Stir fried rice sticker noodles with shrimp, egg, fried tofu, scallion, ground peanut and bean sprouts. $8.50
Pad Thai Restaurant, San Francisco CA
This restaurant’s pad thai always has a lot of flavor, but sometimes it can be on the dry side. This time around, the shrimp and eggs were overcooked. Ugh!
Red tipped hens-and-chicks (Echeveria sp., Crassulaceae), Divisadero Street.
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 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! 🙂
Rare beef and meat ball soup in beef broth with rice noodles, fresh bean sprout, basil, lime, onion, and cilantro. Medium $7.15
Ben Tre Vietnamese Homestyle Cuisine, South San Francisco CA
Fresh spring rolls. Shrimp, rice vermicelli noodles, lettuce and bean sprouts rolled in rice paper. Served with peanut sauce. $5.85
Ben Tre Vietnamese Homestyle Cuisine, South San Francisco CA
These were a standard order of fresh spring rolls, nothing special. I do wish they would include mint leaves inside!
Project 365: Day 126
Only worked a half day today so I could go to the dentist and get my teeth cleaned. I’m kind of annoyed with them because they thought I was a different person and had pulled the wrong records and even greeted me as the other person. Shouldn’t they know who I am when I make the appointment!? Gonna have to keep my eye on them from now on!
Fresh wrap in rice paper with bean sprout, mint, carrot, cilantro, lettuce and vermicelli noodles served with peanut sauce and hoisin sauce. $7
Siam Saigon, San Francisco CA
This tasted great. The shrimp was good (not old or grainy) and the other ingredients were fresh and clean. There’s not much shrimp in the rolls, but the flavors were there. Their peanut sauce is on the thick, creamy side and I like that they also give you the hoisin sauce as an alternative.
Large egg omelettes mixed with minced pork and vegetables. Topped with a rich gravy and sliced green onions.
Xiao Long Bao Kitchen, South San Francisco CA
You gotta love anything drenched in gravy! These version had really thick omelettes and plenty of gravy. Both positives in my book!
Project 365: Day 98
This is the penultimate day of my work trip in Charleston, yay! I fly back to San Francisco tomorrow morning. I’ve suggested to my co-instructor that we have a final dinner together to celebrate the end of the course. I think I’ll take him to The Glass Onion. I’ve been there before and the food is great and reasonably priced. They also have a varied selection so I’m sure that he’ll find something that he likes.
It’s been great teaching with him. He’s definitely nice enough and easy to talk to. He was mostly a hotel hermit though, but I didn’t mind since that allowed me to use the rental car whenever I wanted. Hehe!
Rice topped with assorted vegetables and dried seaweed in hot stoneware with spicy pork, served with a fried egg. $11.99
Mom’s Tofu House, South San Francisco CA
Banchan. Complimentary
Project 365: Day 99
I’m SO glad to be back home!!! I’ve missed my bed. I’ve missed my dog. I’ve even missed the work office. And I’ve missed Silverfox! We’re going to have dinner tonight at Starbelly. I’m looking forward to eating a wonderfully delicious, California-cooked meal. I have to go into work tomorrow (Friday) and them I’ll have an entire weekend to relax and do nothing. Just sit around and enjoy being home.
Rice topped with assorted vegetables and dried seaweed in hot stoneware with fresh tofu, served with a raw egg add right before eating. $11.99
Mom’s Tofu House, South San Francisco CA
Miso soup. Complimentary
Tea. Complimentary
Project 365: Day 77
Roseau, Dominica! The exclamation point means “get me out of here!” No joke, this place was super scary and the people were NOT friendly. I had 2 breakfasts this morning, one at Oceanview Cafe and the other at AquaSpa Cafe. Then we were stupid enough to go explore Roseau by ourselves instead of doing an excursion elsewhere on the island. The town was pretty dirty and some of the people were scary and mean. We walked around town just checking the non-existent sites, looked for a bookstore, visited Our Lady of Fair Haven Cathedral, had a Jamaican beef patty at Patty Shack, then ran back to the ship. We tried to decompress in the solarium while eating food from the AquaSpa Cafe and the Pool/Mast Grill. We then attended the 70’s T-Dance, had drinks at the Martini Bar, had a couple’s dinner at the main dining room, watch Mario Cantone, then went to the Oceanview Cafe for ice cream.
2 large rolls with boiled shrimp, lettuce, bean sprouts and rice noodle are wrapped in thin rice sheets. Served with house special peanut sauce. $5.25
Hometown Noodle 2, San Bruno CA
Green tea. Complimentary.
Another tasty deep fried option, lol! I believe this was a vegetable version. They were decently sized and the wrapper stayed nice and crispy. 4 for $4.25
Chef Wang Restaurant, Millbrae CA
Cold poached chicken breast, seared chicken hearts, szechuan pepper, bean sprouts, and cilantro. $7
Mission Chinese Food, San Francisco
This was a very interesting dish. I’m not sure that it was my favorite, but it was definitely packed with flavor. That’s always a given at Mission Chinese Food. This is a cold dish, but I found that I preferred it warmed up a little bit. Maybe that’s because the cold chicken hearts had an odd texture and flavor that I didn’t like very much. The texture and flavor were less noticeable when warmed. The chicken was super tender and the whole dish made my mouth tingle!
“Thin sliced pork, marinated and sizzled on the grill. If it ain’t sizzled it just ain’t right! A tasty favorite here at Hahn’s! Our pork fans go crazy over this dish. Used by Pork Phobic Group Therapy facilitators to show those folks that have an irrational fear of pork that pork is good, pork is friendly, and pork is tasty! Nice Pork!” Served with steamed rice, fresh cucumber salad, kim chee and sprouts. $10.50
Hahn’s Hibachi, San Francisco
Although the menu description is a bit ridiculous, this huge pile of meat is pretty tasty! I have no idea what the brown sauce is that they ladle on top of the bbq pork, but it’s pretty good. I guess you can’t go wrong with gravy. I also love the pickled cucumbers that comes with the dish. The pork is sliced pretty thin so it’s very tender and has a great smokey flavor. When you see this on the menu, don’t expect it cooked bulgogi-style!
Vittle Monster 