Pomegranate and lavendar-lemon. Each $8.75
Cafe Chloe, San Diego CA
This was a very cute brunch location with great service and awesome food. These mimosas were tasty and well balanced. It was nice to sit outside and enjoy the warm morning.
Cafe Chloe sign.
Red Cymbidium orchid flowers (Orchidaceae), Balboa Park Botanical Building.
With cabbage slaw. Happy hour $3
Bankers Hill, San Diego CA
There was very little of this, but it was mighty tasty, lol! I rarely see shrimp individually skewered because they’re so small but Bankers Hill managed to present a delicious morsel. We definitely should have had additional orders. 🙂
Bea Evenson Fountain, Balboa Park.
Rotating cuts of Hornbrook Heritage Farms 100% red wattle pigs, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, white turnip, kale, shaved brussels sprouts, smoked bacon, and natural jus. $25
Citizen’s Band, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this pork was super tender and delicious! The mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables were the perfect accompaniment to this huge cut of pig, hehe.
Mini oatmeal cookies. Complimenatry with check
Small white orchid flowers, Castro Street.
Battered and fried. $0.99 each
El Zarape, San Diego CA
Omg, these fish tacos were amazing! And I wasn’t even drunk when I had them, lol! At a buck a pop, you really can’t go wrong with these delicious bites. El Zarape was packed when we went and I’m sure that’s a constant since the food is pretty darn good.
Ocean Beach pier gate.
1/2 dozen quail eggs, sunchoke, mixed greens, and ravigote. $12
State Bird Provisions, San Francisco CA
This dish was very different! The sauce ravigote tasted great with the quail eggs because it helped to cut the richness of the eggs. The crispy sunchokes were also fun.
St. Laurent, Johanneshof Reinisch, Thermenregion, Austria 2009. $11
Kwanzan cherry tree (Prunus sp., Rosaceae) with double pink flowers, 19th Street.
Served with cocktail sauce and horseradish. 1/2 dozen $11.95
South Beach Bar & Grille, San Diego CA
Omg, these babies were huge! I prefer the really small oysters so it was difficult to eat these large ones. I don’t think we even ate them all, hehe.
Seagull beach mural, Bacon Street.
Ginger, garlic, M.Y. seasoned salt. $8
M.Y. China, San Francisco CA
Ok, I did appreciate that these soup dumplings were individually spooned for easy eating. They also tasted pretty good which I wouldn’t say about some of the other dishes we had at M.Y. China.
‘Cobweb Buttons’ hens and chicks (Sempervivum arachnoideum, Crassulaceae), Castro Street.
Vodka, cranberry juice and a splash of soda. Happy hour $5
Bankers Hill, San Diego CA
This was a cute restaurant in a random location not too far away from our hotel. The service was great and the food was yummy. We caught the end of happy hour so we were able to take advantage of their drink specials, yay!
Random white flowering tree (Malus?) in downtown.
Buttermilk battered Rock Jr. chicken, Martin Farms mixed chicories, Pinkie’s buttermilk biscuit, Mr. Combover Soma honey and bacon coffee gravy. $20
Citizen’s Band, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this was really tasty! The flavorful fried chicken was crispy on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside. The biscuit was ok, but I loved the local honey drizzled on top. The chicories were yummy as was the gravy but I wish there was more of it.
Pinot noir, Acote, CA 2010. $10
Riding an SF Muni green Boston streetcar.
This place gives you complimentary cookies when you arrive, mmm!
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, San Diego CA
Perhaps I would have prefered a complimentary bottle of champagne but I guess cookies will have to do, hehe.
Hotel room coffee machine with Wolfgang Puck coffee. Because cookies always taste great with creamy coffee!
View of downtown San Diego from the hotel room.
Zoe Bain from Delish.com has compiled a list of amazing donuts in her article The Weirdest and Greatest Doughnut Flavors. She was kind enough to include my pic of the lemon pistachio donut from Dynamo Donuts. Check it out!
Garbanzo beans, cucumber, tomato, capers, potato chips.
State Bird Provisions, San Francisco CA
Dining at State Bird is kind of a trip because I sometimes expect the hipsters pushing the food carts around to yell at me in Cantonese or Mandarin. Instead, they kindly explain every dish and patiently wait to hear if you’d like any. What a trip, lol!
Mencia, D. Ventura, Vina do Burato, Ribeira Sacra, Spain 2011. $10
Lilac hibiscus flowers (Alyogyne huegelii ‘Swan River’, Malvaceae), Castro Street.
Vittle Monster 