I’m back. Back in San Francisco, in my element, to live. And living here is sweet! Not surfer-sweet, but sweet as in the air beneath brilliant blue skies is sweet, with the scent of the ocean. I walk into a cafe, a bar, or just down the street, and strangers say hello then strike up [...]
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I found a most enticing event pop up on my Facebook feed and found myself craving papaya salad. My friend since high school, Siamphone Louankang, is hosting the National Papaya Salad Contest at Lao New Year in San Francisco on April 28th, 2012.
Check out the beautiful photos taken of making papaya salad [...]
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Like sugar crystals through a sifter, so are the days I must wait…
I’m going back to California for a couple weeks. One of my best friends has decided to join the faith of marriage. Many days are allocated towards the festivities, but during a few hours off, I’ll find my way to Continue Reading →
Photo by Robin Jolin
My friend, Aida Mollenkamp, has always been a foodie from the day I met her in San Francisco. In the past four to five years I have lived in Beijing, Aida has blossomed into a celebrity food expert with shows on the Food Network and the Continue Reading →
Spoil me
Chez Spencer / Mission // French
My special splurge spot, love the sweetbreads, my poetic little hideaway, my girlfriend and I spoil ourselves here, I love this place…
Isa / Marina // French
I love their foie gras, sweetbreads, and rack of lamb…
我收到了Grub Street（美国纽约的一个有关美食和饭馆的博客）发过来的有关旧金山在哪能吃到美味猪肉的电子邮件，感觉自己又想吃了。其中有提到了我最喜欢的美食之一- Roli Roti饭店的porchetta（这是一种意大利风味的烤肉）三明治。我从书架上拿出外部储存硬盘驱动器，放进笔记本里，寻找我曾经吃porchetta的照片。找到了，就是这些大块的猪肉！猪皮的油流到正在转动的烤肉叉上烧烤的土豆块上，在旧金山清晨的阳光的照耀下，闪闪发光。
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My Grub Street newsletter email arrived and with it a craving for pork. Guiding readers to San Francisco’s best spots to get a pork fix, they mentioned one of my favorites — Roli Roti‘s porchetta sandwich. I pulled out my external hard drive and looked for [...]
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San Francisco, CA — I woke up this morning hoping to romance myself with crisp bay air and a modest-priced hole-in-the-wall on Polk Street. As much as I should have ventured out on my own for formica table tops and free-refill coffee, I waited for my husband to join me. Lunch time [...]
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San Francisco, CA — Off a plane from Vancouver and into the foggy nostalgia of my city, yes my city, San Francisco. After four days of eating Chinese banquet proportions, I need something small. A salad perhaps? But I’m back in San Francisco, another place I enjoy eating to my heart’s content. [...]
Continue Reading →San Francisco, CALIFORNIA — My friend, Meli James, interviewed on “The View from the Bay” discussing best places to drink wine in San Francisco; truly different sites and great to make fun trips of them. Meli is co-founder of Continue Reading →
