Don't have time for a long post, but here's a quick tidbit. I thought I'd mention a small place near our accomodations called BCB Bakery. Somehow I thought I had a ton of pictures from this place, so I never... [read more about BCB Bakery]
Working full days with a 1.5 hour commute sure has wreaked havoc on my free time. Posts like this one seem a daunting task when I get home at 7PM and want to go to bed at like 10 or... [read more about The French Laundry]
Well, sorry again guys... I've had a busy week. My shortened classes ended this week and I had 2 finals and 2 papers. The good thing is I'm done now, and I'm about to leave for Spring Break. We're going... [read more about Le Cinq]
I just got back from Melbourne this morning. It was definitely an amazing weekend. The Great Ocean Road is one of the most beautiful drives I've ever been on... I urge anyone to go if they get the chance. Back... [read more about La Maison de la Truffe]
A Sunday in the summer is not the best time to eat in Paris. Not only were most of the nice restaurants closed on Sundays, but the famous Sunday-friendly ones (Pierre Gagnaire) were off for summer vacation. The result is... [read more about La Tour d'Argent]
So guys, I apologize for the long absence. Had a pretty hectic week here, with 2 papers due plus a friend's birthday. Anyway, I've caught up on the comments you've left so if you were waiting for a reply, go... [read more about Guy Savoy]
Just spent the weekend in Canberra - not the coolest city in the world, I must admit. Paris is much nicer... On the Saturday of our trip, we did some nice walking around the 8th, which has all the... [read more about Chez André]
Alright, so it appears the FTP issues are being caused by the wireless router we got over here. Hopefully I'll be able to sort them out; either way I've been able to upload files using a different connection. In the... [read more about Le Meurice]
The second part of our four star Thursday was booked at Le Jardin des Sens, a Michelin two star in Montpellier. It's the flagship restaurant of the Pourcel brothers, a pair of twin celebrity chefs who command a restaurant... [read more about Le Jardin des Sens]
Okay, something really weird happened. I swear I posted 2 updates here from Sydney in the past few days, but the site somehow seems to have rolled back and lost them. I really hope that doesn't happen again. Anyway, in... [read more about Le Bistrot d'Eygalières "Chez Bru"]
Well, it's been a pretty crazy weekend for me. My cousin Karen got married in Vancouver on Saturday, and after staying at the wedding festivities until about 2AM, I got 2 hours of sleep before boarding an early morning flight... [read more about La Bastide de Capelongue]
Wednesday lunch was a real treat. One of the activities offered by our rental week at Bambou is an afternoon cooking with Jean-Claude Aubertin, a Michelin-starred chef. He runs Aubertin Restaurant, a small and simple place in nearby Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. The... [read more about Lunch with Jean-Claude Aubertin]
On the Tuesday of our trip, we made a completely failed mission to l'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. We were hoping to stop by on our way to Cavaillon's lavender fields. It turns out that for some reason, it's really hard to find lunch... [read more about La Petite France]
It was finally the moment I'd been waiting for. Monday dinner had been booked far in advance at Oustau de Baumanière, a Michelin 2 star in a little place called Les Baux de Provence. Les Baux is a tiny... [read more about Oustau de Baumanière]
On to the next day. I was pretty excited about this meal as my dad had pumped this up for a while. After a quick lunch in St. Remy at a streetside creperie (I forgot to take the picture until... [read more about Chez Michel]
Come dinner time, we were starting to regret not having made better plans for day 1. We scouted around the nearby towns of Paradou and Maussane, hoping to find a good place to eat. We found some pretty nice... [read more about Le Petit Maussanais]
So on our first real day of the trip, we decided to make our way to nearby Saint Remy de Provence, just a few minutes away from our house in Maillane. St. Remy is an artsy little town - a... [read more about Le Bistrot des Alpilles]
I was hoping I'd be able to start this yesterday, but I ended up spending most of the day up in Santa Rosa. So without further ado, here is the beginning of my trip to France. We spent the first... [read more about L'Oustalet Maianen]
I felt like French so I brought Geoff to Brasserie Jo in the Colonnade Hotel, where I've had solid bistro-type fare in the past. Mike and even Dave came along. The prices are reasonable. They've actually got a bar... [read more about Brasserie Jo]
After Geoff went back to Vancouver, Keith again came to stay for the few days before school started. We went for dinner with my dad at Tartare, the new restaurant by George Morrone, who opened Aqua with Michael Mina... [read more about Tartare]
Sitting at home in SF was a jar of goose rillettes from Edouard Artzner, courtesy of I believe Auntie Margie. Actually, I feel horrible that I don't remember for sure who gave it to us - if you happen to... [read more about Edouard Artzner]
Only had one real dinner in SF before I went to Vancouver, and it was at a new place called La Suite. It took over the old Slanted Door location (the middle one along Embarcadero, not the Mission one), and... [read more about La Suite]
Ahrie visited the bay area for a little bit during the weeks before school, and I met up with her and Danielle for a day. Here's a dinner at Baker Street Bistro. potato leek soup beef cheek with parsnip puree... [read more about Baker Street Bistro]
Just got back to San Francisco. Trip to Asia was great and there is a lot of food coming... I promise. Still going through some SF entries though - here's one of my SF staples, Galette. galette with potatoes, onions,... [read more about Galette]
Despite our apartment move, my mom and I still hit a lot of the places back by our old house. Here's a lunch from Chez Nous, a French-Mediterranean small plates place affiliated with the Bay Bread Boulangerie around the corner.... [read more about Chez Nous]
Here's another poutine we had. This one is from a little place called Le Tournesol in the middle of nowhere... right before we got back to the US/Canada border. poutine This one looks nice but the other one tasted better.... [read more about Le Tournesol]
So we went looking for some poutine. I read this article from the McGill newspaper, and La Belle Province was the most convenient. It was also recommended on Chowhound... Another place called LaFleur is apparently famous, but it was a... [read more about La Belle Province]
Went looking for a smoked meat sandwich for lunch today. After I did some online research, I found that Schwartz's and the Main were the two best. Schwartz's was packed so we went to the Main. smoked meat sandwich, cabbage... [read more about The Main]
Now reporting LIVE from Montréal, Quebec... When we arrived we had a meal at Restaurant Julien right by our hotel, per recommendation of the concierge. tomato and bocconcini salad steak tartare douceur café Good food all around, but it turned... [read more about Restaurant Julien]
So the day my dad was here, we went to Sel de la Terre near the Aquarium for lunch. duck liver pâté, pork rillettes, country pâté pork milanese with lemon, capers, tomato and field green salad roast leg of duck... [read more about Sel de la Terre]
Sorry I've been slow with the updates lately. It's back to Boston food, this is dinner from Carlo's Cucina Italiana a while ago, right nearby in Allston. puff pastry with shrimp and salmon linguini frutti di mare chicken marsala This... [read more about Carlo's Cucina Italiana]
Here's the whole foie gras that my dad brought back from France. I took it with me to Boston... Used some fresh white bread from the Taiwanese bakery across the street. foie gras entier Good stuff. It was a struggle... [read more about Food from France]
I went for lunch in downtown with my dad the other day before my haircut. We meant to go to Anjou, but in true French fashion, they were closed for the holidays until the end of the month I believe.... [read more about Le Central]
Well, I'm in Vancouver now. I had lunch at Galette before my flight. It's the crepe place on Fillmore. ham and cheese crepe with scrambled egg I almost always order the same thing here. I actually like their ham and... [read more about Galette]
Due to a strange series of events, my dad ended up in Boston tonight. He's flying back to SF tomorrow too, but earlier than me. For my last meal in Boston of 2003, we went to Les Zygomates for some... [read more about Les Zygomates]
Went to Brasserie Jo last night, over near Copley. I've been there a couple of times before and it was solid. Tonight, we had a steak frites, and the "shrimp bag" (was curious about it the last times). Also had... [read more about Brasserie Jo]