Special house breading, served with Thia sweet chili, roasted pepper aioli, cocktail sauce. $11
Zin American Bistro, Palm Springs CA
These calamari were pretty good! The squid remained tender and the breading was tasty and not greasy. I especially liked the trio of sauce. It made it more festive and I liked the variety of flavors.
“Volcano cake” with liquidy chocolate center, baked to order with vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, and chocolate and berry sauces. $10
Spencer’s Restaurant, Palm Springs CA
This cake was yummy! It was moist and nice and molten in the center. I also liked the two different sauces along with the ice cream and berries.
$11.95
Shan Dong Restaurant, Oakland CA
This chicken was pretty good, but it actually wasn’t different from many Chinese fried chicken dishes you can get elsewhere. The sauce could’ve used some heat or more intense flavor. It was fried well though.
Bacon, maple, hot sauce. Tasting menu $155
Lazy Bear, San Francisco CA
This was a really fun and delicious “shot” of food. It was packed with flavor and the hot sauce was a great addition. It was like a decadent breakfast in a glass. Mmm…
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Grilled onions, jalapenos, spicy sriracha bbq sauce, topped with crispy tortilla chips. $8
Dapper Dog, San Francisco CA
I was surprised at how much I liked this hot dog! I think it was the combination of jalapeno, grilled onions, and bbq sauce that did it for me. I could have done without the tortilla chips though, hehe.
With berries and chocolate sauce. Complimentary
Spencer’s Restaurant, Palm Springs CA
I guess they use Haagen Daz ice cream at Spencer’s so I wasn’t too impressed. I liked that it was free though because of a birthday. 🙂
Spicy. $10.50
Shan Dong Restaurant, Oakland CA
These handmade noodles were great and the sauce was super tasty! They certainly give you plenty of food too. We couldn’t possibly have eaten all of these at the restaurant so we were happy to take the remainder home. The service we receive was horrible though! Our server completely ignored us after we received our food and wouldn’t give us our check even after repeatedly trying to flag her down. #fail
Chicken and shrimp. $12
Tao Yin Restaurant, San Francisco CA
I liked the flavors of this dish and the I always love large cuts of tender eggplant, but the oil content was just too much to handle! Ugh, stop using SO much oil!
Radish, meyer lemon confit. $17
Hamlet, San Francisco CA
I didn’t like this very much. The “risotto” was more like a hard and dry paella and there were few shrimp and mussels. The mussels were also shriveled and dry and the shrimp weren’t any more tender. Hmm…
Bone in New York strip steak, whipped potatoes, baked tomato, and house steak sauce. $38
Spencer’s Restaurant, Palm Springs CA
Mmm, this steak was great! I liked the bit of char on the outside, and the center was wonderfully medium-rare the way I like it. The house steak sauce was also delicious.
Roast beef, cheddar cheese sauce, red ranch on onion roll. $5.49
Arby’s, Redding CA
This was my favorite Arby’s sandwich growing up and it still is. We went for late night fast food run, and I came back happy. Next time I’m going to ask for extra red ranch sauce though, hehe!
Pork spareribs in black bean sauce. $9
Tao Yin Restaurant, San Francisco CA
This dish wasn’t very good. In addition to the gross amount of floating oil, the spareribs were fatty and didn’t have much meat on them. The vegetables were also mushy and disgusting.
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