Apologies

to all you avid readers of my blog :) I've been a little lazy blogging. Actually, in my defense... I haven't really been to too many restaurants over the past few weeks that made me want to blog about them.

I think one place of note is Salang Pass, in Fremont of all places. It's an Afghani place that a co-worker recommended. We went there for a group lunch, and after an initial awkward few minutes wondering if everyone would be cool sitting on cushions on the ground and eating with their hands, it was a fun experience. The food was really good... and surprisingly had a lot of vegetarian options. For appetizers we had the Bolani - which is just this giant alu paratha, very flavorful and quite yummy! That almost filled me up, with the salad and the bread at the table we could have easily skipped to dessert, but everyone ordered entrees so I did too. And I'm glad... yummm... the Veg Sabzi Challow... you can't go wrong giving a south indian hot basmati rice. A lot of the dessert options at this place looked really Indian - they had a Ras Malai, and phirni and mango ice cream. I think we ordered every dessert on there, and the only one that really appealed to me was the phirni. It was cool, and light, and had this awesome rose fragrance that transported you to some nawab's palace somewhere in some other time.

Where else did I go this past 2 weeks? I wonder if take-out counts... oh well, might as well. I guess if I had to list my most frequented take-out place it would be Regent Thai on 29th & Church. And for good reason - it's cheap, the food is excellent, and it's 5 minutes from my place. I wish they would deliver! I'm thinking I'll write an entire blog entry dedicated to my favorite take-out places. Watch this spot...