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Kihei/Wailea, Maui Report (with side trips to Lahaina, Paia, Makawao)
+ 1 for Ululani Shave Ice - just the best! The other night we discovered their newest location at 790 Front St. in the Lahaina Market Place. Tables and chairs in the courtyard make it much easier to enjoy their tasty treats! Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm.
Interesting story on how they came to be: http://ululanisshaveice.com/about-us
Dittmer's Gourmet Meats and Masa's Sushi in Mountain View damaged in fire Sun 1/23/11
Thanks Dave for the link - good news indeed! Hope their sausages and smoked meats are as good as I remember them...
Chinese New Year 2012 Maui
Good call omaopio - we love Star Noodle so I will check to see what's scheduled (or not) for them and will post what I find out...
Will have to check out East Ocean in Kihei. Is the food at all "authentic" or ???
Chinese New Year 2012 Maui
Thanks honu2 - you've just confirmed what I already knew (but I was hoping I was wrong or that I just hadn't looked carefully enough) - hope springs eternal!
Thanks too for the Oahu suggestion - but I just know in my heart that my DH will not want to make that trip...
Chinese New Year 2012 Maui
We'll be on Maui for the beginning of the Chinese New Year Celebration this year. As we're native San Franciscans, we don't really need the whole lion dance thing.
We've tried in vain over the years to find good/authentic Chinese food on Maui. So now I'm asking for what seems impossible. Is there a Chinese restaurant on Maui that does a special menu for CNY?
We're staying in West Maui but will travel for good food.....
Redwood City and surrounds
Yes, the lure of pork belly, carnitas and chicharrones is too much for me too! Not to mention bbq pork ribs...
Redwood City and surrounds
SM, you're totally right about the ECR Casita Chilanga location - really quite nice. Now if I could just get them to press/toast the tortas long enough for me....
Will have to try the lamb tacos one of these weekends; I keep forgetting about them.
Chorizo? I thought you were a no pork guy...???? I too like the chorizo at Mi Rancho, especially the dry one.
I usually marinate my own meat/chicken but I like the pre-marinated chicken leg/thighs there for when I'm feeling lazy :-) No skin so I can feel like I'm doing a good thing diet-wise!
Redwood City and surrounds
Thanks - yes, that's sad. I've driven by many times but parking there is difficult, even around the back, so I've never stopped. to try it...
Redwood City and surrounds
Yes, I do love that block - like the produce and meat dept at Mi Rancho.
SM:
Do you find LCC #2 to be as good as the one on Middlefield? My experience is that #2 doesn't put the tortas in the press long enough (but maybe that's just me...) Love La Tesorito!
Have you tried the Chinese place on ECR closer to Brewster?
dim sum request
Windy, thanks for the explanation. Haven't been to HKFL/Millbrae in quite some time. We liked it before the ownership change. Will have to try it one of these days... Any further comments?
Where to find tongue near Palo Alto?
Fresh tongue yesterday at Lucky in Redwood City...
dim sum request
dd80 & sfbing: Are you speaking of "Hong Kong Flower Lounge" in Millbrae or is there a place just called "Hong Kong Lounge"? If so, where is it?
Redwood City and surrounds
Thanks SM for the news, I fear parking will only get worse in that area... Park in the BevMo lot and pray they don't catch us?
Need pressure cooker advice NOW. Anyone on who knows how to cook with them?
Many good answers but none addressed whether the ham hock will be cooked in the time the beans cook... if it was there I missed it.
Discontinued at Trader Joe's (started 6/19/2011) [old]
aimeekm: check Costco for the mini chicken cilantro fully cooked won ton - larger bag, better price, tastes like the same thing (to us anyway...)
dim sum request
Haven't been there since they changed hands a couple of years ago, but didn't Hong Kong Flower Lounge in Millbrae have carts?
La Tur is back at Costco
Thanks for the news - I hope Redwood City still has some Weds. when we get home...
Redwood City and surrounds
This might sound ignorant, but are ox tails really a hazard? I know they are an extension of the spinal cord but it's only the meat that gets eaten...
What about marrow bones?
Where to find tongue near Palo Alto?
Just to clarify: Mi Pueblo in EPA (and many other locations):
East Palo Alto
1731 East Bayshore.
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
T: 650-248-2171
6:00 am to 10:00 pm
One of my favorite Mexican markets - very clean, great selection, very large prepared food section, like a fiesta especially on the weekend!
Redwood City and surrounds
Thanks Melanie for explaining about cabeza - my experience is that it is made of the meat off the face, not the brains. I certainly wouldn't eat any mammal brain at this point.
Just heard from an acquaintance about a friend of hers who had recently died of mad cow disease...
Where to find tongue near Palo Alto?
If frozen is ok, the Foods Co market off Woodside Rd. in Redwood City usually has it.
FOODSCO
1401 Broadway St
Redwood City, CA 94063Store:
(650) 366-5546
Redwood City and surrounds
Our favorite at Los Gemelos is the cabeza - so delicious.
Their truck doesn't seem to be around anymore (either that or I just haven't found their latest location).
Rare Mexican Herbs?
The key words are "well-stocked Mexican supernarket" - Redwood City has many well-stocked Mexican supermarkets but I honestly don't recall seeing fresh hoja santa leaves which I believe is what the OP was looking for...
Actually, I don't even recall seeing dried and I even checked a few of the larger stores after this original post.
Rare Mexican Herbs?
This is where I really miss "Eat Nopal" and "Kare Raisu" - they knew where to get really good Mexican food and food products - I learned about the Roseland district of Santa Rosa from them. There's a market there, I think Lola's - that carries all kinds of unusual Mexican veggies and herbs, both fresh and dried that I don't believe you'll find anywhere else. I believe I saw Hoja Santa leaves there - dried in cellophane bags (but this was a couple of years ago....)
I've been in both stores but I think the one on Dutton might have a better selection of fresh veggies. The other store is newer and bigger.
http://www.lolasmarkets.com/English/locations.html
Redwood City and surrounds
+ one for Donato - probably the best Italian in the area.
Excellent Lunch at Kim Thanh on Geary St.
After almost exactly one year, with a couple of changes to the cast of diners, we revisited Kim Thanh for lunch.
We wanted the same dishes we so enjoyed and ordered them again this time with the exception of only the Salt Baked Crab with Butter (still don't know where the butter comes in...).
General consensus was that the crab, while good, didn't seem quite as good as the last time - it wasn't very sweet and mostly all I could taste was salt and pepper. I kind of wondered if maybe it had spent too much time in the fryer... Whatever, we inhaled 2 good sized crabs in what seemed like record time!
The frog was every bit as good as I remembered, crispy, grease less, nuggets of garlic in the batter, very tasty..
Two orders of the charbroiled pork were good but I didn't see evidence of a really caramelized coating although there were the crispy edges that make this dish so good.
The pea shoots with garlic were tender and sweet - just the antidote for lots of fried foods.
The charbroiled pork was so good that we had a second order.
The service is quick and pleasant. Finger bowls of tea with lemon slices were provided again and were appreciated by all.
All in all, a good meal - $27/pp
Dungeness crab prices for '11
Were the Costco crab fresh? The ones at my Costco (Redwood City) say "previously frozen"...
Foie Gras countdown...
It has been a couple of years, but the most decadent and largest serving of foie I've ever had was at Incanto...
Dungeness crab prices for '11
I picked up 2 at Piazza's in Palo Alto today, 2lbs each - they swore they were fresh, local... I usually get live ones too but today I just wanted to eat them, not fiddle around!
