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Pho do bien – Hometown Noodle 2

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Pho do bien - Hometown Noodle 2
Seafood noodle soup with prawns, fish balls, and squid, accompanied with a plate of bean sprouts, basil leaves, lime wedge, and sliced jalapenos. Large $7.95
Hometown Noodle 2, San Bruno CA

This tasted pretty good, but they were definitely skimpy with the seafood. You got two pieces of each if you count that the fish balls were cut in half. Meh.

Purple blazing star flowers (Liatris spicata, Asteraceae)

Purple blazing star or prairie gay feather flowers (Liatris spicata, Asteraceae), West Field Road. It’s always interesting to post flower pics on this blog because that’s usually when I find out what the actual names are. I can usually get them to at least the family level before I have to do additional research, but there are just way too many ornamentals out there! 🙂

Shrimp noodle rolls – Tai Wu Mr. Fong’s Restaurant

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Thick rice noodles filled with shrimp and served with sweet soy sauce. These are yummy! $4.50
Tai Wu Mr. Fong’s Restaurant, Daly City CA

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View of the Pacific Ocean from Skyline College, College Road. The community college has a great vista where you can park and look out onto the ocean.

Pancit – Baby’s Eatery and Palabok

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Pancit Baby's Eatery and Palabok
Filipino style noodles with chicken, celery, carrot, onion, and green onions.
Baby’s Eatery and Palabok, San Francisco CA

This wasn’t my favorite version of pancit. I had a tray of it for a party and it didn’t taste the freshest. Also, I’m partial to the version that has slices of Chinese sausage. Probably because it adds lots of flavor (and fat), lol!

Christmas house Castro Street

Christmas decorated house on Castro Street across from Davies Medical Center. I used to live a couple doors from this house and it was great to see the holiday decorations come out every year. It’s a bit much, but I don’t think they’d have it any other way!

Cilantro fish fillet rice noodle rolls – Grand Palace Restaurant

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Cilantro fish fillet rice noodle rolls Grand Palace Restaurant

Fried fish fillet and cilantro wrapped in a sheet of rice noodle and topped with more chopped cilantro and sweet soy sauce. $3.95
Grand Palace Restaurant, South San Francisco

I really liked this dish! I was surprised that you could actually distinguish the fish fillet inside. I assumed they would chop the fish into little pieces, but the fillets were whole and intact! The rice noodles were steamed perfectly and I loved their texture. Put cilantro on anything and it’s usually good! I’ve never understood why some people can’t stand the taste of cilantro – they’re missing out.

Minced pork noodles – Xiao Long Bao Kitchen

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Minced pork noodles Xiao Long Bao Kitchen

Oddly enough, I would say this dish tasted like a Chinese version of spaghetti!  Weird, huh?  My friend order this thinking it was something else, but this is what we got.  It tasted a little bit sweet and the sauce had a slightly slimey texture.  The noodles are underneath and you just mix everything together.  I didn’t NOT like it, but it definitely wasn’t my favorite.  They certainly gave you plenty, though.  🙂 $6.95
Xiao Long Bao Kitchen, South San Francisco

Cellophane noodles with crab – The Slanted Door

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Cellophane noodles with crab The Slanted Door

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

One Night Stand – Bisou

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Roast chicken airline Bisou
Organic chicken airline served with onion duck confit spliff, rice noodles, lime coconut milk jus, topped with a nut sauce.

Bisou, San Francisco

There’s a whole lot going on here!  And I’m not sure if it all worked together.  Chicken AND duck confit, lime coconut milk jus AND a nut sauce?  Everything tasted good separately, but perhaps this is a good example of overkill.  Tim Gunn would certainly have suggested some editing!