Prawns, calamari and scallops in a yellow curry with coconut milk, potatoes, bell peppers, onions and peanuts. $14
Krua Thai, San Francisco
I didn’t try this dish, but I’m sure it was delicious! The only complaint at the table was that there wasn’t a lot of seafood in the curry, only a couple pieces of each kind. So that’s kinda lame.
Dumplings filled with smoothly minced prawns and spices. Served with seasoned soy sauce. Krua appetizer sampler, $11
Krua Thai, San Francisco
Nice and shrimpy fried dumplings, noms! I’ve decided that I’m no longer a fan of the large pork siu mai that you get for dim sum. These, however, were delicious! 🙂
Golden fried bags filled with chicken, shrimp, chestnut, corn and vermicelli noodles. Thai-style vegetable egg rolls served with sweet and sour sauce. Krua appetizer sampler, $11
Krua Thai, San Francisco
The gold bags were so cute! Alan told me that they tie them closed with vermicelli noodles and they shrivel up once they’re deep fried. Ingenious! This is pretty much the same appetizer served two different ways – in bags and in rolls. They were both very tasty!
8 pieces snow crab, avocado roll topped with tuna, salmon, ebi, hamachi, tai and avocado. $11.95
Kama Sushi, San Francisco
The rainbow roll is perfect for the indecisive person like me because you essentially get an assortment of sashimi on top of a California roll. Yay! The fish quality at Kama was great and the services was very friendly and attentive. Went there for happy hour and will definitely return!
Complimentary edamame.
The (cajun) shrimp is served with seasonal vegetables, rice pilaf and sweet cabbage. $19.95
The Lobster House, Palm Springs
Omg! These shrimp were SO overcooked! This plate made me more than a little sad. Everything on it was poorly cooked and/or drenched in butter to try and cover up the bad quality of the ingredients. I couldn’t taste much of the cajun flavor on the shrimp since the overcooked taste overpowered everything. Sadly, this was a meal I can’t take back. 😦
Sauteed eggplant with chicken, shrimp, red bell pepper, and basil in a special spicy sauce. $9.75
Eric’s Restaurant, San Francisco
I’m an eggplant fanatic so, naturally, this is one of my favorite dishes at Eric’s. You also get a great combination of different proteins with the beautifully sauteed eggplants. The sauce is so flavorful and made even better with the basil. My only complaint is that I always order this extra spicy, but I always receive it with barely any spice. C’mon people, gimme some heat!!! 🙂
Stuffed with fresh gulf rock shrimp, green onions, shallots and red bell peppers. Served with Firewood sauce (mixture of marinara sauce and white wine cream sauce) and bread, topped with parsley and shaved parmesan cheese. $9.95
Firewood Cafe, San Francisco
I’ll admit that I’ve had this dish more than a few times after hanging out at the surrounding bars all night, hehe! I think it’s the Firewood sauce, a great mixture of marinara, wine, and cream) that hits just the right spots. It’s a warm and homey dish – a perfect plate to satiate an after-bar appetite. The tortellini always has a nice bite to them and the rock shrimp filling is delicious.
Wow! I could eat this every day. It’s so warm, rich, and comforting. It had a little bit of everything in it: chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, and squid! The sauce was absolutely amazing and the vermicelli noodles soaked up all of the delicious flavors. Thank you, XLB Kitchen! 2 person lunch combo $14.95
Xiao Long Bao Kitchen, South 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.
Red cabbage slaw, chipotle cream, mango and jicama salsa. $5 happy hour
Hog & Rocks, San Francisco
Wow, these were amazing! And only five dollars for two huge tacos! The shrimp was tender inside with a great crispy fried coating. Sometimes it’s hard to taste the batter when there’s so many other components, but this batter stood out to me. The chipotle cream was delicious and I loved the crunch from the cabbage slaw and the mango and jicama salsa. I wish the salsa came on the taco though. It would have provided just another smattering of color, and I’m too lazy to put add it myself, hehe. I would order this again any day!
Deep fried eggplant slices filled with a shrimp mixture.
Ton Kiang, San Francisco
Yet another disappointing dish from Ton Kiang. These stuffed eggplants are one of my favorite dim sum dishes, and they managed to completely ruin it for me! You can see from the photo that the color is a bit off and that’s because this was one of the greasiest things I’ve ever eaten! The greasy was literally dripping off this thing once you picked it up with chopsticks, EW! It had absolutely NO flavor except from the excessive oil that end up coating your entire mouth. Good thing this was the last plate we had, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to taste the others from the oily film coating our taste buds. Sadness…
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2010, 2011, 2012
Steamed then pan fried green chives and shrimp dumplings.
Ton Kiang, San Francisco
I’ve mentioned before that these dumplings are one of my favorite kinds of dim sum. I love the strong, sharp taste of the garlic chives and the crisp texture of the fried ends. These dumplings at Ton Kiang, however, were SO tiny! They were the size of those frozen dim sum dumplings you get at Asian markets that always seem to be on sale. Naturally, these 4 dumplings went down quickly and barely made a dent in our dim sum hunger. I also remember the filling being somewhat dense and dry. This maybe one of my favorite dumplings, but this version was a disappointment.
Dipping sauces. The yellow sauce was hot mustard, but I’m not sure what was the green sauce.
7×7 Magazine’s The Big Eat San Francisco: 100 Things to Eat + Drink Before You Die – 2010, 2011, 2012
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