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November 1-8, 2007
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| Thursday, November 8, 2007 permalink
... and asked the young man inside, “are you open?” He let us in and yelled, “Mom, customers!” Penny emerged from the back and handed us a menu. We settled into what felt like a friend’s aunt’s Berkeley apartment:
... It was un-restauranty with a funky, mashup of masks, an air conditioner repurposed as a pedestal and other assorted tchotchkes that did not hint at Pat Kuleto’s participation. There are only a few tables, a counter and a cooking area with it’s own, internal logic. We split a goat curry ($8.00):
... with chickpeas and a jerk chicken ($9.00):
... both came with heaps of vegetable infused rice, greens and deliciously fried plantains. The goat was a flavorful minefield of bones which kept us from scarfing. The dark, rich, nicely spiced, chicken was cooked until it gave up its will to cling to its bones. This sticky chicky was worth the visit.
... as a consolation before she got to cooking his entrée. She kindly gave us bunrabs a plate on the house as well. These hot from the fryer split pea fritters had a puckery chutney to give tang to these soft bellied, crisp shelled, yellow orbs. We washed it all down with a “sorrel”($2.25) which is a hibiscus beverage. Think of a sweetened, cold, red zinger tea (but with a little more zinger.) I’m glad we had a chance to check out her chow before she closes up shop. It looks like she is selling her café and returning to Trinidad as soon as she gets a buyer.
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| Wednesday, November 7, 2007 permalink
Pacaya rellena:
...is a bud of palm that is parboiled, stuffed with cheese, dipped in batter and fried. K proclaims the chunks of chayote “the world’s least interesting vegetable”.
Her wares have the fastest turnover which “means fewer hands and flies.” Sounds good to me. K put up these cool signs:
... to keep trespassers away from her work site (and because there really were snakes.) Somehow, I don’t think that they would have the same level of success in her San Francisco workplace…
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| Tuesday, November 6, 2007 permalink
Some hot from the oven chive biscuits:
... were flaky, moist and delish. Sesame flatbreads had a dusting of cayenne to keep us from any bread boredom. Chubby went with their burger ($10 plus $1 for cheese):
... which arrived with Gruyere instead of the requested blue. Our order was taken and delivered by different people so he chalked it up to some sort of shift change cheese issue. The lightly toasted, house made bun held a nicely seasoned, medium rare patty. Tomato, lettuce and onion filled out this flavor focused disc. Actually, this burger was so good that it (appropriately) now occupies the number two spot on the "posh" section of Chubby's Burger Holy Grail. I got a pepperoni pizza ($15.00 on the menu, $14.00 in the computer that tabulates the bill):
They make their own ‘roni and hang these stalagmeats in their wine cellar before slicing it up with kalamata olives, caperberries, and mozzarella. I didn’t realize that they had undercharged a buck on my tasty ‘za until I examined the itemized receipt at the cyber hutch. This has happened a few times at various S.F. eateries. They increase the price, but forget to enter it in the computer - a dollar here and there may not seem like much, but I’ll bet it adds up for these businesses. One day we will whip by for their enticing box lunches but that will have to wait for a day that we get lunch before two.
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