Lunch At Marnee, San Francisco

Just the two of us and we did not even plan to have lunch at this place, somehow we ended up being nearby and decided to try. We had Imperial Rolls, Rice Coconut Cakes and Pad Se Ew.

Dumpling Time, San Francisco

I read about this place and decided to give it a try with a bunch of hungry family members. We tried many of their dishes, some hits, some misses.

Dolores Park, San Francisco

Dolores park was one of the places that I wanted to go to. It's a bit off the city center and it required us to put a little more serious effort to and we did it this time. It's pretty little park, smaller than I thought, where you can see beautiful San Francisco. It was a nice day when we went there and it was quite because it was a week day and a bit early in the day.

Dinner At Anzu, San Francisco

First night in San Francisco and we were trying to find a new place that we had never been before, for dinner. A place that had good reference but not far away or in the Union Square area. We found Anzu. On yelp, of course. So here's our first meal in San Francisco, for this trip. Salmon, Beef, and sushi. All were nicely presented, tasted quite delicious and the place had a good service.

Dinner At Barcha, San Francisco

This was from my time in San Francisco in June. One of the places that we had dinner at was Barcha. Mind you, these are the food for two people. We make sure we had dessert to end the meal too. Delicious ending with Turkish Coffee Ice Cream. I am missing the food there right now wish could have some.


 Croquettas

 
Hummus

 Tuna

Shishito peppers, too much and too hot for two people!

Moscow Mule, delish!

 Grilled Chicken, delicious!

Turkish Coffee Ice Cream. So yummy!

16th Avenue Tiled Steps

A while back in June, I spent a few weeks in San Francisco and on one fine day, took a trip to 16th avenue tiled steps. It's a place that was on my bucket list for a while and I was happy to finally made it there. 163 step stairway in Golden Gate Heights neighborhood that is worth visiting, at least once.

16th Avenue Tiled Steps are a set of beautiful mosaic tiles and a wonderful venue to get beautiful scenery of the city. There is another set of steps that to take you further up and get a better view, once you arrive at the top. It's a place called Grandview Park. 

King of Thai Noodles, San Francisco

San Francisco. It rained and rained. Such a poor timing that we came and it rained so much. Well, California needed water, I guess, so the rain was good for the state. Finally, the much needed free water came pouring down.

We passed by this Thai noodles restaurant around Union Square and we thought it was just perfect to have a bowl of hot soup while it was wet and cold outside. 

My eyes and my heart set on beef ball noodles above while DH's pick was noodle soup with sliced fish cakes. My soup was a little bit sweet, but it did not bother me too much. The portions are American portion, i.e. ginormous. We were not able to clean up, it was no surprise. We, however, were satisfied with the flavor we had.

Yank Sing Stevenson, Dim Sum - San Francisco

Sunday morning in San Francisco. It rained and rained so much. I was under the weather, my nose was stuffy and I was not feeling well in general. It was our last full day in the city before flying back the next day. It's time for dim sum and DH chose Yank Sing Stevenson. 

We had reservation so we got a table immediately upon arriving. Somehow, I did not find the table pleasant, the table is small, the space was tiny. We had bags, wet umbrellas and thick jackets and there's no place to put them. I kept on reminding DH not to get too much food because we did not have space on the table. We needed to finish before we getting more. 

Sadly, what I imagine to have, i.e. rice porridge, was not on their menu. I had to settle with other dim sum items. So here we went with lots of them, including the glorious xiao long bao.

Scala's Bistro Dinner, San Francisco

Back to Scala's Bistro for dinner again. We have been here many times, probably each time we come to San Francisco. Sometimes, it's not my choice to come, but when you go with others, you just have to follow the rests.  It is a rather dark place and it is challenging to take pictures. My Leica did quite a good job with taking pictures with very minimal lighting.

We had Fritto Misto to start with.

A pizza was ordered by Miss K, but we participated a little bit.

Who else, but DH, orders Seafood pasta,

My order was Ricotta Gnocchi, served with roasted forest mushroom, asparagus, parmesan brood and fine herbs.