Folk Life Festival, Seattle WA May 24th, 2008

Okay, you might not think of a corn dog as an appetizer, but boy did Annay find this one appetizing!!

Vancouver, BC Canada - The Sandbar, May 23rd, 2008

The Sandbar Seafood Restaurant

1535 Johnston Street, Granville
IslandVancouver, BC, V6H 3R9

T: 604.669.9030 F: 604.669.9033

We sat outside with this incredible view. The curry carrot soup and seafood club sandwich were fabulous. The crab cakes were overly breaded and cooked too much... could hardly find any crab. But the overall experience is highly recommended

Vancouver, BC Canada - Coast Resaurant, May 22nd, 2008

COAST RESTAURANT1257 Hamilton
StreetVancouver, BCV6B 6K3

Tel: 604.685.5010Fax: 604.602.7523






Out for a night on the town, we went to Yale Town. Hamilton Street has one fun restaurant after another. We went to Coast and had the terrific seafood sampler:
two pieces of sashimi, smoked salmon, a lobster spring roll, 2 shrimp croquettes, two oysters, clams, muscles, a huge shrimp, and a lobster claw with some salad.
The menu says that there is a two serving minimum but we talked the manager into letting us have the platter for one - and that was plenty to share between Cindy and I.
Just a NOTE: The Blue Water Cafe on Hamilton Street has a bottle of wine for $6,400... who can you imagine ordering THAT?

Oola May 6, 2008

Oola - American Lounge
SOMA
860 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 995-2061
www.oola-sf.com




The ambiance of this lounge/restaurant is incredible! The lighting an music create a very dramatic setting for some incredible small plates.

SPICED AHI TUNA $14: green vinaigrette, hearts of palm and fingerling potato chips


ROASTED BEETS AND WATERMELON SALAD $12 :watercress, pistachios, goat cheese and a thyme vinaigrette


ARTISAN CHEESES $16: “chimay” with walnuts and apricots“roquefort” caramelized pear and black pepper gastric“camellia” onion jam, honey and pistachios


OYSTERS $2.75 each:
Kumamoto (WA)
Effingham (WA)
Marins (Tomales Bay)

Moshi Moshi May 5, 2008

BYE BYE MIMI! We will miss you.


Moshi Moshi - Sushi Potrero Hill 2092 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 861-8285

We had some fabulous items this week. We had the Veg Julie (see my first post) and the Carmel, which was named after Caroline and her friend Melissa; it's a roll with shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber and topped with unagi and ebi... yummmmm! We also had one of the specials, the Maguro Tataki which is seared red tuna topped with ponzu sauce and tobiko served on a delicious bed of onions.

Baraka April 29, 2008

Baraka - French Mediteranian

Potrero Hill

288 Connecticut St San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 255-0370

Baraka has changed hands. The same decor, but much more approachable than before. The have many small plates in addition to main dishes. We had warm pistachio-crusted goat cheese with onion jam, honey and served with crustini. Mom and I agreed we could live on this. We also had the yellowfin carpaccio served over horseradish creme fraiche, little tiny cubes of bravant potatoes, smoked sea salt, and parsley emulsion. It was a beautiful dish that had so many dimensions to it that it's hard to describe. We ordered one main dish to split - Housemade saffron fettucini with wild mushrooms, black pepper and pecorino. We both thought this was hands down the BEST pasta dish we have ever tasted.

Moshi Moshi April 28, 2008

Moshi Moshi - Sushi

Potrero Hill, Dogpatch

2092 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 861-8285

We had our ususal sashimi combo with edamame and miso soup. We also tried a special of tempura fried white fish on lettuce with a mango salsa... can you say YUM? Martin asked the owner to make a seared ahi with sesame seeds. They made a fantastic dish with Martin's suggestion.