A pretty large breakfast with lots of greasy, buttery, fatty food. Definitely not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach. $6.40
Waffle House, North Charleston SC
Single waffle with Pride buttery spread.
2 eggs over medium, grits, white toast and Welch’s mixed fruit jelly.
3 strips of crispy bacon.
Beef, pork and veal meatballs slow-cooked in a tomato basil sauce. $14.50
Jake’s on Market, San Francisco CA
Another definite comfort food. The meatballs were super juicy and the sauce was delicious! I liked that they didn’t go overboard with the amount of pasta.
Extra grated parmesan cheese.
Large hen-and-chicks plants (Echeveria sp., Crassulaceae), Dolores Street. I love the dramatic, upright inflorescence.
Blue corn masa pockets filled with braised short ribs, roasted three chile sauce, avocado, and pickled onions. $12
Lolo, San Francisco CA
This was about the time during our meal when they still wanted to put more food down at our table, but there was absolutely no space! I don’t want to shove food down my throat just to make room, jerks – RUDE!
Oxalis crassipes ‘Alba’ (Oxalidaceae), 18th Street. Beautiful cascading oxalis with white flowers in The Castro.
Personal pizza. I seriously haven’t had Pizza Hut pizza in over 10 years, but I had a super tight connection and I was starving! The pizza is as buttery and salty as I remember. $4.39
Pizza Hut Express, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Dallas looks so small from the airplane! I guess not everything is BIGGER in Texas!
Freshly grated zucchini is baked into this hearty bread that’s complimented by crunchy walnuts and spiced cinnamon. $2.75
Napa Farms Market, San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
I think it’s interesting that this market sells baked goods from City Baking Company which is actually based out of South San Francisco and not Napa Valley. Oh well, the bread was delicious and cut nice and thick.
Small drip Equator Coffees & Teas. $2.25
Organic free-range turkey, house-made stuffing, whipped potatoes, green beans, cranberry orange compote, homestyle gravy. $15.50
Jake’s on Market, San Francisco CA
Wow, this was definitely Thanksgiving on a plate! It had all the wonderful components of a traditional Turkey-Day dinner, that’s for sure. And everything tasted great. Horrible for the waistline, perfect for the soul!
Roasted duck, Chinatown. I can get a lot of different food in this city. These look delicious!
Chili flakes, sea salt and cascabel aioli. $12
Lolo, San Francisco CA
All of these dishes were preassembled because everything came out suspiciously quick for a super busy restaurant! And I mean quick! I don’t mind getting my food quickly, but I still want to feel like they’re cooking back there and that I’m not being rushed out of my table! Sheesh! The octopus in this dish was a little chewy. I’d let you know what it tasted like but there was SO much crap on top of it that you really couldn’t taste the octopus at all.
Dolores Park, The Mission. I love the newly rennovated playground area in this beautiful park!
Fresh Maryland blue crab cake with Old Bay aioli. Fresh local dungeness crab cake with Meyer lemon aioli. Mixed green salad with citrus. $14.50
Jake’s on Market, San Francisco CA
I hate to say it, but I liked the East Coast crab cake better. They tasted SO different from each other but I was craving something comforting that night and the East Coast cake had a deeper, fuller flavor. The West Coast crab cake definitely tasted more clean and refreshing.
Bread and butter. Complimentary.
Layers of homes on Roosevelt Way. I like how the buildings appeared stacked from this angle.
Combination noodle soup with round steak, well-done brisket, tendon and tripe. Accompanied with a plate of bean sprouts, basil leaves, lime wedge, and jalapeno slices.
Hometown Noodle II, San Bruno CA
Alan C.
Vanilla flavored ice cream mixed with crushed Oreo cookies. Yotopia serves Mitchell’s ice cream! I’ve always been a fan of this flavor. 1 scoop $3.25
Yotopia, San Francisco CA
Red chairs at Mint Plaza. I wonder how many of these modern chairs are stolen from the plaza monthly?!
With organic blue corn tortilla, roasted tomatillo sauce, guacamole, pickled onions. $14
Lolo, San Francisco CA
The carnitas had a good flavor, but the blue corn tortillas were super dry and thick and there was WAY too much sauce on top. The menu said it was a “roasted tomatillo sauce”, but I think they switched it out to some kind of red pepper sauce instead. It seemed like they brought out all the tapas at once which was ridiculous since the tables were SO frickin’ tiny! Argh!
Graffiti mural with shark, 15th Street. I love the vibrant colors in this. The sharlk and the turtle are nice additions, lol.
Ravenous Pineapple – Herradura tequila, Ilegal mezcal, pineapple and lime served tall. $12
Jake’s Takes Manhattan – Knob Creek bourbon whiskey, sweet vermouth, maraschino liqueur and Amaro Averna served up. $12
Jake’s on Market, San Francisco CA
I wasn’t too impressed by the cocktails at Jake’s, especially at $12 a pop. For one thing, if something is supposed to be “served tall” I expect it to come in a highball or similar glassware, not in a short tumbler. Lame! The Ravenous Pineapple cocktail was different, but not amazing tasting. The Manhattan tasted a little better.
Mosaic snake, 24th and York Street Mini Park. This is a super cool sculpture in the play area at this park in The Mission.
Vittle Monster 