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Suzuki & Maguro nigiri – Crazy Sushi

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Suzuki nigiri Crazy Sushi

Slice of sea bass on a mound of rice with a dab of wasabi and garnished with sliced scallions. $3.99 for two pieces

Maguro nigiri Crazy Sushi

Slice of tuna. $3.99 for two pieces
Crazy Sushi, San Francisco

Both these nigiri have such a beautiful pink color.  I loved the maguro, and I recommend maguro nigiri to all the novice sushi eaters out there since I think it’s one of the least fishy tasting.  Maguro is readily available at sushi places and is more forgiving on a squeamish palette.  I’m definitely no sushi expert, but I try to eat out of my comfort zone.  That’s why I tried the suzuki, and I’ll say that I’m not a fan.  Perhaps Crazy Sushi’s cut wasn’t fresh, but it had an odd flavor that did not agree with me.  I had to dunk that piece mulitple times into the soy sauce to get it down.

Salad Crazy Sushi

I love the free side salad at Japanese restaurants with the familiar sesame, ginger dressing. Yum!

Sapporo Crazy Sushi

And what’s a sushi dinner without some Japanese beer? Sapporo is my prefered choice, hehe!

Tocilog – Kuya’s Asian Cuisine

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Tocilog Kuya's Asian Cuisine

Sweet marinated pork tocino with garlic fried rice and eggs over medium. The rice is garnished with more fried garlic pieces and chopped scallions. Cucumber and tomato slices are thrown in for good measure.
Kuya’s Asian Cuisine, San Bruno CA

This is a classic Filipino breakfast! Tocilog comes from combining the Filipino words for sweet marinated pork (tocino) and egg (itlog). We didn’t have tocino very often growing up, but it was one of my favorite breakfast items along with longanisa. Probably because they are both so flavorful and fatty, a common thread in Filipino food, lol! I have to say that Kuya’s tocina was a bit on the hard and dry side for me, but it still tasted great. There are some amazing flavors in this dish: the sweet and salty from the tocino and the intense garlic from the fried rice. The runny egg (and you have to order it runny!) blends everything together. So familiar, so delicious!

Beef machaca – Taqueria Tlaquepaque

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Beef machaca Taqueria Tlaquepaque
Scrambled eggs with shredded beef, refried beans with queso fresco, Mexican rice, and side salad.
Taqueria Tlaquepaque, Palm Springs CA

I really loved how rustic this dish was. You can’t get much simpler than scrambled eggs with shredded beef mixed in. They must have seasoned the beef with something prior to mixing it in with the eggs because it had such a great flavor! I will definitely come back and try more of their authentic dishes. I’ve had much fancier machacas (Nopalito’s in San Francisco for instance), but I like the simplicity of this preparation.

Margarita Taqueria Tlaquepaque
And brunch wouldn’t be complete without a Grande Margarita! Oh boy, this one was a doozy. It had a weird taste, and I was literally out for the next 3 hours.

Huevos rancheros – Taqueria Tlaquepaque

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Huevos rancheros Taqueria Tlaquepaque
Eggs requested scrambled topped with ranchero sauce, refried beans with queso fresco, Mexican rice, and side salad.
Taqueria Tlaquepaque, Palm Springs CA

This taqueria was quite a find in Palm Springs! The prices were great and you get SO much food. The ranchero sauce was delicious – actually, everything on the plate was delicious!

Chips and salsa Taqueria Tlaquepaque
The chips and salsa that came with the meal were really good too. I preferred their red salsa, but the green salsa also had a great flavor. The dish of lemon and lime wedges did confuse me. I wasn’t sure if you were suppose to squeeze them over the food or the chips, so I did neither. Haha!