Menchanko-tei

Post-Midtown Lunch February HH, I needed some real food to eat before I passed out drunk on the sidewalk.  (Okay, I wasn’t that blitzed, but still.)  We headed over to nearby Menchanko-tei for some ramen yums!  I also opted to add on two rice balls or onigiri for $3.50, which is a meh price (I usually get them for about $1.50 each, but not freshly made that minute ones).  I got sake (salmon) and mentaiko (spicy cod roe), which were both underfilled and kind of eh for me.  My dining companions – my three bodyguards, hah – tried some and [...]

Ramen Setagaya

Of course I’ve posted about Ramen Setagaya in the past – it is my favorite ramen place! – but recently revisited… mmm, cold weather is great for ramen.  I opted to get a set dinner, so I started off with pork gyoza… Which were juicy and tasty, but could have been fried a lil more properly to attain a good crust and a bit more pillowy softness.  Or, as HB said, “delicate and soft like the inner thighs of a lady?” to which I had to respond, no, not at all.  And of course the shio ramen, which was, as [...]

Nomado

After a few drinks recently in Midtown, I headed over to meet up with HB and her BF for some quick sushi bites.  They introduced me to their neighborhood spot, a local place with some decent bites… Nomado.  We started off with some tataki appetizers.  This was a special so unfortunately I don’t recall the exact name, but it was only alright.  Tuna tataki – again, alright, nothing special but neither horrible, either.  We opted to split a bunch of rolls – Christmas roll on the left, pressed rice with tuna, salmon, eel, avocado… was really good.  I liked the [...]

Hasaki

Astute observers, close followers, creepy stalkers – whatever you want to call it – people who read this blog and pay very careful attention – will know that I hang out in the St. Mark’s Place area quite a lot.  It’s an area near and dear to my heart – my stomping grounds since ‘99 thereabouts.  However, as many times as I’ve tromped up and down 8 & 9th Streets, crossing Stuyvesant St., up and down 3rd Avenue… I never really noticed Hasaki.  It’s right next to quite a number of places I’ve frequented, and a bunch that I’ve [...]

SF Foodbuzz Food Bloggers Fest – Barracuda (lunch on Thursday)

As you might already know, I visit San Francisco about once a year.  It’s my favorite domestic city (after New York City, of course), and really, it’s my second home.  I seriously feel at home there… which is no easy feat for me.  In any case, among the reasons I love SF is the bento shopping!  One of my favorite places to hit is Daiso in Serramonte Center over in Daly City.  It’s HUGE, it has its own parking lot that is ALWAYS empty, and the goodies are just incredible!!!  (Aside from bento goodies, I stocked up on fingerless [...]

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