i must say that the food carts that up here are much better than the variety i sampled down there. the korean beef taco was way chewy so it was tough to take bites out of. they also just put it on some lettuce, threw a lime on it and called it good. maybe threw on a little bit of hot sauce too...but not impressed.
next on the agenda was the filipino taco. i decided to try out tofu and it wasn't bad! i would rate it above my korean one. the tofu was seasoned alright, and they added fresh chopped jalepenos on top which really scared me to look at, but wasn't so bad when i ate it. i definitely thought my mouth was done for.
after that i had a red velvet cupcake which was, again, no cupcake royale or trophy but sufficed for a street fair. it was moist and the cream cheese frosting was solid.
the next morning i was on my own since people still had to go to work so i found this cute little place called the reverie cafe. i got a breakfast bagel (cheese, eggs and sausage) and then a cafe au lait. the bagel was a little on the crispy side, but you could tell that everything was placed on the bagel with care. the cafe au lait hit the spot with the perfect amount of foam!
for lunch i met up with thespina (one of my old coworkers from razorfish). she works for pointroll now and has actually been working with me on my gaming campaign. when she came to answer her door, she was actually on the phone with my team figuring out things...haha oops. we went to this sushi place that was down the street from her. we got salmon and tuna sashimi which was alright, and then a hamachi and rainbow roll. the sashimi was good--though i don't think it was the freshest. the salmon was much better than the tuna. on the otherhand, the hamachi roll was really good with a little bit of scallions mixed in. the rainbow roll looked pretty, but wasn't really anything to write home about.
then for dinner, alisa took me to 'sushi raw' in the outer mission for...yep...even MORE sushi! haha. good thing i love it so much. here we had albacore tuna sashimi, a spicy salmon roll, and then some devil mountain CRAZY roll. the sashimi here was SO tasty. kicked my lunch sashimi's butt. the spicy salmon was also really good with a lot of heat. i would say the devil mountain roll was my least favorite. it was fried with a lot of hot sauce so it was tough to taste the ingredients that were actually in the roll.
the next morning, alisa and i hit up 'la fonda' (can you say napoleon dynamite?) near golden gate park for brunch. it was a quicker food type place but they make one hell of a huevos rancheros! everything was cooked well and they had the most amazing spicy green salsa that seemed like it had a little guacamole in it. the only thing i didn't like about la fonda was how cheap they were with everything. my water cup was essentially a shot glass and the salsa cups were the tiniest i've ever seen. i broke out a sweat walking from the table to the salsa bar and the water dispenser multiple times throughout the meal.
later for lunch, we headed over to CHINATOWN!! i was so excited!! we were a little late for dim sum so we found a legit place by peering in the windows to see what kind of clientele they had haha. we ended up finding this place that had several menus--one that had specials all written in chinese. fml. so i asked the waitress in cantonese if she had anything in english and she laughed and told me to look at the other menu with pictures...boo. then i think she felt bad so she told me what was on the menu. alisa ordered wonton noodle soup and i got some beef fried rice. it was really tasty---especially after i smothered it with hot sauce! they added a little lettuce and bean sprouts to it which is something i've never added to my fried rice before---but definitely worth adding in next time i make it :) the best part about the lunch special was that we could add drinks for a dollar so i got some yummy milk tea too!
later that evening after the ducks beat asu (wahoo!) and after i'd consumed my fair share in beers, it was time to eat some food! we went to this place called 'golden boy' which had a long line out the door and reminded me of elementary school pizza since it is square shaped. well, the cold wait was not worth it and neither was its squared-ness. the pizza tasted bland despite all of the toppings i had on it. the crust was crispy which was nice, but other than that, i was highly disappointed :(
sunday, i had the pleasure of going to sonoma because beth rented a zip car! we tasted lots of amazing wine and then picked up some sandwiches from the sonoma cheese factory before picnicking at a winery. for some reason pastrami jumped out at me on the menu and i'm so glad i went with my gut instinct. it was SO SO SO good although the sourdough roll was a little tough to bite into. i also picked the hot pepper cheese they make at the factory which complemented it nicely.
finally to end the trip, i tried south indian food for the first time ever! for reference, chicken tikka masala (and mostly what you're used to eating around here) is northern indian. southern indian food incorporates a lot more vegetables and less creamier sauces which was a nice change. i always felt my chicken tikka lacked veggies, haha. the pizza looking thing is an 'uppatham' which is pretty much the indian version of pizza. it was ok...not crispy like pizza, more spongy and a little strange with the cheese. it tasted better if you had some raita on it.
then we tried a 'dosa' which is sort of like a crepe stuffed with a variety of items. we had potatoes, spicy chutney and spinach. this was really yummy and came with okra soup--i think. we got our food to-go and there were many unlabled containers all thrown together.
finally we got a spicy vegetable curry to round things out--definitely more food than we needed. the curry was WAY spicy but it was really good and not very creamy. i'll definitely have to try to find a south indian place in seattle :)
(dosa and veggie curry)
(okra soup)
i am a little sad that i wasn't able to have clam chowder in a breadbowl...one can only eat so much in a day---even me! besides, it gives me another reason to head back soon :)
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