Mourad

On a recent trip to the Bay Area I received the opportunity to try the newest restaurant from Chef Mourad Lahlou, Mourad. Several years have passed since I was impressed by not only the stellar cocktail program of Aziza (the restaurant named for the Chef’s Mother, widely considered the best Moroccan in the America), but the fantastic

Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch

Some dear friends were in the process of coming back to L.A after spending some time Napa Valley and we decided to meet for lunch, as I was working up in Marin Co. We picked Farmstead, the restaurant for Long Meadow Ranch. Long Meadow has three locations (including a 90-acre Rutherford Estate, and a 650-acre

Swan Oyster Depot

There is a certain lore that surrounds this San Francisco establishment. With an 18 seat dining room the Sancimino brothers, whose family has run the place since 1946 (It opened in 1912 ) serve “Fresh” Oysters, Shrimp, Smoked salmon, seafood cocktails and salads. I was excited, and eager to wait in the nearly 2 hour line.  I

Recommended: David’s Tea

Being a frequent imbiber of tea (lapsang souchong, almost daily) and reader of several tea blogs I was eager to try this Canadian import in Burlingame. A colorful and fun tea shop called David’s Tea. Article discussing more about the company in WSJ. The place is extremely colorful, almost yogurt shop like. Extremely clean and bright. I

Outerlands SF

I haven’t dined before in this part of the city and I was excited to find that there wasn’t any parking. I took a nice little stroll down the side a really nice park, and there I arrived. Outerlands. I tried to make a reservation on Open Table to no avail because of the same

Mingalaba

I recently found myself back in the Bay Area for work, and i’ve been eager to further my culinary exploits. Mingalaba was recommended as excellent Burmese cuisine in nearby Burlingame, a beautiful city in San Mateo County. Burlingame is known as the “City of Trees” due to the number of trees within the city (18,000 public

Napa Valley

I’ve been to Napa Valley a twice now. The first time I was taking my first Sommelier Exam and I neglected to reserve a room, so I ended up sleeping in a random vineyard, waking up freezing albeit under stars and heady aromas of flowers and blossoms. The Napa Valley is the prototype for Heaven. It

KronnerBurger

If you caught my Ultimate Oakland post, you would know that I got the idea to quasi stalk someone based upon a Refinery29 article on Oakland. When I arrived at Umami Mart, I was told I should totally give Kronner Burger a shot. Jesus I am glad I did that. (btw, they have a burger

On a Mission

Upon coming to San Francisco, I was told that the place I would most likely enjoy living the most would be The Mission district.  I assume this is because of the food culture there, some of the most innovative I’ve come across – I hate to use the word (because I usually love pretension) but unpretentious also comes to

Ultimate Oakland

When people ask me about Twitter, mostly people that don’t use it, I always tell them how great it is. Here is a story about why. So I follow a blog called Umami Mart, I found the site when I was looking for a Yarai mixing glass for my bar kit. It’s a wonderful blog often featuring