Cocola – Santana Row

Had afternoon coffee at Cocola on Santana Row, which is a French style cafe and patiserrie.    We tried three pastries and the house mocha. The pastries were not overly sweet as is typical of American style bakeries. The strudel was filled with custard cream filling with the “shell” having a nice  buttery and airy mouth feel, similar …

Sendai Sushi in Milpitas.

Wanted to try a new place, Theresa yelped places nearby for sushi and found Sendai. We were seated quickly, and it looks like we had just beat the rush at 6:00 or so. Service was fast and efficient as we got our food all of our food within 10 minutes. of placing the order. They …

Hogg Island Oyster Bar

Our visit to Hogg Island Oyster in the SF Ferry Building in July Freshly shucked oysters from the HI farm as well as some smaller ones from the east coast. We sampled the four types on the menu that day and ordered a dozen more of the smaller oysters because we liked it so much …