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| sanford napping in the car during a roadtrip. |
26 July 2011
the color of mustard.
a fun visual web-search algorithm will show you the "color" of anything! so i had to make one for the blog.
23 July 2011
22 July 2011
i'm pepe.
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| fun diner salt & pepper shakers. |
10 July 2011
the fourth in the north.
i haven't updated in forever - life's been relatively quiet yet busy. however, independence day weekend was quite a lot of fun despite being relatively last-minute in planning.
in quick summary, we left LA saturday morning for monterey. went to the monterey bay aquarium and explored the cannery row area, then dinnered at passionfish in pacific grove - super fresh sustainable seafood. the fanny bay oysters were definitely the highlight.. the carrot-ginger granita on top instantly fills your palate with a split-second of almost overwhelming ginger flavor, and then it's gone and replaced with the sweetness of the fanny bay oyster. it was so good we ordered a second round!
sunday morning we went sea kayaking (unfortunately no photos are available since i wasn't about to bring my camera on a kayak). it was amazing! we got to see quite a few wild sea otters including a little pup. afterwards, we brunched at loulou's griddle in the middle, a diner on the wharf. huge portions, delicious food. i had the squiddle and eggs (fried calamari steak and eggs), but i really wish i'd gotten one of their massive pancakes.
sunday afternoon we packed up and drove to san francisco. after exploring union square and chinatown for a bit, we met jon and jason at incanto in noe valley for dinner. SUCH. GOOD. FOOD. i had lardo for the first time there (served with apricots, the way the spanish serve jamon and melon). and the pork shoulder i had for my entree was killer. plus, it was so much fun to finally hang out with jon - we're like kindred taiwanese food-loving spirits.
we dropped sanford off at k9 playtime, a doggy day care, on monday morning then proceeded to do our own walking tour/exploration of the city along the coastline from the ferry building to the golden gate bridge. at the ferry building, we found boccalone, where incanto gets their lardo from! they specialize in cured pig parts - we just had to lunch there (but no lardo this time, just some delicious sandwiches). when we reached the marina area, we grabbed a tuna melt at a place whose name i don't remember, before continuing our walk to golden gate. we didn't quite walk all the way there, but were pretty close when we decided to just hitch a cab ride back to the hotel.
for dinner we went to r&g lounge in chinatown for some delicious salt and pepper crab. the place was packed, so there was a bit of a wait, but totally worth it. no fireworks for us, though we definitely heard quite a few while walking back from dinner.
sanford had so much fun at k9 on monday that we dropped him off there tuesday morning while we packed up and checked out of the hotel. we also drove down to daly city to have dim sum at koi palace before picking him up for the drive back to LA. he slept pretty much the entire drive back.
all photos from the trip:
resto specific photos (subsets of the above):
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| cannery row and monterey bay aquarium. |
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| delicious austrian riesling @ passionfish. |
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| fanny bay oysters with carrot-ginger granita @ passionfish. |
in quick summary, we left LA saturday morning for monterey. went to the monterey bay aquarium and explored the cannery row area, then dinnered at passionfish in pacific grove - super fresh sustainable seafood. the fanny bay oysters were definitely the highlight.. the carrot-ginger granita on top instantly fills your palate with a split-second of almost overwhelming ginger flavor, and then it's gone and replaced with the sweetness of the fanny bay oyster. it was so good we ordered a second round!
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| loulou's griddle in the middle on monterey wharf two. |
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| giant banana pancakes @ loulou's. |
sunday morning we went sea kayaking (unfortunately no photos are available since i wasn't about to bring my camera on a kayak). it was amazing! we got to see quite a few wild sea otters including a little pup. afterwards, we brunched at loulou's griddle in the middle, a diner on the wharf. huge portions, delicious food. i had the squiddle and eggs (fried calamari steak and eggs), but i really wish i'd gotten one of their massive pancakes.
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| lardo and apricots @ incanto. |
sunday afternoon we packed up and drove to san francisco. after exploring union square and chinatown for a bit, we met jon and jason at incanto in noe valley for dinner. SUCH. GOOD. FOOD. i had lardo for the first time there (served with apricots, the way the spanish serve jamon and melon). and the pork shoulder i had for my entree was killer. plus, it was so much fun to finally hang out with jon - we're like kindred taiwanese food-loving spirits.
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| mixed "salumi cone" @ boccalone. |
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| alcatraz from fisherman's wharf. |
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| a foggy golden gate bridge. |
we dropped sanford off at k9 playtime, a doggy day care, on monday morning then proceeded to do our own walking tour/exploration of the city along the coastline from the ferry building to the golden gate bridge. at the ferry building, we found boccalone, where incanto gets their lardo from! they specialize in cured pig parts - we just had to lunch there (but no lardo this time, just some delicious sandwiches). when we reached the marina area, we grabbed a tuna melt at a place whose name i don't remember, before continuing our walk to golden gate. we didn't quite walk all the way there, but were pretty close when we decided to just hitch a cab ride back to the hotel.
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| salt & pepper crab @ r&g lounge. |
for dinner we went to r&g lounge in chinatown for some delicious salt and pepper crab. the place was packed, so there was a bit of a wait, but totally worth it. no fireworks for us, though we definitely heard quite a few while walking back from dinner.
sanford had so much fun at k9 on monday that we dropped him off there tuesday morning while we packed up and checked out of the hotel. we also drove down to daly city to have dim sum at koi palace before picking him up for the drive back to LA. he slept pretty much the entire drive back.
all photos from the trip:
resto specific photos (subsets of the above):
[ incanto photoset ]
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