Hi all! I've been searching the board for a Borough Market thread that discusses all the great treats to chase down while at the market. It may be operator error, but I can't seem to find one. Any help? I've seen Kappacasein mentioned several times, so that's definitely on my list.

Just saw this restaurant mentioned here: http://www.traterra.com/travel-like-a...

I may check it out on our upcoming May trip!

Dang it, now I just saw this: http://www.traterra.com/travel-like-a...

The problem with planning so far out if you keep getting more information!

Is it truly $600-$800 (american dollars) per couple? We would clearly go cheap on wine, but just trying to wrap my head around the cost. Thanks for the replies everyone!

Hmmmm, it looks like La Regalade St Honore might fit my price point as well. Worth giving up any of the other restaurants for? I'd really appreciate your feed back!

Hi all! Talk about an exhaustive chowhound research extravaganza! I think I might have my dinners planned out for my 5/28-5/31 trip, but would love your opinion. Here's are those details you love to ask:
-We're doing one fancy pants dinner, but going for mid range for the other two, i.e. less than 100E for 2 people for something akin to 3 courses (including tip, tax, and whatever else they charge in Paris).
-My husband drinks but doesn't mind inexpensive wine and will only do a drink or two with dinner. I don't drink at all.
-I'm an extreme foodie who will eat anything, but my husband is a middle of the road diner. Every once in a while, he surprises me with his choices, but not often. So no sea foam or degustation menus. :)
-We're staying at Hotel La Belle Juliette in the 6th but don't mind traveling for good food. We currently live in San Francisco, so public transportation doesn't scare us.
-I know a lot of people like to save money by doing nice meals at lunch, but we're just not into that. We'd rather grab food on the run as we're being touristy and do dinner after a shower and a nap.

Here goes!
Tuesday: My husband's boss got us reservations at Le Taillevent. I'm a little apprehensive about this, but he claims it's a once in a lifetime experience. It also sounds like a $600-$800 per couple experience. Worth it? Is there somewhere else we should go?

For Wednesday and Thursday: My top choices at the mid range price are Chez Denise, Dans Les Landes, and Les Papilles.

Since we have so many cuisine choices in San Francisco, I feel like sticking to “French” food, but don't really have it narrowed down to type.

Can't wait to hear your opinion!

Hi all! I know there's a huge thread discussing local root beers, but I'm more interested in great San Francisco restaurants with root beer on draft. I searched the boards but didn't find a ton of answers.

Help! First off, I don't know how to cook. Second, I will be caring for my mother after a back surgery and have to feed her for a week. Third, she is both diabetic and has GERD, an intense acid reflux disorder. Not only can she not have a lot of sugar, she also has to avoid the following foods: heavy dairy (cream or cream of anything, butter, etc), citrus fruits, tomatoes or tomato products, garlic, anything spicy or fried, or onions. I was hoping for some easy crockpot recipes, but they all seem to have tomato something, cream of something soup, copious spices or onions, or all of the above. Do any of you kitchen geniuses have an idea?

I reached out to Navarro and they'll set up a juice tasting just like you'd do a wine tasting! We probably won't go out for a month or two, but I'll post a review.

I recently read an article about a traditional Russian New Year's Eve meal: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011.... It sounds amazing! Is there anywhere in San Francisco that puts on such a feast? I'd definitely stay up past midnight for that.

Hi all! I recently went to Chez Panisse, and when they learned no one in the party drinks, they offered us a high end grape juice that was clearly from a vineyard. It got me to wondering, are there any local wine country vineyards that produce some sort of non-alcoholic grape juice? I'd love to set up a grape juice tasting so I can also enjoy the beauty of wine country with my wine drinking friends.

Hi all! Has anyone tried the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay Christmas Brunch before? My husband and I are staying home Christmas and are looking for some place fun to go. Although I'm a foodie, he definitely is not, so a holiday buffet serves us well. We've done the Cliff House before, but since it's fairly mediocre, I was hoping for something with better food quality. (I know, buffet and better food quality are usually not terms that go together!) What do you think?

Thanks hyperbowler and vulber! My tastes are low bor enough to skip the Asian dessert, but Wing Wings and Nopa sound good. Any other suggestions? I'd even do a good pie.

Hi fellow chows! I have an confession to make: I like simple, old school desserts. I love a foodie dinner, but several times I've skipped the dessert menu to make a run by Bob's for some doughnut dessert instead. That being said, any good suggestions for some late night/after our dinner reservations place for a comfort, throwback dessert? Think ice cream, doughnuts, milkshakes, baked goods (cupcakes, cookies, cake), etc. Please keep the suggestions to places in San Francisco (any neighborhood), places open after 10, and bonus points for easy parking. Thanks in advance!

Thanks, I passed along the info!

Hi! I have a friend that recently moved from Serbia and is missing great Serbian food. She's willing to go anywhere in the metro area, city, peninsula, San Jose, east bay, etc. Anyone have any ideas? I tried searching and didn't see anything.

I've been doing some board research, but there don't seem to be any board favorites for good sushi in Sacramento. Everyone seems to have ther own favorite. Any place everyone agrees on?

Fredy's Deli! Only a few blocks off Ocean Beach, at the end of the park. Expect a 30 minute wait to get a sandwich and make sure to get it on sourdough with everything. To die for.

Can you help me find a good sushi lunch near Shady Canyone Golf Club in Irvine? I did a little board research, but can only find Wasa, 10 miles away. Anything tasty and somewhat closer? I need it to be open for lunch on a Wednesday.

I just moved here in September, but I wanted to participate. Here’s my list:
Pork bahn mi from Saigon Sandwich
Pork bone ramen at Kirimachi
Brussel sprouts at Barbacco
Spicy scallop roll at Okoze
Duck confit basteeya at Aziza
Lamb shank at Kokkari
Tahitian vanilla ice cream at Humphrey Slocumbe
Pork belly bun at Chairman Bao
Sisig taco with egg at Senor Sisig
Special roasted turkey sandwich at Fredy’s Deli

Has anyone gone to this before?

http://www.food-social.org/

I can't tell if this is more of a food thing or a young people drinking thing. I want it to be like an indoor Off the Grid.

We went tonight since we live in North Beach. Even my non foodie husband loved it! We tried one of each kind, we liked the pork bone broth MUCH better than the Sapporo Miso broth. Don't get me wrong, the latter was also good, but not as rich. And the meat in the ramen just melted in your mouth. I'm already craving another bowl.

Bumping this, would love to get some current input on good restaurants on restaurant.com. Most of the threads are fairly outdated.

Dinner, maybe around 7:30 or 8:00 start time, and probably only 4 of us.

Sorry, forgot to report back. This was an amazing night, I'd do it again. Unfortunately, the group was too full for La Santaneca though. I won't bring lightweight next time! :)

Hi all! After you led me on an incredible food crawl around Misison District, I was hoping for a similar plan for Chinatown. I've read through several Chinatown threads, but I can't find anything that would make a good dinner food crawl schedule. Help please? My only requirements are that I prefer places with seating that are all walkable once you get to Chinatown. And yes, all fantastic Chinese food. (Although I already know you're going to tell me the best Chinese isn't in Chinatown, so just the best you can find there.)

Feel free to give me other food crawl ideas. I love doing them, any neighborhood is fine with me as long as it's in the city. Thanks!

Hi fellow 'hounders! I searched the board, but didn't find anything written up about Okoze, a small neighborhood sushi bar in Russian Hill on Union and Hyde. My husband and I tried it out last night. I'm terrible at food writeups, but I just wanted to post and say we were plesantly surprised. Jam packed at 7:00 on a Thursday night, but our service was still very attentive. I ordered the Omakase sushi dinner: 12 pieces of nigiri, a small roll, 2 pieces of ebi tempura, and miso soup, all for $40.

The miso was actually very rich. I'm not sure if it's authentic or not, but it's the first miso soup that actually tasted like anything to me. The nigiri was 11 pieces of fish (didn't ask what was what) and 1 scallop. The scallop was to die for and the majority of the fish was very fresh. Some of the pieces had what I call "toppings" on them, chopped scallion, a little ponzu, etc but only a few. My husband and I will definitely come back.

Thanks for all the great responses! I think my plan is to do Farolito, La Taqueria, La Santaneca, Mission Pies, and Humphrey Slocumbe. We will definitely be going at peak hours (7:00-ish on a Saturday night) so I'll probably shoot myself in the foot on wait times, but whatever. Just to confirm, are all of these places open in the 7-10pm range on a Saturday night?

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Mission Pie
2901 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

La Taqueria
2889 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

La Santaneca
3781 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

This is fantastic! We'd be going for dinner....and we definitely don't mind 9,000 calories. :)

HI all! Looking for a specific itinerary for a "show off the Mission District to guests" food crawl. Things I would like it to include:

1. At least 1 mission style burrito stop
2. At least 1 dessert stop
3. In areas that wouldn't scare a guest, i.e. bums are fine but guy shooting up on the street isn't
4. Restaurants don't need reservations, we can walk in whatever time without more than a 20
minute wait and get great food
5. Restaurants have somewhere to sit and eat food, so we don't have to stand and eat all night

Go!