We took this in to see Kick-Ass, which was excellent! :)
Friday, April 30, 2010
Penguinos Gourmet Yogurt at the Metreon, SOMA, SF.
Sad about Stone Korean, Financial District, SF.
I thought the spicy pork was going to be spicy pork bulgogi, but it was actually samgyupsal (삼겹살), which is like Korean bacon. It was okay, but was sliced too thick and could have been spicier. The kalbi was too tough, and was cut too large to make ssam. Traditional Korean restaurants will give you scissors to cut the meat as you grill, but here they didn't even provide a fork and knife. We ended up asking for a set, but they should know these pieces are way too big for ssam.
I don't know if LA just upped my standards for Korean, or what, but I just don't buy the hip ambiance and location over good Korean good done right. I do want to try the happy hour menu and see how the small plates are, but I wouldn't go back for entrees. I do want to like this place though, so I hope the small plates are better!!
Simple breaky of eggs and bacon.
Midnight snack: Happy Donuts, Noe Valley, SF.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Night bite at Haystack Pizza, Noe Valley, SF.

I didn't get to snap a photo, but I had the Caesar salad as a late dinner. It was really good and they give you a ton for $8! Love it. I hear their pastas are great and definitely want to try the pizza sometime.
Best kept secret brunch: Red Door Cafe, Lower Pacific Heights, SF.
I can't believe I didn't know about this place until now! It's just up the street from me and it doesn't have a load of Yelp reviews (surprisingly enough!), but apparently the weekend wait can me up to 2 hours! This is definitely my new favorite brunch spot. The food is spectacular and I didn't walk out feeling like I was going to have a heart attack or slip into a food coma. I was just very happy! :)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Mother's Day gifts from Williams Sonoma.


Sunday, April 25, 2010
Indian night at Darbar, Russian Hill, SF.
Middle: Saag Gosht - Lamb meat cooked with saag (spinach), herbs and spices.
We got the onion naan, which is so flavorful and fluffy, and the basmati rice.
After a long weekend of Korean, I thought it would be good to get a taste of something else. I would have happily gone for a burger, being that I didn't get to Father's Office this time around, but Indian sounded good, too! And I heart Darbar! :) It's nice and cheap, the food is tasty and the service is great.
Pinkberry, LAX, LA.
Pinkberry is fine, but Yogurtland is the hands-down winner when it comes to price and selection. I'm excited to see Yogurtland is in Berkeley--looks like I'll be making a little trip across the Bay..
짜장면 jjajang-myun and Korean style Chinese food at Young King, Koreatown, LA.
What I mean by Korean style Chinese is that this is Korean food that Koreans like to think is Chinese food, or food they are making Chinese style. It's not really Chinese though. It's funny because, in Korea, a lot of people don't know what Chinese food really is. They don't even know what Americanized Chinese food is, so they really believe this is Chinese food. It doesn't help that when Koreans go on tours to China, they scout out Korean restaurants that serve them this! Haha. There are a few other dishes that are also Korean style Chinese, and are very good, but they are certainly not popular Chinese dishes. ;)
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Korean kalbi and kalbi taco BBQ at my brother's place, LA.
Oh, Yogurland, Mid-City West, LA.
I was glad I got to sneak away from the fam to meet with a friend for a bit, too. Thanks so much for the yogurt, Ben! :)
순두부 soon-doo-boo at So Kong Dong, Koreatown, LA.
Gosh, LA has good Korean food.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Scoops, Wilshire Center, LA.
Oh, and that was actually "one scoop", which is nuts. We ordered three "one scoops", and two half scoops(?), and the total came to $12. Ridiculous! Amazing! Ridiculously amazing! :)
Scoops is soo cute and unpretentious. We LOVE. It seems like a place you'd find in Portland, Austin or Pittsburgh. They have a neat installation of their ice cream spoons that I should have taken a photo of, too. Ooo, and the owner is this Korean guy! I get to have lots of Korean pride in LA. ;)
Great Souther Thai at Jitlada, Hollywood, LA.
The entire dinner was really great and the restaurant is kitschy and cute. I love how LA is just one huge, never-ending suburb and these great restaurants are just parts of strip malls--that cracks me up. I guess the Simpsons guy comes here a lot so they have all of these little drawings from him of Homer eating and whatnot! That's pretty cool about LA. :)
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