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Almost no restaurant open for regular dinner hours is ever going to have a 7pm slot open, they essentially don’t exist because then the restaurant can’t have multiple turns on the table (especially large tables.) Youre probably going to need to either plan for sometime close to opening time or more like 8/830
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Almost no restaurant open for regular dinner hours is ever going to have a 7pm slot open, they essentially don’t exist because then the restaurant can’t have multiple turns on the table (especially large tables.) Youre probably going to need to either plan for sometime close to opening time or more like 8/830
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Aug 1, 2019 20:47
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No prob!
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Aug 1, 2019 22:57
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I've been interested in taking a few cooking classes in my spare time, anyone know of any good ones in SF? I had sushi classes in mind in particular but I'm not sure how to distinguish the "good for tech company team outing" type classes versus fundamental focused classes with quality instruction (not that the two are necessarily mutually exclusive, but...). I'm open to other cuisines in general, too!
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Aug 9, 2019 09:24
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18 Reasons does a bunch of different classes and they do a lot of good food cause work, maybe check them out
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Aug 9, 2019 17:24
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canoshiz posted:I've been interested in taking a few cooking classes in my spare time, anyone know of any good ones in SF? I had sushi classes in mind in particular but I'm not sure how to distinguish the "good for tech company team outing" type classes versus fundamental focused classes with quality instruction (not that the two are necessarily mutually exclusive, but...). I'm open to other cuisines in general, too! This is out in Pacifica, but I took this Thai cooking class with some family and loved it: https://www.mamathaicookingclub.com/home.html. The woman who runs it shares my opinion that pretty much all Thai restaurants in the US make their food way too sweet, so we made what ended up being some of the best Thai food I've ever had. The intention is that you leave with the ability to reproduce what you made -- she hands out recipes afterward and has practical advice for grocery shopping.
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acksplode posted:This is out in Pacifica, but I took this Thai cooking class with some family and loved it: https://www.mamathaicookingclub.com/home.html. The woman who runs it shares my opinion that pretty much all Thai restaurants in the US make their food way too sweet, so we made what ended up being some of the best Thai food I've ever had. The intention is that you leave with the ability to reproduce what you made -- she hands out recipes afterward and has practical advice for grocery shopping. Ohh, that looks nice! I was disappointed because I wanted to try out Kasma's cooking classes, but she stopped giving the starting ones just after I moved here. That seems like it might be pretty legit, even with the ~holistic~ buzzwords to cater to the local crowd.
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idiotsavant posted:18 Reasons does a bunch of different classes and they do a lot of good food cause work, maybe check them out I've actually done one of these, as an aforementioned tech company team outing! They definitely seemed cool but we only ended up making pasta for 20 minutes and not doing much else. Not sure if that was because of the format of the class we took or if that's the typical team outing experience. That Thai class looks cool, I'll have to check that out at some point. It being a weekday in Pacifica makes it a little tricky, though...
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Aug 10, 2019 16:53
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Question: So there's BFF.fm, and radiovalencia.fm, anyone have other, small less well-known SF-based web radio stations? (leaving out KQED NPR cos not small, and SomaFM cos prolly quite well-known)
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Aug 10, 2019 18:47
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anyone wanna go check out Shang Cafe in the South Bay? It's Hunan Impressions' sister restaurant https://www.yelp.com/biz/shang-cafe-san-jose-2
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Aug 10, 2019 20:03
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Ok the Wursthall people finally got back to me and I got reservations on 8/18 at 6pm. Hopefully that works for everyone still who participated in the Doodle.
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Switzerland posted:Question: If you live in SF you should only be listening to KPOO you goddamn uncultured swine
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Aug 12, 2019 20:46
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OGS-Remix posted:Ok the Wursthall people finally got back to me and I got reservations on 8/18 at 6pm. Awesome, looking forward to it.
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Went to Mister Jiu's for my girlfriend's birthday thanks to this thread. She loved it! Thanks all for the recommendation. Highlights were definitely mapo tofu, egg drop, and the steak fried rice. The mapo was very good, reminded me of a more classic approach but the silken tofu 'block' was a nice touch. The egg drop really comes across as corn soup with egg drop on top, but still really good, I loved the squash blossom they floated on it. Lastly the steak fried rice was rich without being heavy, the heart really added some great flavor and richness. Small downsides, the dutch crunch pork buns were great but inconsistent, one or two had the topping just fall off before biting into it. The dumplings had a great filling and flavor (plus they were dyed pink!) but I thought the wrapper was a bit tough, maybe it's a style thing but they came across overworked to me. Cocktails were across the board great. I'd wanted to try Baiju in a drink and their version let the spirit shine through but tempered it so it wasn't too overwhelming.
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Aug 16, 2019 21:20
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If anyone could make baiju palatable it would be Danny Louie.
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Aug 17, 2019 03:09
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Anyone got a good rec for a wine tasting thingie in Napa Valley?
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Aug 17, 2019 03:59
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dont go wine tasting in napa unless you want the whole party bus experience, and if that's what you want just go based on reviews or whatever
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AnonSpore posted:Anyone got a good rec for a wine tasting thingie in Napa Valley? Serious post; do Shafer or Opus One. Both are moderately serious if rather expensive
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:If anyone could make baiju palatable it would be Danny Louie. You have to buy the expensive kind and drink it straight up with filthy peasant spicy Chinese food, the filthier the better. I don’t often drink it, but getting shitfaced on it in the Guizhou countryside is one of the peak drinking experiences of my life
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Thanks for the advice/recs. I don't drink myself (I'll be driving), but I have relatives visiting from out of the country soon and they said they'd like to visit Napa so I kinda figured they might be interested in something like that? If there's something a bit more casual than a full seated wine tasting but still gets to sample some decent wines then I think that'd be good too.
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Carillon posted:Went to Mister Jiu's for my girlfriend's birthday thanks to this thread. She loved it! Thanks all for the recommendation. Highlights were definitely mapo tofu, egg drop, and the steak fried rice. The mapo was very good, reminded me of a more classic approach but the silken tofu 'block' was a nice touch. The egg drop really comes across as corn soup with egg drop on top, but still really good, I loved the squash blossom they floated on it. Lastly the steak fried rice was rich without being heavy, the heart really added some great flavor and richness. The dutch crunch bao really aren't worth it. I loved the sea urchin cheong fun which was probably the highlight of the meal for me. My partner and I also liked the turnip cake and the steak rice was amazing. AnonSpore posted:Anyone got a good rec for a wine tasting thingie in Napa Valley? Mumm if you like bubbles.
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Aug 17, 2019 20:09
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AnonSpore posted:Thanks for the advice/recs. I don't drink myself (I'll be driving), but I have relatives visiting from out of the country soon and they said they'd like to visit Napa so I kinda figured they might be interested in something like that? If there's something a bit more casual than a full seated wine tasting but still gets to sample some decent wines then I think that'd be good too. TBH you'll have a much better time finding more casual stuff in Sonoma.
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Aug 17, 2019 23:59
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Here's a pretty thorough guide to wine country, via one of my friends. https://thepress.sfchronicle.com/
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OGS-Remix posted:Ok the Wursthall people finally got back to me and I got reservations on 8/18 at 6pm. we gon' be a couple mins late, taking the NB express caltrain from SJ
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See ya there!
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Aug 19, 2019 01:41
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I'm waiting out front with a Warriors cap. I think we can sit down once some more people arrive.
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nugget of poo posted:See ya there! Love him dearly, but his taste in food is not to be trusted. For lunch today he had a solitary Monterey Chicken taquito from 7/11. Please steer him well, foodie goons. I'm sitting this one out to look after the kids.
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amethystbliss posted:This guy is my husband of 10+ years (we met on SA!). ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) It was delicious
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Aug 19, 2019 02:01
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We're sitting inside now so anyone else coming just walk in and sit down
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Aug 19, 2019 02:19
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y’all missed a really good sausage party, followed by ice cream in fish bread.
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Aug 19, 2019 04:54
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All the sea bream you could eat!
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I saw this and thought of y'all. https://twitter.com/hooven08/status/1164985206916493312
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Looks like seitan, which would be excellent if it were. Man I want a BBQ seitan sandwich now.
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Anyone have recommendations for a soup dumpling place in the city? Or dumplings in general?
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The Glumslinger posted:Anyone have recommendations for a soup dumpling place in the city? Or dumplings in general? XLB I liked at Palette, Kenji thinks the best are at Din Ding in Fremont fwiw (assuming he hasn't changed that opinion). Dumpling wise my go to spot in the city for dim sum including dumplings is Good Luck Dim Sum over on Clement.
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Dumplings in general is pretty broad, so kind of depends on what style(s) you like. I haven't been out to eat in ages though so my first hand knowledge is pretty weak. Dumpling Time in SoMa is pretty close to where I work so I've been there sort of recently, and I liked most things I had. My coworkers seemed to love the tom yum soup dumplings but I thought they were just sort of ok; preferred the standard kind. I think the list in https://www.hungryonion.org/t/regional-chinese-roundup-3-0-sf-bay-area/4640 is pretty good though.
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Dumpling empire, dumpling king, my favorite is house of noodles their noodles are house made plus great boiled dumplings.
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Thanks for the suggestions
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Sep 10, 2019 22:17
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Carillon posted:XLB I liked at Palette
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i dumpling in redwood city name is unfortunate but food is 
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