25 Mason St
San Francisco
I've been to Farmer Brown's on a few occasions to have a drink with the girls (they make such wonderful drinks!) so I decided that since I was coming home for four days I would pick a spot to go eat with everyone. The reservation was all ready for us and our spot in the restaurant was a bit away from everyone else and that was lovely (as was our very pretty waiter - who Inna was trying to pimp either me or Shana out too). Since I was in a "soul food" restaurant I went with the fried chicken and the mac n' cheese (mainly because mac 'n cheese is always a happy food). I wished there were more greens on the plate because they were so delicious and the amount of chicken (three pieces) and mac n' cheese was just right. The food was also great as left-overs the next morning! I would most definitely come back here but more then likely for drinks then a meal - a wee bit more expensive.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Founding Farmers
1924 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Kathryn and I went to Founding Farmers this morning for brunch. Our service was absolutely wonderful! I had the bacon and sausage hash with poached eggs and the fruit cup. The fruit wasn't as ripe as I would have liked, but the poached eggs were done very well. As a personal preference I prefer my hash a little more, well burnt. But I enjoyed the whole brunch - especially the bodum prepared-at-the-table coffee.
Kathryn and I went to Founding Farmers this morning for brunch. Our service was absolutely wonderful! I had the bacon and sausage hash with poached eggs and the fruit cup. The fruit wasn't as ripe as I would have liked, but the poached eggs were done very well. As a personal preference I prefer my hash a little more, well burnt. But I enjoyed the whole brunch - especially the bodum prepared-at-the-table coffee.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Wasabi Sushi
908 17th St NW
Washington, DC
Kathryn and I went on a mini-celebratory dinner on Friday for sushi (that once I knew we were going for sushi could not stop thinking about). One the advice of a co-worker (and the fact I knew I'd be going near an atm) headed over the Farragut Square and try out Wasabi Sushi. It was 'eh'. It had a conveyor belt style service but you could also order sides, a few noodle dishes and a few hot dishes. Though I didn't know at the time, it would have been cheaper to get the 6 plates for $20 bucks option - I ended up with 7 plates. I was really looking forward to some nigiri and had the salmon and tuna. Like I said, just ok. The cucumber avocado roll was to hard - the cucumber was so not in season. The seaweed salad was not that great at all. I had a few other sushi pieces but nothing remarkable enough to remember what they were.
Washington, DC
Kathryn and I went on a mini-celebratory dinner on Friday for sushi (that once I knew we were going for sushi could not stop thinking about). One the advice of a co-worker (and the fact I knew I'd be going near an atm) headed over the Farragut Square and try out Wasabi Sushi. It was 'eh'. It had a conveyor belt style service but you could also order sides, a few noodle dishes and a few hot dishes. Though I didn't know at the time, it would have been cheaper to get the 6 plates for $20 bucks option - I ended up with 7 plates. I was really looking forward to some nigiri and had the salmon and tuna. Like I said, just ok. The cucumber avocado roll was to hard - the cucumber was so not in season. The seaweed salad was not that great at all. I had a few other sushi pieces but nothing remarkable enough to remember what they were.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Neyla: A Mediterranean Grill
3206 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
For a belated birthday dinner, I went with some friends to Neyla for Restaurant Week. The atmosphere was really great! When we arrived for a 7 o'clock reservation on a Sunday night the restaurant was maybe a quarter full. But it did pick up through the night. I had a sweet spiced chicken and almond spice pastilla, the chicken shish taouk ith Lebanese almond rice and the chocolate fondant dessert. The pastilla was a great mix of sweet and savory and the phillo dough was cooked really well. The main chicken dish was a bit to oniony for me, but the rice was amazing and the chicken moist. Of course by the time we got to dessert I was so full it wasn't funny. But the chocolate cake was good even though we all thought it was going to have some type of chocolatey inside.
Washington, DC 20007
For a belated birthday dinner, I went with some friends to Neyla for Restaurant Week. The atmosphere was really great! When we arrived for a 7 o'clock reservation on a Sunday night the restaurant was maybe a quarter full. But it did pick up through the night. I had a sweet spiced chicken and almond spice pastilla, the chicken shish taouk ith Lebanese almond rice and the chocolate fondant dessert. The pastilla was a great mix of sweet and savory and the phillo dough was cooked really well. The main chicken dish was a bit to oniony for me, but the rice was amazing and the chicken moist. Of course by the time we got to dessert I was so full it wasn't funny. But the chocolate cake was good even though we all thought it was going to have some type of chocolatey inside.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Esperpento
Tapas are always a great food. And Esperpento's tapas were so-so on the tapas scale (the top being the tapas place in Santa Cruz that closed down, with the tapas place in DC in Chinatown coming in second). A lot of the reviews on yelp consist of yay for good food and nay for service. Tonight for Sarah's birthday dinner, we had the best waitress ever. She was wonderful and I was more then happy to pay to automatic included tip for out group. The food, like I mentioned, was so-so. I heard a lot of good things about the patatas bravas and the garlic shrimp. Maybe I'm just really not used to the salt content in restaurant food beacuse everything was a bit more salty then I liked. And I was a bit disappointed in the patatas bravas - they were almost a spicy bland. The paella was excellent (though to spicy) - the rice was the perfect consistency. One other large draw back is the restaurant is uber-loud. This is not a place for a first date or a group larger then four people.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wagamama
4 Streatham St.
London, WC1A 1JB
For an Asian restaurant in London, Wagamama's is not to bad. When Kathryn mentioned having the soba yaki - I was expecting actual soba noodles in soup a la Mifune in San Francisco. Apparently yaki means pan fried - or something along those lines - and her dish was a pile of soba noodles with chicken, shrimp and some veggies. It tasted a bit to salty for my liking and I'm glad I went with another dish.
I had the chicken katsu curry. The dish was very yummy and I was full after eating, but it wasn't an especially great curry. Just normal. I would have gone with the big bowl of soup, but the soup noodles were only ramen and I'm more preferential to udon noodles.
Overall, I'm glad I experienced the resturant in Bloomsbury then any other location as it was undergrand and more set up in a manner similar to the original Wagamama's opened in 1992. And the meal was fulling, but I doubt I'd return as the price was a little steeper (granted I'm still converting pounds to dollars in my head).
London, WC1A 1JB
For an Asian restaurant in London, Wagamama's is not to bad. When Kathryn mentioned having the soba yaki - I was expecting actual soba noodles in soup a la Mifune in San Francisco. Apparently yaki means pan fried - or something along those lines - and her dish was a pile of soba noodles with chicken, shrimp and some veggies. It tasted a bit to salty for my liking and I'm glad I went with another dish.
I had the chicken katsu curry. The dish was very yummy and I was full after eating, but it wasn't an especially great curry. Just normal. I would have gone with the big bowl of soup, but the soup noodles were only ramen and I'm more preferential to udon noodles.
Overall, I'm glad I experienced the resturant in Bloomsbury then any other location as it was undergrand and more set up in a manner similar to the original Wagamama's opened in 1992. And the meal was fulling, but I doubt I'd return as the price was a little steeper (granted I'm still converting pounds to dollars in my head).
Wasabi
58 Oxford St
London, W1D 1BH
This specific Wasabi's location didn't have any seating and is on Oxford St near Tottenham Court Road so it was super busy when we went.Well, there's sushi and you can get a pseudo-Chinese food box. I'm generally very wary of restaurants that combine Japanese and Chinese cuisine (cause hello, oh so different). I stuck to the sushi and Jen went for the more Chinese cuisine - she seemed to enjoy her meal.
Wasabi is a very interesting concept for Japanese food. You basically grab a little tray and put the sushi you want. All of the sushi were wrapped in pairs and generally were between 1-2 pounds for two wrapped rolls (so generally 4 rolls total). I went with the basic California roll, shrimp maki, tuna roll and a few other rolls that looked appetizing. Overall, not the best sushi I've eaten (and the fact you had to pay for soy sauce kinda irked me) and I more then likely won't return unless I'm desperate for some sushi. I
London, W1D 1BH
This specific Wasabi's location didn't have any seating and is on Oxford St near Tottenham Court Road so it was super busy when we went.Well, there's sushi and you can get a pseudo-Chinese food box. I'm generally very wary of restaurants that combine Japanese and Chinese cuisine (cause hello, oh so different). I stuck to the sushi and Jen went for the more Chinese cuisine - she seemed to enjoy her meal.
Wasabi is a very interesting concept for Japanese food. You basically grab a little tray and put the sushi you want. All of the sushi were wrapped in pairs and generally were between 1-2 pounds for two wrapped rolls (so generally 4 rolls total). I went with the basic California roll, shrimp maki, tuna roll and a few other rolls that looked appetizing. Overall, not the best sushi I've eaten (and the fact you had to pay for soy sauce kinda irked me) and I more then likely won't return unless I'm desperate for some sushi. I
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