R&G Lounge 631 Kearny St San Francisco, CA 94108 Dining date: 12/24/14 One of the most popular (if not the most) restaurants in San Francisco’s Chinatown is R&G Lounge. It’s been around for almost 30 years, but has gained more widespread fame/popularity in recent years as it’s been featured on TV (most notably by Anthony…
Nico 3228 Sacramento Street San Francisco, CA 94115 Dining date: 12/26/14 Nico opened in late 2013 quietly garnering a following as a sort of neighborhood restaurant nestled between Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights. SF Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer has been a fan since the restaurant opened; on Christmas Eve, he wrote a review calling…
Dining date: 12/25/14 Christmas this year brought another feast with friends and family. As is our tradition, we have two meals – a lunch on my mom’s side and dinner at my dad’s side.
Monsieur Benjamin 451 Gough St San Francisco, CA 94102 Dining date: 11/29/14 Corey Lee, best known for being ex-chef de cuisine of The French Laundry and for three-star Benu, opened Monsieur Benjamin over the summer. It’s a departure from his fine dining experience towards something more casual – a somewhat modernized French bistro. Given Lee’s pedigree,…
Nopalito 306 Broderick St San Francisco, CA 94117 Dining date: 11/30/14 Nopalito is the sister restaurant to ever-popular Nopa, located just a few blocks away (though there is a second location of Nopalito in the Inner Sunset). Whereas Nopa serves New American cuisine (that pork chop!), Nopalito serves up modernized Mexican fare. Tacos, quesadillas, ceviche…
Alta CA 1420 Market St San Francisco, CA 94102 Dining date: 11/28/14 Alta CA opened late last year, the latest from chef-restaurateur Daniel Patterson (Coi, Plum, Haven). The restaurant is one of the more notable SF openings in the past 12 months and has generally garnered praise for its Californian cuisine. My parents had dined…
Osteria Barberini Via della Purificazione 20 00187 Rome, Italy Dining date: 10/24/14 While researching for restaurants to try in Rome, we came across this place – Osteria Barberini. It had very strong reviews everywhere we looked, including being a top 50 restaurant on TripAdvisor (4.5 stars on over 1700 reviews) and holding 4.5 stars on…
The Walrus and the Carpenter 4743 Ballard Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107 Dining date: 11/6/14 I had one free evening on a quick business trip to Seattle, my first time to the city. Seattle’s got a ton of interesting restaurants and it was a difficult decision narrowing down to one. In the end, we decided…