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August 10, 2005 4

La Nouvelle Patisserie (San Francisco: Cow Hollow)

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Took a wrong turn and wasted lots of stamina walking nowhere around Marina. Finally we winded up on nice Union Street and stomped into the first ‘nice’ cafe we saw. JACKPOT! This French pastry place is incredibly good. We had the Strawberry mousse and vanilla custard cake, there’re iced strawberries inside. The mousse was so […]

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August 10, 2005 4

Pork Store Cafe (San Fransico: Haight)

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We saw long line queuing outside Pork Store Cafe on Haight Street. It was a historic butcher shop from early 1900s turned cafe in the 70s. Inside are decorated by Psychedelic posters and design…remains of Haight’s Hippie mecca days. We sat on the counter facing the open kitchen, witnessing the cook squeezing massive butter oil […]

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August 9, 2005 5

Scala Bistro (San Fransico: Union Square)

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When we arrived at San Francisco it was nearly midnight, and we were starving. A very nice hotel clerks at Mark Hotel (not even where we stayed) found this still opened Scala’s Bistro at the listing, they said they’d served us if we arrived before midnight. The clerk even called the taxi (with a whistle!) […]

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September 7, 2004 6

Seafood by-the-Sea (Monterey + Carmel)

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So let me do a food report first on our seaside get-away trip to Monterey Bay and Carmel-by-the-Sea (central California, 5+ hours drive from our home)! We first went to the Old fisherman Wharf at Monterey Harbor. We went to this seafood restaurant Rappa’s which locate at the end of the dock, so there’s a […]

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