Monthly Archives: September 2014

Pollo asado nachos – The Little Chihuahua

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Pollo asado nachos - The Little Chihuahua
Hot corn tortilla chips topped with gilled chicken, black beans, smoky chile salsa, jack cheese, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo. $10.45
The Little Chihuahua, San Francisco CA

The Little Chihuahua serves quality food. BUT there does tend to be a lot of loud kids in the place because I think it’s one of the few restaurants that Noe Valley parents can comfortably bring their obnoxious kids to, lol! Don’t get me wrong, I love kids. Just not loud annoying ones. 🙂

Anyway, I love the nachos at Little Chihuahua. The flavors are great and there’s plenty of it. I still have mixed feelings about the salsa bar. Everything I’ve tried seems to be on the sour/acidic side. They need to find a better balance with their salsas.

Guacamole and salsa - The Little Chihuahua
Guacamole. $4
Chips and salsa. Complimentary

Cape cod cocktail – The Corner Spot

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Cape cod cocktail - The Corner Spot
Vodka and cranberry juice. Happy hour $3
The Corner Spot, San Francisco CA

This sports bar is kinda cool. It’s laid back and you can easily tell who the regulars are. I went here after work to kill some time before dinner and I had a pretty good time. My bartender was friendly and attentive so I can’t complain. The drinks were on the weak side, but then again I’m used to the Castro.

Organic chicken claypot – The Slanted Door

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Organic chicken claypot - The Slanted Door
Caramel sauce, thai chile, fresh ginger, cilantro.  $19
The Slanted Door, San Francisco CA

Ugh, this was another 7×7 list disappointment. I much rather prefer their catfish clay pot. There nothing super great about this dish except that they use organic chicken, so the chicken was tender and moist. That said, the sauce was very salty and it cost almost twenty bucks! Totally not worth the money for a mediocre dish at a pretentious tourist trap. Oh how I miss the days when it was cool to go to The Slanted Door at it’s old Mission location.

7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2014

Brown rice - The Slanted Door
Brown rice. Small $3

Arnold Palmer - The Slanted Door
Arnold Palmer. $4

Pineapple tarte tatin – Foreign Cinema

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Pineapple tarte tatin - Foreign Cinema
Huckleberry-rhubarb caramel, fleur de sel. $11
Foreign Cinema, San Francisco CA

This dessert was good, but not super memorable. The combination of flavors looked intriguing on paper, but they didn’t quite mesh naturally for me. I think the tarte tatin was well executed, but the sauce either wasn’t bold enough or just didn’t pair well with the pineapple.

Roasted duck sausage – District

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Roasted duck sausage - District
Cider braised cabbage, brandied fig and duck jus. $13
District, San Francisco CA

Mmm, this was very good! I liked the skin of the sausage because it was cooked all the way through and easy to cut. Sometimes you spend more time cutting through a stubborn sausage than actually enjoying it. The duck filling was delicious and the cabbage and fig paired wonderfully with it. And who doesn’t love jus?!

Nanking sesame chicken – House of Nanking

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Nanking sesame chicken - House of Nanking
Crispy chicken tossed in signature Nanking honey sauce with fried sweet potato and fresh chayote, served with rice. $7.75
House of Nanking, San Francisco CA

This chicken dish was SO good! I’ve had a lot of Chinese fried chicken dishes in my lifetime and this is the first one in a really long time that actually peaked my interest and was really tasty. Most other dish, no matter what sauce they use tend to taste similar and are usually on the greasy side. This dish put a new spin on the boring Chinese fried chicken dish by incorporating sweet potatoes and chayote. Their honey sauce was also very yummy and pretty unique. Noms!

Rice - House of Nanking

Voodoo burger – Barney’s Gourmet Hamburgers

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Voodoo burger - Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers
Provolone and blue cheese, bacon, topped with mushrooms sautéed in spicy voodoo sauce. $9.95
Barney’s Gourmet Hamburgers, San Francisco CA

I liked the idea of this hamburger, but I thought that the voodoo sauce was gross! It wasn’t even spicy, and it just tasted murky and confusing. This burger would have definitely been a lot better without that lame sauce. Overall, I did enjoy the burger. I thought that the patty was cooked properly and it was nice and juicy. The other ingredients were also good, but that voodoo sauce definitely needs to be reworked.

Peach and cream cheese croissant – Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery

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Peach and cream cheese croissant - Specialty's Cafe & Bakery
I was running late one morning and didn’t have time to eat breakfast at home so I had to grab a pastry before walking into my workplace. Specialty’s is right outside my Bart Station so it’s pretty convenient. They also sell discounted day old pastries which I don’t mind grabbing once in a while. This peach croissant was ok, and you could definitely tell it wasn’t freshly baked. Day old $1.49
Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery, San Francisco CA

Sesame fried chicken – Foreign Cinema

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Sesame fried chicken - Foreign Cinema
Marinated chick peas, Mexican style quelites, avocado sauce, spiced honey. $24
Foreign Cinema, San Francisco CA

Wow, this fried chicken was amazing! The flavors that they created and combined were really interesting and delicious. The chicken itself was cooked perfectly and super moist and juicy. I loved the delicate accompaniments because they tasted great, and they didn’t detract from the fried chicken which was the star. Noms!

7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2011, 2012, 2013

Saratoga cocktail - Foreign Cinema
Saratoga: Wild Turkey 101 bourbon, Germain Robin brandy, Carpano Antica sweet vermouth, bitters. $11