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AnonSpore posted:I need recommendations for really good: Marugame in southern SF is an udon chain from Japan that makes all their noodles fresh and has a lot of fun toppings.
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AnonSpore posted:Udon Great udon in the Japan Center mall right across the way from Kinokuniya.
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AnonSpore posted:tbh the random kaitenzushiya I went to in Japan were way better than most sushi places I've been to in America so I figured it was worth an ask at least You can actually get good sushi here so why not do that? Akane In Los Altos was very good last time I was there, and Furu Sato In Campbell is always wonderful. In both cases you’ll want omakase, at Furu Sato you should sit at the bar for it and banter with the chefs.
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Aug 16, 2018 07:37
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Because I don't want omakase I want a place to sit there by myself and stack up 20 plates of tamago or something if I feel like it Thanks to everyone else for the other recs. I dropped by Marugame a few weeks ago but the line was so long I just got something else instead. I'll try and catch em during off hours or something.
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Aug 16, 2018 07:47
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AnonSpore posted:Thanks to everyone else for the other recs. I dropped by Marugame a few weeks ago but the line was so long I just got something else instead. I'll try and catch em during off hours or something. The line gets a lot shorter around 8:30/9:00
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Aug 16, 2018 16:53
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don't knock japanese boat moats until you've tried them, they're an incredible place to grab a quick meal
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AnonSpore posted:Carbonara Tonkatsu try Muracci’s either downtown SF or Berkeley For udon please tell me if you find something good; I’m not aware of any e: Marugame is decent but variable depending on how slammed they are
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Aug 22, 2018 19:27
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Gonna be in SF for a couple days: 1.) Are there any 'must try' places? 2.) Any recommendations for somewhere a little upscale (but not too dressy)? I'm looking to treat my SO to something special.
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Sep 2, 2018 20:08
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Hops & Hominy is tasty and a little upscale without being fancy
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Sep 2, 2018 20:18
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Foreign Cinema is your answer, friend.
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Sep 2, 2018 20:59
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TheCog posted:Gonna be in SF for a couple days: For #2 would recommend Al’s Place or The Morris or Rich Table. For #1: knishes and honey cake at 20th Century Cafe, ice cream at Salt & Straw, croissants at Arsicault
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Sep 4, 2018 06:00
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Commonwealth is upscale without being too dressy
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Sep 4, 2018 06:06
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Als place and commonwealth are both fussy tasting menus, I say that as a person who enjoys that but doesn’t sound like what you’re looking for. RT was so bad when it opened but is enjoyable now, it’s improved a lot. Foreign Cinema is the epitome of “romantic, nice, exceptional food in a low key and romantic environment.”
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Als place and commonwealth are both fussy tasting menus, I say that as a person who enjoys that but doesn’t sound like what you’re looking for. Foreign Cinema is a decent choice though. Exceptional wine list
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There's a new Korean soup joint (seolleongtang/galbitang) in Milpitas called Soup by Park's BBQ (same Park's BBQ that's popular in LA), has anyone tried it out? The Yelp reviews are pretty noisy with people leaving 1 star reviews for lovely lines despite decent food? I have no idea what to make of it, gently caress Yelp. I'm pretty blown away at how much Korean stuff has opened in that area -- in the last few years they opened a Von's Chicken, Paris Baguette and Jang Su Jang in that plaza alone to supplement the SGD Tofu restaurant that had been there by a while, as well as a brand new H-mart just a couple of exits down. Certainly would have been nice to have more Korean options when I lived around the corner from there rather than having to drive a bit to Santa Clara/Sunnyvale... I don't know that much about San Francisco stuff but I liked getting cioppino at Sotto Mare which seems to me to be a pretty classic SF thing to do. Also a fan of walking around farmer's market at the ferry building, which also has some great plaes like Hog Island Oyster Company. I'm just reading now that Boccalone (charcuterie shop) closed down there though, fuuuuuck
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canoshiz posted:There's a new Korean soup joint (seolleongtang/galbitang) in Milpitas called Soup by Park's BBQ (same Park's BBQ that's popular in LA), has anyone tried it out? The Yelp reviews are pretty noisy with people leaving 1 star reviews for lovely lines despite decent food? I have no idea what to make of it, gently caress Yelp. My friends went to Soup by Park's and they said it was really good. Obviously the line is horrific but unfortunately that's the way things go. The Tofu House next door is still one of my favorite restaurants in the entire Bay Area. Every real Korean I've brought there has said the tofu soup is excellent lol. On a different note, I recently went to Protege in Palo Alto and it was excellent. The non-tasting menu is really good value but their tasting menu is like 4 courses for $120. Still if you want to go to a place that will definitely get a Michelin Star before it gets a star I highly recommend getting reservations there in the near future. OGS-Remix fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Sep 8, 2018 |
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Sep 8, 2018 08:51
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Also who's David Kinch pissed off? I know it's slightly old news at this point, but man having your restaurant be the victim of arson in 4 years has got to really suck  .
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I am trash and really love manresa bread in los altos. I thought about making reservations at manresa but we'll see... unrelated: we tried sushi yoshizumi on friday. really really great omakase, probably the best technical sushi of all of the omakase I've tried in the bay area.
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Carillon posted:Also who's David Kinch pissed off? I know it's slightly old news at this point, but man having your restaurant be the victim of arson in 4 years has got to really suck I was actually going to have dinner there with my family back in July but then they caught on fire literally the weekend before. So I didn't get to go. Development posted:unrelated: we tried sushi yoshizumi on friday. really really great omakase, probably the best technical sushi of all of the omakase I've tried in the bay area. I really liked yoshizumi too, I just wish they had a larger seatings available. But I guess when you do that much work you can't serve that many people. What other sushi omakase have you tried around here? Also clearly talking about Manresa and Yoshizumi in the same post means: 
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yoshizumi was fun because I got to banter with him in japanese. It was for my birthday, so he even gave an extra nigiri course on the house and candles on my sweets. What I really liked about Yoshizumi was that they weren’t at all pretentious. Really wholesome and not trying to show off. They were even genuinely sad that one of the customers (tech bro heh) hadn’t touched his hand roll and left it behind. The only thing that was just so-so was that the sake pairing at Yoshizumi felt more like a recommendation as opposed to an orchestrated pairing. The sakes were great, don’t get me wrong, but could have been more fine tuned. We have also tried Kinjo’s, Kusakabe, Ju-ni and Akiko’s. Akiko’s had the most fun atmosphere and Kusakabe had the best sake pairings (loving great sommelier). Ju-ni was good but I felt like the chef we had was trying too hard to make it feel like an ‘experience’. Yoshizumi’s:  Ju-ni:  Kusakabe:  Kinjo’s:  Akiko’s:  edit: also jesus loving christ the line at Ramen Nagi in Palo Alto is the worst. I have managed to get in twice and it’s good, but gently caress that line forever. After visiting the farmers’ market on Saturday we ended up at Reposado (fine Mexican) for brunch. I’ve had their brunch before and it was good, but gently caress the mole and fajitas we had were unreal.  
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Sep 11, 2018 06:38
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Had the whole chicken baked in brioche at Nomica. So good. Had some of the best sashimi Tuna ever, it was like eating fatty beef steak only softer. Their cocktails are on point too.
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Development posted:Yoshizumi’s:  this has got me super jonesing for some sushi now. I've been to Wako on Clement St a couple of times because my wife loves it and thinks it's the closest she's ever had to authentic Japanese sushi, but admittedly she's only ever eaten there and at Kusakabe.
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minato posted:
I'd like to try wakuriya, but yoshizumi said you need to call at midnight a month in advance 
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i once walked by ramen nagi 3pm on a sunday and it still had a fuckin line
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Development posted:I'd like to try wakuriya, but yoshizumi said you need to call at midnight a month in advance You reaaaallly should do it though. Seriously one of the best meals I've had. I haven't done a lot of omakase, so can't claim to be an expert there, but it was one of the best meals in the bay area I've had, really blew me away at how thoughtful and artfully executed the whole meal is.
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minato posted:
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No, try Hamano!
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The guy behind Suppenkuche and Biergarten recently opened Radhaus which looks like a direct Kenji Lopez' Wursthaul competitor (American/Californian take on Bavarian/German). Anyone got a trip report? I might check it out tonight.
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It’s been in the works forever, since long before Kenji announced Wursthall. My buddy is the chef, it’s quite good.
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Also I know I wasn't saying he's copying Kenji, just noting that it's interesting that elevated/fusion German food is a thing right now. I loving love Suppenkuche. Bald Stalin fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Sep 12, 2018 |
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Ranter posted:
If you like Suppenkuche, there's a great place in Alameda called Speisekammer. Their food is really good along a great beer selection and they have a nice beer garden in front too. They even have horrible parking issues just like Suppenkuche so it's just like being in SF.
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Thanks for the tip I went there many many years ago and the amount of sugar in their red cabbage was off the charts sweet. They also served me a flat moscow mule (I saw them pour it out of an already opened bundaberg bottle). So I just never went back. Ludwig's in south bay was decent too it's worth checking out. Brotzeit on the water in Oakland has decent beers too.
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I PMed you! Tell your gf it’s standard and I both send people and am sent by people all the time!
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Leopold's was quite good when I went a few years ago, less specifically sausage focused, but still great beer and food.
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Found out some of my friends are also foodie types who can afford the occasional nice dinner, so we went to Madera inside the Rosewood a few weeks ago and had a great time. What are some other trendy places in the south bay/peninsula to check out? I think we've got Manresa and Chez TJ on our list.
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radhaus was rad We ordered the pickles/sausage/cheese plate, pretzel with mustard and horseradish, bread dumpling in beef broth and brussel sprout salad. I had my absolute go-to favoite andech's doppelbock and my girlfriend had a drink which was meant to be brandy and stroh rum (my Oma uses stroh rum for her Christmas rumballs its 160 proof austrian rum you can't mistake the taste) but either their recipe is hosed or the bartender doubled the rum quantity by accident, it was pretty awful. Or maybe stroh rum shouldn't be used in cocktails period I dunno The pickles were REALLY pickled which is great, as all too often house pickles are quick/weak poo poo. My favorite was the pickled beets and pickled pumpkin/squash. The sausage was delicious but casing was chewy. The fatty prosciutto looking meat (it wasn't speck/shinken no smoke taste) was ok very mild mostly you're eating it for the soft fat. The best part was the dirty sock soft-ish cheese I forget where I've tasted it before but I know that taste it was so good. brussel sprout salad was delicious tons of finely grated Parmesan with some acid was great, light. My favorite was the semmelknodel (bread dumpling) in beef broth. The beef broth was super dark and flavorful (maybe a little too much salt which is saying a lot for my gf). The dumpling was obviously house made and tasted like what my oma makes maybe needs some more fresh herbs and seasoning though. The crispy chips that looked like slices of fresh garlic were a great texture contrast I think it was a root veg can't remember. pretzel was your standard tiny american pretzel, why don't these places make real bavarian sized?? House mustard tasted like cumin. Meh. They charged $13 for a dish when the menu listed $12 so they're still ironing out some kinks. I'll be back to try the schnitzel at the very least.
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Carillon posted:Leopold's was quite good when I went a few years ago, less specifically sausage focused, but still great beer and food. Did they change ownership in the last few years? I went there a year or two ago, and the old Austrian man was nowhere to be seen and the food was definitely not as good, possibly even bad. I remember deciding we wouldn’t go back. I live pretty close to Suppenküche and Walzwerk, so not highly motivated to go too far for good German food.
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404notfound posted:Found out some of my friends are also foodie types who can afford the occasional nice dinner, so we went to Madera inside the Rosewood a few weeks ago and had a great time. What are some other trendy places in the south bay/peninsula to check out? I think we've got Manresa and Chez TJ on our list. All Spice in San Mateo is incredible!
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Toe Rag posted:Did they change ownership in the last few years? I went there a year or two ago, and the old Austrian man was nowhere to be seen and the food was definitely not as good, possibly even bad. I remember deciding we wouldn’t go back. I live pretty close to Suppenküche and Walzwerk, so not highly motivated to go too far for good German food. Oh good question, I used to go semi-regularly back 4 years ago or so, and it was great. I haven't been back super recently but I'll stop recommending it until I can go back again if things have changed that much. Carillon fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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Anything particular in the “Theater District” to check out? I’ve never stayed in this area before and am not very familiar with it. I noticed Bourbon and Branch is near where I’m staying although I don’t know if I’d be able to get a reservation at this point.
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