Posted on July 26, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Is there Soul Food in Santa Clara? You know the shabby looking wood building down the street from the San Jose Airport… well, they have a new tenant. Lillie Mae has moved in and is cookin’ up all your soul food favorites like BBQ ribs, brisket, catfish, collard greens, mac & cheese and of course [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: ca, fried chicken, Lillie Mae's House of Soul Food, mac & cheese, restaurant, review, san jose airport, santa clara, soul food | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 22, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Dishcrawl is a new company that hosts walking food tours in select cities across the Bay Area. I love a good food tour where you get to sample new and unique eats. Mike and I decided to go on the San Jose crawl on Tuesday June 28, 2011 at 7pm. Each crawl features 4 destinations. [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Jose, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: dishcrawl, food, san jose, tour, travel, Walking Tour | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 17, 2011 by bayareafoodie
What did we do for our 5 year wedding anniversary? We went to one of the best restaurants in the world…the French Laundry owned by Chef Thomas Keller!! How did we get a reservation? See below. It was a gorgeous July day in the Napa valley when we arrived for our three hour lunch. As we entered [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: best restaurant in the world, food, how to get a reservation at the french laundry, napa, review, The French Laundry, thomas keller, travel, wine, Yountville | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 29, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Last week I went to check out the Top Chef Tour since it was in San Jose just a couple blocks from where I work. I gotta say Bravo did a pretty poor job promoting it. I only found out because I happened to catch a tweet a week before. It was held in the [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Jose, Silicon Valley (all cities) | Tagged: 2011, Fabio Viviani, quickfire challenge, Ryan Scott, san jose, Top Chef Tour | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 27, 2011 by bayareafoodie
A friend (Thanks Julie!) brought Mike and I a sampling of cupcakes from Mrs. Delish’s cupcake boutique. She felt they were better than Sprinkles…. Here is what we got: Red Velvet – good frosting & cake but tasted like a cupcake I could make at home. Coconut/Coconut – best of the bunch..loved the toasted coconut [...]
Filed under: Monterey Peninsula, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: baking, cupcakes, monterey, Mrs DeLish's Cupcake Boutique, review, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 26, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Yes, we like meat! As stated in my Farmstead post we were impressed with the beef served so we decided to join the Long Meadow Ranch grass-fed meat club. There are many advantages to eating grass-fed meat: lower fat & calories plus it’s rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. We signed up in December and received our [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: bbq, food, Grass-fed Beef club, Long Meadow Ranch, napa, steaks | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mike and I had lunch at Farmstead on one of our many trips to Napa to work on our Crushpad wine. The restaurant is unique because it sources many of the ingredients from Long Meadow Ranch including all-natural grass-fed beef, vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, and honey. If you venture outside they also have a garden and a [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Farmstead Restaurant, food, Long Meadow Ranch, napa, review, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 13, 2011 by bayareafoodie
We were in the city checking out the wine exhibit (which was pretty cool) at SFMOMA. After we needed to eat so I jumped on Yelp to see what was in walking distance and I was pleasantly surprised to find Zero Zero. I had heard many good things about their food. We arrived at 2pm just in [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: Bacon Brittle, food, pizza, restaurant, review, San Francisco, Straus organic soft serve ice cream, travel, Zero Zero | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 12, 2011 by bayareafoodie
A friend from LA was in town for business and staying near the Moscone center. I needed to find a place to go for dinner and drinks on a Friday night near by with only a few days notice. Heaven’s dog was one of the few restaurants I could make a reservation before 9pm and [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: charles phan, chinese, cocktails, dim sum, food, Heaven's Dog, restaurant, review, San Francisco, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2011 by bayareafoodie
For our one special dinner out in Maui we decided to eat at Tropica, our hotel restaurant because it was outdoors overlooking the beach and had a lovely prix fixe menu. We were seated at a romantic table with a fantastic view of the water 20 minutes before sunset. We decided to start the night [...]
Filed under: Maui, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: dining, food, hawaii, HI, Lahaina, Maui, menu, ocean view, prix fixe, restaurant, review, tasting menu, travel, Tropica, Westin Maui Resort | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 13, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Bev Gannon is a super famous chef on Maui so we decided to give one of her many restaurants a try. We headed to the Hali’imaile General Store which serves up fresh island cuisine in a refurbished plantation store located Upcountry in the middle of nowhere. We started off with the popular Sashimi Napoleon: [...]
Filed under: Maui, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Bev Gannon, food, Hali'imaile General Store, Haliimaile, hawaii, HI, Maui, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, restaurant, review, Sashimi Napoleon, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 8, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Finger lickin’ good! Who would have thought that one of the best meals I had in Maui would be served from a truck? I read all the stellar reviews about the Geste Shrimp truck on Yelp and had to give it a try. It is located less than 10 minutes from my sisters’ house on [...]
Filed under: Maui, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: food truck, Geste Shrimp Truck, hawaii, hawaiian scampi, Kahului Beach Rd, lemon-pepper, Maui, spicy pineapple, travel | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 6, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Shave ice… where have you been all my life? Don’t be confused…shave (not shaved ) ice is nothing like a snow cone. Forget about sugary syrup and chunky ice cubes piled into a paper cone that leaks from the bottom. Shave ice takes fun frozen treats to a whole new level. While in Maui we [...]
Filed under: Maui, Outside the Bay Area, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: HI, Lahaina, Maui, review, travel, Ululani's Hawaiian Shave Ice | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 31, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Did you know there was a new wine bar in Los Gatos? Me neither… okay, well it’s almost a year old but still fairly new. A couple people had asked me if I had been but I didn’t know where it was. Then I finally figured out it was not in the main downtown area [...]
Filed under: Los Gatos, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Enoteca La Storia, Los Gatos, restaurant, review, santana row, Vintage Wine Merchant, wine bar | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 3, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mike and I hit up Town Hall before checking out a screening in the City. I had heard good things about Town Hall especially the fried chicken and the Pot de Crème. After looking over the New Orleans inspired menu Mike immediately decided he wanted to start off with the Buttermilk biscuits with Johnston family country [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: Butterscotch and Chocolate Pot de Crème, fried chicken, restaurant, review, San Francisco, Town Hall | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 22, 2011 by bayareafoodie
We spent Valentine’s day at home again this year but I didn’t mind because we made S’mores from Recchiuti Confections. Mike and I picked up a S’mores kit last time we were at the Ferry building in San Francisco and this was the perfect occasion to break it out. It’s a grown up version of [...]
Filed under: Dessert / Baked Goods, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, RECIPES, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, San Francisco | Tagged: dessert, food, Recchiuti Confections S'mores Kit, RECIPES | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 14, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Happy Valentine’s Day! What’s better than a cupcake on this holiday …or any day really? This is the last new Sprinkles flavor I’m aware of for this year. See how it ranks
Filed under: Northern CA, Peninsula, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Sprinkles (Palo Alto) | Tagged: sprinkles cupcakes, Raspberry Chocolate Chip | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 29, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Three years down… So this little blog that could keeps chuggin’ along. What to look for in 2011 from Bay Area Foodie: Maui madness in March, a 5 year wedding anniversary French Laundry dinner in July (if I can get a reservation), 4th of July in Carmel and a Boston Bonanza in August. Plus, we’re [...]
Filed under: Sprinkles (Palo Alto), TREATS FOR DOGS, VERY RANDOM THOUGHTS | Tagged: 3 year blogaversary, 3 year blogging anniversary, sprinkles doggie cupcakes | 7 Comments »
Posted on January 26, 2011 by bayareafoodie
After a long drought Sprinkles is pumping out the new flavors…late January brought German Chocolate. See how it ranks.
Filed under: Northern CA, Peninsula, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Sprinkles (Palo Alto) | Tagged: german chocolate, sprinkles cupcakes | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 14, 2011 by bayareafoodie
I’m all shook up….finally a new flavor from Sprinkles! “The King” – a mixture of peanut butter and banana honored Elvis’ 76th birthday and was only available for 3 days (Jan 7-9,2011). Now I wish his birthday was all year long. See how it ranked. Sprinkles has a string of new flavors coming within the [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, Peninsula, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, Sprinkles (Palo Alto) | Tagged: elvis, new flavor, sprinkles cupcakes, the king | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Joe’s Cable Car is another place I saw on Triple D (Diners, Drive-in & Dives) and the owners want you to remember that. There are pictures of Guy Fieri all over the interior as well as the actual episode running on a loop on a TV. The restaurant (built to look like a cable car) opened in 1965 and was originally [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: burgers, Diners Drive-in & Dives, food network, Joe's Cable Car, restaurant, review, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 5, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Crazy ice cream flavors in the Mission. We finally made it to Humphry Slocombe. Although it was December and freezing outside I still had to have it. I ordered the “Secret breakfast” (cornflakes & bourbon) which may sound disgusting but was d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s! Mike opted for the “guinness gingerbread”. As an Irishman just days before Christmas he had no other choice. [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: Humphry Slocombe, ice cream, mission, review, secret breakfast, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 27, 2010 by bayareafoodie
I’m steadily crossing off items from my bucket list — dynamo donuts CHECK. I heard about this place on one of those Food Network “the best thing I ever ate” episodes when they revealed the “Maple bacon” donut at Dynamo. This was our last stop on my SF bday weekend as we headed back to [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: dynamo donuts, maple bacon donut, Mission district, review, San Francisco, travel | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 20, 2010 by bayareafoodie
2010 has been a stellar year for Tyler Florence in the Bay Area. He has opened restaurants in San Francisco and Napa within the last 6 months with a third to come in Mill Valley in early 2011. Best know for his 14 year run on the Food Network with shows like “Food 911″ and [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: food, fried chicken, restaurant, review, San Francisco, travel, Tyler Florence, Wayfare Tavern | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 19, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Before our trip to the Disney museum we decided to get some pizza from the highly acclaimed pizzaiolo Tony Gemignani. Tony won the award for Best Pizza Margherita at the 2007 World Pizza Cup in Italy and he’s opened up a spot in North Beach where you can try that very same pizza. We arrived [...]
Filed under: Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, San Francisco | Tagged: 2007 World Pizza Cup, Best Pizza Margherita, North Beach, review, San Francisco, Tony Gemignani, Tony's Pizza Napoletana, travel | 1 Comment »
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