Home and Abroad

Fruit Salad. Kiwi. Naner. Fennel Frond. Watermelon. Strawberry

Garden Stuff. Sorrel. Speckled Lettuce.  Soy Vinaigrette. Nasturtium Flower. Arugula. Celery Leaf.

KNEAD BAKERY

SF

Nice lil smoked trout on grilled levain.

Meatballs, veg and poached egg.

A Cookbook I want

Jesus Juice was Coke and Wine flavor. Ala Calimotxo or Hote. Hibiscus Beet was out of control. I had the Vietnamese Coffee. As good as it sounds.

Then to State Bird.

Never stand in line for shit, ever, but it was worth it. They got carts they roll around with food and mark a card a la dim sum. You can order larger plates and bev from the menu.

Duck Liver Pate. Corn/Almond Ragamuffin things.

Pork Belly w Stone Fruit and Cilantro/Jalapeno. Had some adobo acidic sauce on it. Nice.

Halibut Tartare. Nori Chips. Black Garlic Aioli. Mashed Avocado. (this was TIGHT)

Mushroom Farro Spezzato with Smoked Egg Yolk (this was especially tight)

Bone Marrow. Mushroom. Pink Peppercorn. BREAD

Choco Mousse with Berries. Sesame Crackers w Tahini White Chocolate. The crackers were banging.

Melon Granita. Coconut Tapioca. Shiso. Cucumber. Nice and Fresh.

Lemon Curd and Poppyseed Cake with Stone Fruit and Cherry.

 

Mokutanya. Unexpected visit to a wicked Yakitori spot in Burlingame of all places. Glass partitions and tatami mat seating. Noteworthy foods. Monkfish liver in torchon type servings. In slightly acidic broth.  Hamachi Collar. Spicy Lamb. Beef Tongue. Chicken Skin. Quail Egg. Cool ass spot.

 

Alemany Farmers Market

Nice little avocados.

Sour Grapes and Blood Limes. New to me California produce.

Green Walnuts. Im assuming available because of interest in Green Almonds. These are pithy and starchy like banana peels. Not very edible compared to young almonds. Im letting one dry out in my apartment now.

Nice Dates

Totally awesome mushroom vendor. The Yellow Oysters were amazing. Never seen Namekos before.

 

 Mission Chinese. Cheap. and Good.

Eel rolls were good. Squid Ink Noodle with Lamb and Harissa Yogurt. Also good.

Salt Cod Fried rice  w Chinese Sausage. ok. I like my Salt Cod Salt Cody.

Fun Place. Almost dont even know if you are in the right place.

 

 

  

Finally, my maiden voyage with my new to me smoker. Top left to bottom right. Pork Shoulder. Goat. Lamb Shoulder. Chicken legs. Pork Sausage. Sockeye. Tomato. Avocado. Corn. Also did some asparagus and even put a pot of baked beans in there. Looking forward to more of this.