Which Bay Area restaurants offer a table side cheese course?

Quince does table side cheese service in the main dining room. Their selection and handling of cheese is very well done. Not table side, Perbacco has a really great cheese program too. Aquerello looks to have a good cheese program though I've never had the chance to dine there. Jardinere's cheese program is very nice though not stellar - they do have interesting accompaniments. Mission Cheese is a casual place that has most of the small production American cheeses available on the market - you can order prearranged cheese flights or jsut pick out a few cheeses on your own to experiment with.

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ISO good red wine vinegar

I know you are probably looking for something right away but a few years ago I started making my own red wine vinegar from left over dregs of red wine or bottles that I took a chance on and didn't like or old bottles... best vinegar ever - takes a bout a month to get a good acidic base and now I just throw in a half glass every other week. I will never go back to buying red wine vinegar again. But for some reason the white wine vinegar didn't turn out as well.

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Best Japanese Curry in SF???

Anyone have a good recipe to make at home? I've tried but can't find the right spice blend/ mix/ recipe.

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Happy Hour for a group

***caveat*** I work at this bar!!!!!

Lava Lounge (527 Bryant Street between 4th and 3rd). It's usually pretty slow on Mondays and Tuesdays and has a 20% off everything happy hour from 5 - 7pm. It's pretty nice inside considering the neighborhood is rather run down and industrial but there is usually meter parking unless there's something happening at the ballpark.

The food is pretty good - most people are surprised at the quality of the food. The owner runs a catering business out of the kitchen that does weddings and events at City Hall - so the food is better than people think.

There's a lounge area in the back of the bar with seating. Calling around 4pm with a heads up is a good idea.

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Grated cheese

there are more aged goat's cheeses that can be grated - maybe he was referring to those? There are several goat goudas, and a few goat cheddars that taste and grate well. I don't think he meant the fresh, soft goat cheese/ chevre.

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REALLY spicy food in the Bay Area?

"Thai hot" is no joke. I'm used to a way ramped up heat level in Asian foods - my mom is the queen of chilis! But Thai hot is too hot for me - esp. when a Thai person orders it! I

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Uses for Herbs

I like to throw whatever left over herbs I have into sandwiches. Parsley goes well with everything. Dill goes well with chicken or tuna salads. If you like Vietnamese noodles bowls - mint and cilantro are great in those.

Also I take parsley, chives, rosemary and pretty much any thing else and finely chop them, add garlic, salt, pepper and a GOOD olive oil for a GREAT dipping sauce for bread - way better than olive oil and balsamic.

Oh and if you grow parsley or cilantro - I'm loving making and freezing chimchurri (sp?) sauce!

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