wanted to get this experience in Japan, and ended up scoring…
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Robin: The Sushi Restaurant for My Generation
1. If you’re into sushi inspired by SF local ingredients, you should go. Now. Make your reservation –> here. 2. If you’re feeling flexible with how much you want to spend on a sushi dinner, this is also the place to go. You’ll start at a minimum of $79 for the omakase, and you can…
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Aina: SF Gets Lei’ed
San Francisco has its fair share of the latest Hawaiian craze sweeping through our cities, and I am all for this. Hawaiian cuisine has a lot of flavors that I love – island food (e.g. seafood, fresh fruits, etc.) with an overlay of Japanese influence. What’s great about Äina is that they’ve taken their love of…
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Mister Jiu’s: An Emergence of “New Chineseâ€
Chinese food is one of my comfort foods – give me a meal full of dumplings, noodle soups and rice dishes, and it’ll satiate my hunger and subdue any feelings of anger, frustration, and woe. Mister Jiu’s is a bit different than your normal MSG-filled Chinese restaurant around the corner. Even though they are located in the heart…
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Noodle in a Haystack: Creating Bowls of Ramen Delight
Inspiration can come from a number of sources and this pair of foodies is one of mine. Clint and Yoko, husband and wife, host Feastly meals highlighting their love for Japanese cuisine, more specifically ramen. Their goal is simple but challenging – to bring reliably good ramen to SF. If anyone has lived in SF…
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Castagna: Playful Fine Dining in Portland
I love Portland. It is a magical land of eats, microcrews, hikes and no sales tax which activates the inner consumer in me. Stuff, for LESS? Yes, count me in. There are many great deals in Portland, and one of them is at a New American restaurant called Castagna. Not many institutions there where there are of a white-cloth…
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Aster: It’s Magically Delicious
I generally stay away from anything that reminds me of “fusion”. An image of two foods singed together, unnaturally meshed, and creating a frankenstein dish makes me very uncomfortable. Why? Often times, I’ve actually pay a lot for this type of “cuisine” at restaurants and doesn’t taste good; it’s usually confusing and leaves my tastebuds in a disappointed state. Aster seems…
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Yakiniku Champion (焼肉ãƒãƒ£ãƒ³ãƒ”オン): Premium Meats, Japanese Eats!
I’m starting off this new year with a post about a meal in 2015 because, well frankly, it was really delicious. It was one of my more memorable meals during my Asia trip; to no one’s surprise the meal was in Japan where the “average” restaurant would probably kill it in SF or NYC in terms of…
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Lazy Bear: Listen and Learn
TL;DR – Lazy Bear is worth the money and very deserving of its Michelin star. This post captures meal is documented its entirety and in a detailed fashion. I got schooled at Lazy Bear and I loved it. With notebooks and a pencil in hand – in fact, they give you these tools – all the chefs at Lazy…
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Lord Stanley: Not My Neighborhood Joint
As someone who is passionate about food (aka one who constantly thinks about their next meal as they are eating their current one), I have been assessing the SF food scene and comparing it to what I know – New York. Friends from the East and West coast want to know where I stand, and I am always…