Archive for the ‘04: SF+Bay Area’ Category

November 7, 2008 2

Sketch Ice cream (Berkeley: 4th street)

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Whew! Now that the election is over I feel like I can relax and go back to blogging. This is the last entry on the Bay Area and we’ll be back to LA next. We stopped by the chichi shopping neighbourhood 4th street for some sweet at Sketch Ice-cream. A very cute place, though I […]

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October 30, 2008 2

Chez Panisse Cafe (Berkeley: Gourmet Ghetto)

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On the way back to LA from our short getaway to Napa, we stopped by Berkeley to check out Alice Water‘s famous restaurant/cafe Chez Panisse for lunch. As some of you might know, Alice Waters is one of the most influential American chefs in the US in the 70s and Chez Panisse has the reputation […]

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October 24, 2008 6

Cyrus (Sonoma: Healdsburg)

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Even though we missed French Laundry, we wouldn’t want to skip the chance to have an epic gourmet meal at the wine country either. So we booked roughly one month ahead for a table at Cyrus instead. Based on the review I read it’s hailed as the next best thing after French Laundry (some even […]

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October 20, 2008 7

Bouchon Bakery (Napa Valley: Yountville)

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Freda and I went up to Napa Valley for a wedding last weekend. Of course we took the opportunity to have as many amazing food and wine we can given the limited time we had. As soon as we got off the plane we drove for 1 hr and 40 mins to Yountville, the gourmet […]

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October 10, 2008 3

Absinthe Brasserie & Bar (San Francisco: Hayes Valley)

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Gotta clear up some old entries. Went to the Bay area for the labor day weekend to visit Jon’s family. We crossed over to San Francisco one night to try go to this German place called Suppenkuche (means “Soup kitchen”) but it was closed that day. With disappointment we walked around the cool Hayes Valley […]

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