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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Ostrich burger – Hadley Fruit Orchards
Ostrich patty, red onions, lettuce, tomato and mayo on a wheat bun, pickle spear and date milkshakes.
Hadley Fruit Orchards, Cabazon CA
Chicken shawerma – Truly Mediterranean
Thin marinated slices of chicken, broiled, parsley, seasoned onions, with a garlic yogurt sauce on lavash and grilled.
Truly Mediterranean, San Francisco
Beef machaca – Taqueria Tlaquepaque
Scrambled eggs with shredded beef, refried beans with queso fresco, Mexican rice, and side salad.
Taqueria Tlaquepaque, Palm Springs CA
I really loved how rustic this dish was. You can’t get much simpler than scrambled eggs with shredded beef mixed in. They must have seasoned the beef with something prior to mixing it in with the eggs because it had such a great flavor! I will definitely come back and try more of their authentic dishes. I’ve had much fancier machacas (Nopalito’s in San Francisco for instance), but I like the simplicity of this preparation.
And brunch wouldn’t be complete without a Grande Margarita! Oh boy, this one was a doozy. It had a weird taste, and I was literally out for the next 3 hours.
Huevos rancheros – Taqueria Tlaquepaque
Eggs requested scrambled topped with ranchero sauce, refried beans with queso fresco, Mexican rice, and side salad.
Taqueria Tlaquepaque, Palm Springs CA
This taqueria was quite a find in Palm Springs! The prices were great and you get SO much food. The ranchero sauce was delicious – actually, everything on the plate was delicious!
The chips and salsa that came with the meal were really good too. I preferred their red salsa, but the green salsa also had a great flavor. The dish of lemon and lime wedges did confuse me. I wasn’t sure if you were suppose to squeeze them over the food or the chips, so I did neither. Haha!
Garlic quail – Thai Chef
Spicy fresh ginger chicken & Sautéed eggplant chicken – Thai Chef
Sautéed fresh ginger, garlic, onions and black fungus with chicken. Sautéed Chinese eggplant, basil, garlic and black bean sauce with chicken.
Thai Chef, San Francisco
Smoked salmon rolls – Vino Volo
Smoked salmon served with succulent crabmeat and crispy crostini, caper berries on the side.
Vino Volo, Oakland (OAK) CA
I must admit that I expected something else when I ordered these salmon “rolls”. Not sure where the rolls are, but they were tasty nonetheless. For airport food, I was surprised that the salmon and crab meat tasted fresh and delicious. And the caper berries were a great addition.
You can’t go to a wine bar without trying some wine, so I ordered the Backyard red wine flight and David had a white wine flight.
Brie and prosciutto sandwich – Vino Volo
Warmed brie, Italian prosciutto and fresh greens with fig jam, cornichons on the side.
Vino Volo – Oakland (OAK) CA
Polenta-n-eggs – Boogaloos
2 eggs (ordered over medium), grilled polenta and salsa ranchero topped with feta cheese, served with black beans, sour cream and cabbage salad.
Boogaloos, San Francisco
Zydeco breakfast – Boogaloos
2 eggs (ordered scrambled) with spicy andouille sausage, black beans, fresh salsa, sour cream, cabbage salad and corn muffin.
Boogaloos, San Francisco
Corn and pasilla pepper pizza – Arizmendi Bakery
Fresh baked pizza topped with corn, pasilla peppers, queso fresco, cilantro and lime oil. $2.50 per slice
Arizmendi Bakery, San Francisco
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