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Sloppy bun – Bun Mee

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Sloppy bun - Bun Mee
Red curry ground beef, house garlic mayo, shaved onion, thai basil, jalapenos, sunny free range egg. $7.75
Bun Mee, San Francisco CA

This sandwich was good, but it didn’t blow my socks off. I thought that the red curry beef could have used a bit more flavor. My favorite part was the sunny egg and jalapenos. The sandwich did maintain its Vietnamese roots in its flavor profile which was nice. I thought it was really good quality so I’ll probably return and try some of the other banh mi’s.

Sloppy bun - Bun Mee
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2013

Takoyaki – Izakaya Sozai

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Takoyaki - Izakaya Sozai
Battered octopus balls, bonito flakes, nori, served with tonkatsu sauce. $9.50
Izakaya Sozai, San Francisco CA

Omg, these octopus balls were frickin’ amazing and I loved the presentation. This was definitely a case of eating with the eyes and mouth. The dish looked so pretty on the wooden plank and the bonito flakes and nori strips danced on top. It was difficult to taste the octopus (partly because octopus has such a mild flavor to begin with), but the texture was great and it was perfectly fried.

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

Italian hoagie – Bluestem Brasserie

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Italian hoagie - Bluestem Brasserie
Housemade mortadella, salami, and capicolla, provolone, pepperoncini, lettuce, onion, crusty Italian roll, bbq chips. $15
Bluestem Brasserie, San Francisco CA

This sandwich was very large and kinda difficult to eat, but it tasted amazing with all the homemade salumi and the pepperoncini were a yummy addition. The crusty bread was a bit hard to bite through but it was worth the effort. I also loved the bbq potato chips. They tasted fresh made to me, but who knows…

Italian hoagie - Bluestem Brasserie

Chicken tikka masala – Mehfil Indian Cuisine

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Chicken tikka masala - Mehfil Indian Cuisine
April 21, 2015.

Chicken tikka masala - Mehfil Indian Cuisine
Tandoori baked breast chicken cubes cooked in a nutty curry, served with naan. $6
Mehfil Indian Cuisine, San Francisco CA

This place has really good lunch deals but you definitely don’t get a lot of food. As you can see, there are only a few pieces of chicken in my dish. I appreciate that they only used chicken breast but they just need to give you more of it. The sauce was really good though and I did like their naan. I just won’t be going back any time soon for lunch if I’m hungry.

Naan bread - Mehfil Indian Cuisine
Naan bread.

Crispy imperial rolls – Out The Door

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Crispy imperial rolls - Out The Door
Shrimp, pork, lettuce, mint, rice vermicelli noodles, peanuts. $9
Out The Door, San Francisco CA

Mmm, imperials are pretty amazing. You get the deep fried crispiness from the roll, the salty amazingness from the fish sauce, carbs from the noodles, and a false sense of healthiness from the greens – the perfect combination. These were tasty, but I’m surprised that the rolls were a bit on the greasy side. 😦

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

Hawaiian hangover cake – Bluestem Brasserie

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Hawaiian hangover cake - Bluestem Brasserie
Chocolate layer cake, marshmallow meringue, whipped cream, coconut, chocolate sauce. $9.50
Bluestem Brasserie, San Francisco CA

Wow, I’m not a huge dessert fan but this cake was frickin’ amazing (and beautiful)! I loved the texture of the moist cake and marshmallow meringue. The cake was sweet, but not overly so and the toasted coconut flakes were awesome. I actually just noticed that Bluestem no longer has this cake on their dessert menu, boo! So I’m glad that I was able to try it before it was 86’ed. NOMS!

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

Arnold Palmer - Bluestem Brasserie
Arnold Palmer. $3

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

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