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August 16-21, 2007
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| Tuesday, August 21, 2007 permalink
... while I went with a more nostalgic frozen treat. Their fudgesicle ($3.00):
... is a romanticized version of what this childhood stick-food should have been. It is the sort of revisionist history that I could sink my teeth into. This guilty pleasure comes wrapped in plain paper and goes down with a choco-cooling goodness that is definitely worth the investment of your lunch money. Chubby marveled at their take on a macaroon ($1.50):
This flat as a pancake ‘roon didn’t have any of those nasty central, placeholder, filler regions (sort of like the muffin stump syndrome) It was 100% good bits. They were judicious in their use of sugar to create a non-cloying, coconuty, saucer that took flight. The perfect vehicle for their ice cream.
Sketch Ice Cream
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| Monday, August 20, 2007 permalink We decided to make a taco and beer stop at Casa Latina:
...today without realizing that they had the right to refuse us cerveza (since they were sin a sin license.) We made due with a couple of aguas frescas ($1.25 small):
One horchata and one tamarindo were cooling influences to accompany the hot sauce on our tacos ($2.00 each):
We ordered a chicken, pork, beef and two tongues. The chicken and pork were a little dry, but the beef and tongue were non-parched. These double-bagged corn tortillas were showered with chopped white onion, cilantro and tomatillo salsa. They are olive oil (rather than lard) intensive which will please many people (although personally, I like a bit of lard.) They have cases filled with baked goods:
... in addition to burritos, tortas, and their usual menu-mates in this little neighborhood food hub.
Casa Latina Taqueria, Bakery and Café
From today’s bunrab emailbag, Art writes:
Just popped back in to see which places you've hopped into recently. Ad hoc looks incredible! I've revisited the "In Praise of Sardines" website which you recommended to me a while back as we will be traveling to San Sebastian recently. Unfortunately it looks as if the blog is on hiatus but there is some valuable information in the archives. I was hoping to ask what kind of camera you use. I would like to invest in something that is great for the challenges associated with shooting food. Your shots are always great and keep me coming back to your site (the writing too). I'm sure this has a lot to do with the plethora of light that seems to flood bay area restaurants. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Art J.
Dear Art, I use the Fujifilm Finepix F30 which is great for low light restaurant situations (Bunrabs don’t like to use flash photography – it startles the food) and Gutenberg never leaves the hutch without a Canon PowerShot SD550. We especially like the stealth size of these little snappers. Your pal, Chubby
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| Sunday, August 19, 2007 permalink
Both Bruts:
... and full bodied, supple whites:
... blended at this lively event. Over 400 California wineries filled the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center. It was a nice mix of both the expected, higher profile wineries and the smaller, unique establishments. Cabernet Sauvignon:
... and Syrah were the varietals that had the biggest presence. Although there was plenty of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel on hand.
We caught up with Jay Heminway of Green and Red vineyard:
...in Saint Helena. He was pouring his Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah and Zinfandels. We were just talking about him over some of his Zin during our recent visit to T-Rex. We noticed that his booth was not only popular with pass holders, but it was particularly popular with other vintners There was a nice diversity of organic, theme oriented:
and goofy selections. As you might expect, there were misses as well as hits, but it was a great opportunity to sample some of our local goods.
With thousands of tasting options, the organizers were prudent to have a special cab:
...standing by for those who wouldn’t say nay.
Family Winemakers of California
From today’s bunrab email Steve writes about our Pizzaiolo breakfast:
re: pizzaiolo. $4 toast? they don't put bourbon on it or anything? i'd like to know what a $4 toast tastes like. Steve
Dear Steve, It’s true that you don’t think about toast being a lot of bread, but in this case, since there are labor intensive, house made preserves (created from well sourced fruit) involved, with a name like Pizzaiolo, it’s gotta be good. -G
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| Saturday, August 18, 2007 permalink French Laundry List
Our five hour Kobayashi tribute began with warm gruyere gourges filled with mornay sauce and salmon tartare and crème fraiche filled cornets before moving on to: Cold pear soup over Belgian endive which was a creamy cloud of intense liquefied pears. Cold cucumber soup over diced cucumbers, olive puree and mint was garden fresh and appetite whetting. Oysters and Pearls – their signature Beau Soleil oysters with pearl tapioca and sturgeon caviar Cauliflower panna cotta with an apple glaze and white sturgeon caviar.
Lightly cured kahala with cherry and cherry blossoms. Grilled cuttlefish with French Laundry house made chorizo, Brentwood corn and Marcona almonds. Nice surf and turf combo with tasty charcuterie:
Flash fried roll of anago and avocado over crème fraiche.
White truffle custard with veal stock black truffle ragout and chive chip always gets a standing ovulation. Poached hen’s egg over black truffle puree with toasted brioche.
They had their Adante Dairy butter but the Animal Farm butter was swapped out for one from the Celery branch salad with beets and nectarines Hearts of peach palm salad with pickled radish, |
