Yup.. thats actually a dish on the menu for Spices. It's a schezuan style restaurant in the Richmond that serves really really spicy food (if you want it spicy that is).
We went to Spices for dinner on Sunday, after a completely lazy afternoon, hanging out in Sausalito. Which reminds me, if you are in Sausalito, the "No Name Bar" is a nice place to hang out. They have live music playing in the evening till 7 pm, very laid back.
So, anyway, back to Spices.... I have not had such spicy Chinese food anywhere else in the Bay Area. It reminded me of Indian chinese on the streets from back home. And it has a really good vegetarian selection, so obviously I liked it. So, this is what I would recommend (in order) - ma po tofu (yummy!), numbing cucumbers (so good!) , eggplant in garlic sauce (yes, you read that correct, I am recommending an eggplant dish :)). A couple of noodle dishes on the neighboring tables looked good too, maybe I'll try them the next time I go.
Hmm... I was just reading yelp! reviews on this place and they sucked. Maybe I need to get stricter with my reviews, and not give every restaurant a 5-star rating. Watch out next restaurant.. I'm not going to be so easy to please any more ;-)
http://www.yelp.com/biz/xE_M6ntRnq4KTzXBHDVKCA
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Foreign Cinema
Ok, I have been putting this off for a few days now... two awesome places to blog about this past weekend and I've been lazy about writing! I knew this would happen... but not after just 2 posts :(
Anyway, this past weekend turned out to be such a divine weekend in the city. Blue skies, warm weather and the outdoor patio at Foreign Cinema was the perfect place to be for Sunday brunch. This place is huge! I was pleasantly surprised that the indoor seating we got, was so bright and airy. The room has almost no doors and opens up to the outdoor seating, and with the sun out, is perfect if you want to sit in the shade but still feel like you're outside.
The food... was good... I ordered the egg tostadas, yummy! Laxmi recommends the chicken apple sausage, which according to her was the best she's had in a long time. We also saved room for dessert, and I'm glad we did... they were soooo good!
Well, this place definitely gets a rave review from me. I want to go back sometime for dinner, when they have the fire going and a movie playing (I forgot to mention, Foreign Cinema projects movies, much like a drive-in, on this huge white wall in the patio). How very romantic!
http://www.foreigncinema.com/
Anyway, this past weekend turned out to be such a divine weekend in the city. Blue skies, warm weather and the outdoor patio at Foreign Cinema was the perfect place to be for Sunday brunch. This place is huge! I was pleasantly surprised that the indoor seating we got, was so bright and airy. The room has almost no doors and opens up to the outdoor seating, and with the sun out, is perfect if you want to sit in the shade but still feel like you're outside.
The food... was good... I ordered the egg tostadas, yummy! Laxmi recommends the chicken apple sausage, which according to her was the best she's had in a long time. We also saved room for dessert, and I'm glad we did... they were soooo good!
Well, this place definitely gets a rave review from me. I want to go back sometime for dinner, when they have the fire going and a movie playing (I forgot to mention, Foreign Cinema projects movies, much like a drive-in, on this huge white wall in the patio). How very romantic!
http://www.foreigncinema.com/
Friday, August 17, 2007
Thirsty bear kills man for beer
And I don't blame him.... after a looong day at work, and battling traffic on 101, one sip of the beer at Thirsty Bear and I thought that everything was right with the world again. I ordered the Polar Bear, and Ashish the Brown Bear, and after our first sip, we both went Ah!
Having got that out the way though, there's really not much else I want to rave about Thirsty Bear. The tapas were so-so, and the gazpacho was a little too tangy for me. You really can't go wrong with Patatas Bravas, so I would say that's a safe thing to order here. Nothing to beat the ones you get at Picaro's, but decent. It seemed good for an after-work place, not too crowded though, and there weren't too many cute boys around.
So, overall... I guess I would have to say, if you like beer you should go here, otherwise it's completely passable.
http://www.thirstybear.com/
Having got that out the way though, there's really not much else I want to rave about Thirsty Bear. The tapas were so-so, and the gazpacho was a little too tangy for me. You really can't go wrong with Patatas Bravas, so I would say that's a safe thing to order here. Nothing to beat the ones you get at Picaro's, but decent. It seemed good for an after-work place, not too crowded though, and there weren't too many cute boys around.
So, overall... I guess I would have to say, if you like beer you should go here, otherwise it's completely passable.
http://www.thirstybear.com/
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Slow Club
Slow Club.. it's awesome that my first post turned out to be a really good pick. Siddharth and me went there for a "quick" lunch on Friday (it being a work day and all). It serves californian cuisine and looks like it might be a nice place to hang out for dinner and drinks as well.
And I have to rave about this place... they actually had quite a few veggie options, and several of them made me go ah! We settled on the spinach salad, the fennel and leek soup, and flatbread. And they had fresh bread, olive oil, outdoor seating and the sun. It doesn't get better than that!
Of the three things we ordered, I have to say the spinach salad gets my best recommendation.. it had strawberries, pecans and this really nice, almost tangy mustard vinaigrette. I need to learn how to spell!
We skipped dessert because we were so full... but they did look tempting. Ah, lazy friday afternoons, if I could have lingered and had dessert, I would have.
Definitely recommended!!!
http://www.slowclub.com/
And I have to rave about this place... they actually had quite a few veggie options, and several of them made me go ah! We settled on the spinach salad, the fennel and leek soup, and flatbread. And they had fresh bread, olive oil, outdoor seating and the sun. It doesn't get better than that!
Of the three things we ordered, I have to say the spinach salad gets my best recommendation.. it had strawberries, pecans and this really nice, almost tangy mustard vinaigrette. I need to learn how to spell!
We skipped dessert because we were so full... but they did look tempting. Ah, lazy friday afternoons, if I could have lingered and had dessert, I would have.
Definitely recommended!!!
http://www.slowclub.com/
Here we go...
I'm thinking of something funny to say to give this blog a good start.. something with San Francisco, and restaurants, and good food, and the company of friends. But I can't think of anything.. so wit will just have to wait for a later post.
This blog was prompted by me buying a copy of the Michelin Guide to dining in San Francisco. I plan to go through it (eventually!) and thought I would blog my experiences, good and bad, so I'm not dumbfounded when someone asks me, "You go out so much, what restaurant would you recommend for greek food in the marina?"
So... this blog is written from a vegetarian's viewpoint, it will be biased to restaurants that I think serve really good veggie food. And, if I do comment on maybe the chicken satay being good at so-and-so place it will mostly be heresay, and I make no guarantees about it actually being good.
Bon appetit!
This blog was prompted by me buying a copy of the Michelin Guide to dining in San Francisco. I plan to go through it (eventually!) and thought I would blog my experiences, good and bad, so I'm not dumbfounded when someone asks me, "You go out so much, what restaurant would you recommend for greek food in the marina?"
So... this blog is written from a vegetarian's viewpoint, it will be biased to restaurants that I think serve really good veggie food. And, if I do comment on maybe the chicken satay being good at so-and-so place it will mostly be heresay, and I make no guarantees about it actually being good.
Bon appetit!
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