Spicy tuna and cucumber roll topped with more chili sauce, sesame and green onions. $6.50
Katana-Ya, San Francisco
Why are “spicy” rolls never really that spicy at Japanese restaurants? This roll was more sweet than spicy to me. I think it had some good flavors but lacked the spice. C’mon guys, gimme some heat!
Ramen in a soy broth with 4 pieces of BBQ pork, bamboo shoots, seaweed, and scallions. $11
Katana-Ya, San Francisco
This char siu ramen is on the 7×7 Big Eat List 2011, but frankly, I wasn’t impressed. Perhaps I’m just not a ramen expert, but the I didn’t find anything exceptional about it. My favorite part was the bamboo shoots and the pork was pretty tender, but I think the soup was too rich for my taste.
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2010, 2011, 2012
Grass fed, dry aged beef from Magruder Ranch with juicy tomato, lettuce and cheese on a toasted house made buttery sesame scallion bun. $8
4505 Meats, San Francisco
This is one of those wonderful burgers that melts in your mouth. The bun is so light and buttery that it simply dissolves against the roof of your mouth. The beef patty is exceptionally juicy and the entire burger is intoxicating! Noms!
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2011, 2012
Slowly smoked and cooked for 10 hours, topped with their house BBQ sauce. Ordered with potato salad, steak chili with onions and cheese, and cornbread. $11.95
Smokin’ Warehouse Barbecue, San Francisco
This brisket was cooked for 10 hours, and it tasted like it! The beef was SO tender and flavorful. I’m not a big potato salad fan, but this tasted pretty good. The chili was rich and tasty as well.
Slowly smoked and finished with their house BBQ sauce. Ordered with mac and cheese, baked beans with pork, and cornbread. $13.95
Smokin’ Warehouse Barbecue, San Francisco
I love BBQ, that this was some pretty good BBQ ribs. It had a great smoky flavor and it was SO tender. The macaroni and cheese was such a guilty pleasure. It had the color and texture reminiscent of those from elementary school cafeterias. And that’s not a complaint! It was so yummy!
Diet coke.
Pistachio donut with lemon zest, lemon icing and toasted pistachios. $3
Dynamo Donuts and Coffee, San Francisco
I think this is the first time I’ve ever had this flavor combination in anything, and now I’m a huge fan! They tasted great together and the donut was simply perfect. The sugar glaze and pistachios added a great crunch, and while the lemon flavor was less pronounce it was very good. This donut was fluffy, light and yummy – noms!
Small coffee. $2.25
Served with cilantro, ginger, thai chilies, and onions. $15
The Slanted Door, San Francisco
This was my absolute favorite dish at The Slanted Door! I remember ordering this back in the day when the restaurant was still in its small space on Valencia Street. I loved it then and I still love it today. It has such a deep, rich flavor and the catfish is so tender and fall-apart flakey. The sauce is SO amazing with the caramelized onions. The catfish slices do have a lot of bones in them so be careful! I’m used to fish bones, and I actually like that they’re there because they add more flavor to the dish. Beautiful and delicious!!!
With green onion, fresh dungeness crab meat, and garnished with cilantro. $19
The Slanted Door, San Francisco
This has got to be one of The Slanted Door’s most popular dishes. It’s absolutely delicious and the flavors are amazing. Even the noodles have absorbed a great seafood/crab flavor. There are large chunks of dungeness crab hidden throughout the pile of clear, al dente noodles.
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2010, 2011, 2012
I’m not a big Bloody Mary fan, but this one was absolutely beautiful! I love the purple cauliflower made the entire cocktail. It was unexpected and pretty. The drink had a nice kick, but it took forever to reach out table. I think we had eaten a course or two before it finally arrived – not cool! $10
The Slanted Door, San Francisco
Slanted Door spring rolls (foreground): shrimp, pork, mint, lettuce, vermicelli noodles.
Vegetarian spring rolls (background): tofu, shiitakes, cabbage, mint, lettuce, vermicelli noodles.
Served with peanut sauce. $10 for a half and half order
The Slanted Door, San Francisco
These were so good and refreshing. When we were ordering I only wanted the Slanted Door spring rolls, but the waiter suggested that we get half and half. I’m so glad we did because the Vegetarian spring rolls were amazing. I actually liked them better, hehe. The Vegetarian rolls had more flavor, mostly from the shiitake mushrooms. I did like how there was a thin slice of pork rolled throughout the Slanted Door rolls. The peanut sauce was different from others I’ve tried. It almost had mayo texture and flavor in it, very creamy. I wasn’t a fan at first, but it grew on me.
Spinach blended with ricotta and feta, mushroom, onion and garlic on a deep dish cornmeal crust. $24 for large 12″
Little Star Pizza, San Francisco
This is my first Little Star Pizza blog entry, but I’ve been eating at this place and ordering pick-ups for a while! I love their pizzas! They are still my favorite deep dish pizza in The City. I love their thick, buttery cornmeal crust. YUM! All their toppings always taste fresh and flavorful, and I enjoy their chunky tomato sauce. I’m not a big eater so one slice is usually enough for a meal, they’re kinda large.
I cheated and added anchovies to half the pizza. That’s the Filipino in me, lol!
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2010, 2011, 2012
I decided to have a hot Vietnamese coffee during this meal, foregoing the iced version. This was definitely a swankier version from the ones you get at your corner Pho shop. The metal filter wasn’t beat up and they provide a pottery dish to place it on. What I didn’t like was that the coffee had already finished dripping through the filter before it got to my table. Part of the fun is watching it drip down. The expeditor also stirred in the condense milk for me! I appreciated the service but I would have preferred to do it myself. 😦 These are minor complaints though since the coffee was delicious! $4
The Slanted Door, San Francisco
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