Smashburger is the latest trendy fast casual burger joint serving a more “upscale” burger. The differentiation from an In n’ Out or Five Guys is the cooking process. They roll up the burger in a ball and “sear” the outside before flattening during the cooking process, resulting (at least according to its marketing), a juicier …
Decided to seek out and try some new brunch places and found Pastis in Palo Alto. Located on California Street, not far from La Bodeguita Del Medio, a restaurant we had been to before. Pastis bills itself as an authentic French bistro serving brunch and light lunch fare. A good sign of Pastis’ French authenticity was …
Theresa and I decided to hit the Livermore Outlets one afternoon and arranged to meet our friend Kulwinder for dinner. After throwing around a few suggestions, we settled on Sauced, which is located in the main downtown area. The restaurant was packed on a Saturday night, with over an hour wait for a table. The …
Been meaning to try The Melt after hearing the hype in the media a couple of years back. The Melt, a chain of restaurants based on grilled cheese sandwiches was started up and financed by the founder of Flip Video, Jonathan Kaplan. I guess after making a fortune in selling Flip video cameras and then …
Tucked in a strip mall close to where Theresa works is BiBimBowl, which offers Korean rice bowls and tofu soup. I Diners can build their own bowls by choose the type of bowl (regular, stone, sizzling platter), rice (white/brown), protein, and sauce/spice level. I have always like Dol Sot Bi Bim Bap because the stone …
Having gone to school in Texas, I am partial to their style of BBQ, especially beef brisket. Was craving some good BBQ over the July 4th weekend, so decided to look up some BBQ places on Yelp. Found The Smoking Pig and according to the reviews seemed pretty good and located fairly close to us …
The owners of Red Hot Wok have opened another restaurant, Mango Garden in Cupertino. We actually stumbled upon Mango Garden because Theresa called Red Hot Wok asking for Oliver or Dominic, and was told “they are at the new restaurant”. We were very eager to try it, especially since the cuisine is Singaporean. Equally exciting …
Jang Su Jang has a two locations in the Bay Area — Santa Clara and Milpitas. They are known for Korean BBQ, although if you get a non-grill table, you can still get BBQ that is served on a hot/sizzling plate and brought to your table. They also have noodle, dumpling, and tofu soup dishes. …
Theresa and I made some last minute plans to meet up with our friends Steven and Stacy last Saturday night. Since they live further up the Peninsula, we figured it would be better to meet somewhere in between there and the South Bay so no one had to drive too far, and decided on Palo …
Theresa and I decided to head up to Sonoma for mini road trip to celebrate her birthday. We had a gift certificate from bedandbreakfast.com that we had been meaning to use for the longest time, so it was the perfect way to try out one of the properties. I initially wanted to stay in Napa, …