lihsiawang's Profile
Weird/Bad Food Related Dates
My Chinese mother came here in 1939, and one of her specialties when we had guests was shrimp on toast--chopped seasoned shrimp spread on a little square of bread and the whole thing deep-fried. I think it might even have been genuinely S China cooking (she also made Guo-tieh and Jiao-tze as well as she could with the ingredients available in Minneapolis in 1945--eg Mu-Shu pork made with slivered cabbage and Aunt Jemima pancakes...).
As for Crab Rangoon, it's on all the Chinese buffet tables in West Virginia...
take out/order in suggestions
Any recommendations for good take out or order in near 26th st and 7th Ave, weeknights?
lunch near Ashby BART
Try the Vault. The hamburgers there are very good, especially if you like them underdone. They're on Adeline/MLK 2 blocks N of Alcatraz
(There is an old bank vault at the back of the restaurant)
Buttariga (Bottarga) and other Sardinian ingredients in Bay Area?
A related question:any source for the tuna heart that Incanto uses in its pasta?
Annual birthday dinner dilemma
How about Chapeau in SF? Friendly chef, nuage de noix for dessert--a traditional bistro, so almost 70 yr olds like me are pretty happy there.
Brunch in downtown Berkeley
Where can I take a college friend (from 50 yrs ago!) on a Monday at 11:30?
Besides the obvious pies, what will you serve for Thanksgiving dessert?
Our family favorite for years has been an old Better Homes and Gardens (or maybe Women's Day!) recipe for Cranberry Torte. Egg whites and cranberry relish (cranberries ground with oranges, including rind) with a little extra sugar beaten until stiff, mixed with whipped cream, and frozen on a crumbcrust in a springform pan. Never any leftovers.
Picking Pineapples
to 4Snisi--pineapples don't grow on trees. They grow out of the top of the tuft of leaves at the top. But you're otherwise right about how to judge them
Bacon fat
My father would fry the bacon first, then use it in the waffle batter. Every Sunday. So my mom could sleep in. Such memories!
the best SANDWICH in (San Francisco) period.
I second the recommendation of Vietnamese sandwiches on Larkin. Lee's and Baguette Express--tasty, good bread, generous meat AND generous vegetable, and very inexpensive.
source for duck confit, east bay?
Trader Joes used to carry it, but it's gone. Anywhere else?
Has the KK Cafe really never been mentioned here?
For a humble hamburger, try the Vault in Berkeley (MLK or Adeline, one block N of Alcatraz. Really good--juicy and tasty if you don't get it well-done.
Help with proposed itinerary--looking for casual restos.
For Saturday you might try Firefly or Chenery Park, since you have a car.
Best quiet, pretty reasonable place
Chenery Park in Glen Park is very nice for actually talking with friends. They have family nights, good food, and theyr'e near the A=BART
Berkeley cafes - are any of them chow-worthy?
not near the UC campus, but very good: Sweet Adeline's at Adeline just south of Alcatraz. Foccacia makes wonderful breakfast. Sunny and friendly.
Chinese Restaurant in Rockridge?
Jasmine, I agree that Chna Village on Solano is the best around. What do you think of the soup with a hundred red chilis floating on the top?
Dungeness crab $/lb at your local stores?
6.99/lb at lucky seafood, 8th st in Chinatown Oakland, lively and fat.
Li-hsia
Your mom's weird cooking ... and other stories? (recipes encouraged)
When I was a child in Minnesota 100 years ago my mother struggled to cook Chinese food in Norwegian country. Her version of mu-shi pork used pork and cabbage on buttermilk pancakes. And it was very tasty!
