Hot soup on a cold day

Satisfying my soup cravings

Delicious seafood meal and reasonably priced house wine. Sotto Mare serves one of my favorite renditions of cioppino in the city. You can request it spicy or mild. I prefer it spicy; it has a zesty flavor to it. Cioppino, despite its pseudo-Italian name, is actually a dish that originated in San Francisco from Italian immigrant fisherman back in the 1800s. It’s chockful of crab and shellfish and served either with pasta or garlic bread. Sotto Mare serves it with penne pasta. My other two favorite places, Anchor Oyster Bar and Tadich, serve it with garlic bread.

One of the best MealPals I’ve had. Pork, shrimp, crispy shrimp cake, and two types of noodles in a light broth with ground pork.

So much food...!

One of the best ice cream spots in the city.

My favorite pupuseria. Everything was delicious and washed down with Anchor Steam on tap.

Yummi soup! Shout out to John Huynh for introducing me to this place! 👍

Decadent sandwich from Southern Comfort Kitchen

Catching up with an old friend. I made vegetarian curry and she and her husband made paneer butter masala and dal. Another friend brought mini cupcakes from Mission Minis. The lemon cupcake (not pictured) was my favorite.

Pork shoulder is always on point here. The soup was just okay. I don’t think I’d order it again.

I got this from the Dum food truck. Good, well spiced biryani and there was a ton of chicken under all that rice. I wish there were raita and chutney to go with it though.

Trying a new dim sum place. I really like the egg foo young patties — not many places have this.

Some simple home cooking. The short ribs were made in the Instant Pot.

Nice little snack. The crust was a bit thick but it was still good.

Sometimes they give you a ton of chicken and sometimes too little. This time was just in the middle.

I went big today, adding a pumpkin croquette to the pork katsu. To keep it somewhat healthy I added veggies and had brown rice. Yummy and filling and led to an afternoon food coma.

Nice little place with good food and cocktails in downtown Sonoma.

Sweet treat to end the night

Burger was just okay but the onion rings with their thin, crisp batter were perfect.

Best dan tat in the city. Always a line but not if you go late. The custard is soft and melting and the crust is light, crisp, and flaky. And the tarts are always served warm! Doesn’t hold a candle to Lord Stow, but then again nothing does.

My favorite HK style pork chop in the city.

Not bad poke bowl for the FiDi.

Thursday is dim sum day for me

Filling and full of chicken sausage. Makes up for the last time I came here and it was all over cooked pasta.