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Please help me identify this squash!
Mm, that sounds great - thanks for your post! It is kinda hard on the outside, like a pumpkin. Do you think it's a winter squash? If so, when you bake it, do you just scoop out the middle to eat?
Please help me identify this squash!
Please help me identify this gigantic squash that my husband's boss (an obviously impressive gardener) gave us! What do I do with it???
Izakaya at Sebo
Does anyone know if they are still doing Izakaya Sundays at Sebo, and if so, how late they serve? Domo!
ISO Best Cupcake recommendations for cupcake-off in East Bay
Off topic, but I think all their savory items are delicious. The cakes I've had are okay, but I think savory is where it's at. I love their butternut squash quiche!
Candybar (desserts & wine), SF - anyone try it yet?
My friend Lauren and I went to Candybar last night and my impressions were similar to that of jrhsfcm. I had been to Chikalicious (http://www.chikalicious.com/) in NYC a few years ago and of course that was the first thing that came to my mind. Like Chikalicious it is a small, minimalist space, but Candybar is much darker and the back of the space was not very inviting. Flavor-wise, I was excited by the menu (I had the chocolate sorbet with foie gras tapioca, and the vanilla cake with pickled mango and olive oil), but found many items overdone. Many items were too cloyingly sweet and ended up overpowering the flavors they tout on the menu, like the perfume of lavender in the bellini, the freshness of mint in the lemonade with gelee, and the bittersweetness of chocolate in the sorbet. Really, you could hardly taste those things...just alot of sweet. Other combinations (like the vanilla cake and pickled mango) were adventurous but just not harmonious in the end.
Anyways, we'll post more details about the outing soon. It offered an interesting menu and friendly staff but I didn't find it to be as fun an eating experience or as refined in flavor as I was hoping. Like jrhsfcm, I love the idea of dessert bars and hope there will be more of them around, but in the meantime I hope Candybar will work out these kinks as they get more settled in.
ISO Best Cupcake recommendations for cupcake-off in East Bay
Are they vanilla with pink or blue frosting? Because that's good enough for me. What do they taste like?
ISO Best Cupcake recommendations for cupcake-off in East Bay
Crixa carries cupcakes?? I live around the corner and I've never seen cupcakes there - do they only have them at certain times? Or are they some kind of small cakes that don't look like conventional cupcakes (I guess the difference would be shape and those crinkled liners)?
ISO Best Cupcake recommendations for cupcake-off in East Bay
How do they taste? I think we're going to try and do at least one "standard" (like vanilla), and one fancy flavor - do they have a variety?
ISO Best Cupcake recommendations for cupcake-off in East Bay
Hi, all! We're looking for cupcake recommendations for a cupcake-off we're doing at work. We all live in the East Bay (Richmond, Berkeley) so we prefer East Bay bakeries, but it's more important that they're good (we want the best!) than easy to get to. So far we're getting ones from Teacakes and Love At First Bite. Please help us! TIA!
where to go in Berkeley for Dinner???
Cha-Ya: http://www.yelp.com/biz/pTpsniKEL9z7Sv1ilXwQag
Cafe Gratitude: http://www.withthecurrent.com/cafe.html
and what seems like endless other places. Check out Robert's links below.
Just Bought A Bottle Of Cachaca
Oh sorry, not coconut milk but condensed milk! It's called a batida de fresa, but batidas can also be made with other fruits like passion fruit or banana. I have since tried them and they're delish, albeit girly. :)
http://www.maria-brazil.org/batidas.htm
Sawadee Thai in Richmond/El Cerrito
Oh, sorry, I was talking about Sawadee, not the place on stilts.
Duck Fat
I used to buy it at Magnani's (about $5/pint) or Ver Brugge's in Berkeley, although if you have time, I now just render it myself from whole duck and reuse it as it makes your dollar go alot further.
Late Night Dining Ideas (Bay Area)
Just wanted to add to this handy list that
SAHN MARU in Oakland is open until 11PM. And is delish!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/S6aVn29BKwfG2Y4fJ3V6qA
himawari in san mateo - my 6 shop ramen soujourn is complete! (review etc.)
Cool! Can you please post addresses for the 6 shops?
Sawadee Thai in Richmond/El Cerrito
I've been there a few times. It's cute and the service is okay. It's not all that - I don't remember the food being memorably good, but not bad either. Kids love the low tables with the cutout floor underneath so you don't have to sit cross-legged.
Japanese vegetarian - minako or cha-ya?
I saw someone somewhere recommend the okonomiyaki at Minako. Do you know what they put in theirs? Is Minako mostly Kansai-style cuisine?
ISO Dr. Brown's sodas
Not really any of the places you mentioned, but Saul's in Berkeley has them.
What to order at Chow
Yes yes yes! I can't leave without the ginger cake with caramel and pumpkin ice cream! I also tend to get...I can't even remember because I get so distracted by the dessert. Mussels, I think, and also the Thai steak salad.
Bay Area Rabbit Recommendations?
OMG, I love the Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit at Farmhouse. The tiny little leg confit was favorite, but really, the other two preparations were just as good. Best rabbit I've ever had!
But that's not too local (well, for me at least) - I think the last time I had it in SF was at Lulu.
ISO Lyonnaise Cuisine - SF, Berkeley or Oakland
I would love to find some good quenelles (I like the pâte ones, but I'd take the fish ones too), but I would also love to see a good meat menu. How about a good tête de veux?
ISO Lyonnaise Cuisine - SF, Berkeley or Oakland
Hi! Could anyone tell me if there are any good restaurants that specialize specifically in Lyonnaise, bouchon-style cuisine in San Francisco, Berkeley, or Oakland? TIA!
Belden Lane in SF
I've had some very nice dinners at Plouf and B44. I have only been to Cafe Bastille once and don't remember what I had, but I remember that I thought it was nice and not bad.
High-Tech Burrito
Oh jeez, maybe I'm getting the two mixed up in my head! Glencora below says they still have the unwrapping diagram, but I'll bet I'm remembering the 360 degrees from the other burrito place. It's so hard to keep them straight. :) But High Tech does still have passable burritos for what it is, technology-impaired or not. :)
High-Tech Burrito
They used to have this kinda corny thing on their wrappers about "how to eat a burrito" and some diagram showing how you tear off the foil, 360 degrees around the burrito. I guess that's the "technology"! That said, their burritos aren't bad tasting.
Best Indian Food in Berkeley?
I totally vote for Vik's and Udupi Palace for cheap, too. They're so different that I couldn't really pick one over the other.
Takoyaki outside of festivals
Whoa, what does it taste like with ground beef? Is it good?
Takoyaki outside of festivals
Thank you again, but I was looking for something recent and not from festivals.
Takoyaki outside of festivals
Mmm, I just got back from Japan and would love to find some of that wonderful takoyaki that I had in Osaka! I understand there are some at festivals like the Sakura Festival, but are there any restaurants that serve good takoyaki the rest of the year? Ideally a little spicy, but I'm just looking for any good takoyaki. SF or East Bay please. TIA!
