Ajisen Ramen

Premium Pork Tonkotsu Ramen

Recently, there was an article in SF Weekly about tonkotsu ramen.  Tonkotsu (not to be confused with tonkatsu which is deep fried pork) is a specialty of the southernmost island of Japan, Kyushuu, and has a pork braised broth that is simmered anywhere from 10 to 60 hours.  The broth is pork-y and milky - even though there is no milk added.  The broth is made from pork bones simmered so long that the bones and fat break down and give the broth a milky appearance.  There is a trend in S.F. right now for tonkotsu ramen and a few restaurants offering it.  For the past couple of months, my husband and I have been on a quest to try all of the Tonkotsu Ramen offered in San Francisco.

Tender Pork Rib Ramen

The best we have had so far is at Ajisen Ramen in the San Francisco Center.  Yes, this is the sad food court below Nordstrom's, not even the new, stylish food court by Bloomingdales.  Ajisen Ramen is a chain restaurant from Japan.  All of this probably makes you really NOT want to go there!  However, overlook the sad ambiance just to try the tonkotsu ramen. Ajisen is set up like a fast food restaurant but, in fact, has table service that is quick an efficient.

I had the "premium pork" ramen, which was tonkotsu ramen with wafer thin sliced pork on top.  The pork was so tender that it practically melted in my mouth.   My husband had the tender pork ribs ramen, and the kids had the b.b.q. pork ramen.  All good, but mine was the best :)  The tender pork ribs had too many chunks of fat so I wouldn't recommend it, but I do recommend the b.b.q. pork.

So what is it about tonkotsu ramen that we liked so much?  We've been eating ramen religiously for years, mostly miso based but sometimes shoyu (soy sauce) based.  Often the shoyu base can be bland, nothing special.  But the miso can be overly salty and cloying.  The tonkotsu broth is so smooth with a complexity of flavor - not overly salty but not bland either.  The kids gave it their "best ramen ever" rating, not really sure why this miso looking ramen tasted so much better than normal.
 

Quite big and fast food-like

B.B.Q. Pork Ramen

The line outside Ajisen

 

Off the Grid Truck Night

CupKate eating

Every Thursday evening on Waller Street at Stanyan, at least 8 food trucks pull up and start cooking.  This is called Off the Grid - a gourmet food truck gathering that happens at Fort Mason on Friday evenings as well. On Waller Street, chairs are set out for customers and the neighborhood descends upon Off the Grid for dinner.  Last Thursday was an unseasonably warm November Thursday evening, a perfect night for the food trucks!  My family walked down the hill for some chow.

51st State's Floribbean sandwich

First up, the 51st State food truck which serves Hawaiian style food.  I tried the Floribbean sandwich with Sofrito pork that actually turned out to be Cuban (?!).  Tender braised Cuban spiced pork with pickled vegetables on grilled ciabatta bread.  Omg, delicious!  I haven't had such a pleasurable sandwich eating experience in years.  I do enjoy pickled vegetables and vinegar, though, thus my love for this sandwich.  It's a huge serving for $8, my husband and I split the sandwich.  51st State also offers a Green Goddess salad, Mochiko Chicken rice plate, and Banana cream pie.  Next time, I'm trying the Mochiko Chicken.

The kids ate Nachos from the El Norteno truck.  Great for the kids, not for the adults.  Next up, the Korean BBQ truck.  Fried beef dumplings for the kids (yum, similar to gyoza) and Korean BBQ taco for the adults.  The BBQ is tender and Korean-style (soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, & onions) served up in a tortilla taco style.  A strange combination that works. 

There were 2 Filipino food trucks there, we tried the lumpia (Filipino version of egg rolls) at the Hapa SF truck.  What a surprise - the best lumpia we have ever had.  The pork and vegetables were so moist and full of flavor, and I liked the small size of the lumpia.  This truck deserves a return visit, I'm trying the Adobo chicken next time!

It probably sounds like we've eaten enough by now, but we had to try the Chairman Bao truck.  The line for the truck was long the entire evening so we knew it must be good.  I thought the buns would be typical pork bun style, but the bun was served open like a taco, with braised meat inside, not the typical sweet and sticky BBQ pork.  My husband purchased the duck confit with mango salsa bun, and the pulled pork with savoy cabbage bun.  The duck confit was out of this world, but the mango salsa was so SPICY that we had to take it off in order to enjoy it!  The pulled pork was very good as well, but the duck confit was the winner.  There is also a pork belly with pickled daikon, red sesame chicken with scallion and bok choy, and crispy garlic tofu with miso greens.  You can choose between a steamed bun or a baked bun, I would always go for the steamed bun.

Seoul on Wheel's taco & dumpling

Chairman Bao's Buns

Hapa SF's Lumpia

Finally, even though we could have happily finished eating and walked uphill towards home, we stopped at the CupKate truck.  The cupcakes just looked so good!  My son tried the salted caramel cupcake - chocolate cake with salted caramel frosting.  It was disappointing, no caramel flavor.  I tried the pumpkin spice cupcake in honor of my sister-in-law who is into pumpkin spice these days.  The cake part was a bit too doughy with pretty good flavor, but the frosting was pumpkin spice cream cheese and sooo good!  You know how the cream cheese frosting on carrot cake is the reason why you like carrot cake?  This pumpkin spice cream cheese frosting was twice as good.  There were other flavors like S'mores, Lemon Rasberry, Double Chocolate, and Tiramisu.  

Done eating, we waddled our way uphill in the warm evening air and thought about how happy we are to live in San Francisco.

CupKates

The crowd

Chairman Bao's

Green Chile Kitchen

Green Chile Stew w/pork

A friend of mine turned me on to this Nopa New Mexican restaurant.  I'm always wary of Mexican restaurants, not because I don't like Mexican food, but because it's usually very unhealthy.   I mean, I love a super burrito with sour cream and guacamole as much as the next person, but one of those is 2 days worth of calories for me.  Most Mexican restaurants use lard and pile on the cheese.  Green Chile Kitchen's food is clean, healthy "New Mexican inspired food with an emphasis on organic, sustainably grown, and local ingredients".

The spacious interior

Their signature dish, Green Chile Stew, is full of flavor and light and healthy.  My picture looks like brown stew, but it's really green!  You can order the stew with either Niman Ranch pork, chicken, or vegetarian.  The pork is really the best because it is braised slowly and very tender.  The chicken can be a little tougher.  Either way, the heart of the dish is the green chile stew which is almost soup like. It's pleasantly spicy with chunky bits of green chiles, tomatoes, potatoes, and some beans.  It's not greasy at all, and sour cream on top is optional.

Green Chile Kitchen also offers tacos, burritos, quesadillas, tamales, and rotisserie chicken.  All are of high quality ingredients but are pretty standard Mexican food.  What really stands out are the homemade tortilla chips.  Both yellow and blue corn tortilla chips are housemade and you can tell!  So crispy, salty, and warm - need I say more?

Apple Slice

Recently, Green Chile Kitchen moved into a large airy space so there's lots of seating.  The original location, just a block away is now Chile Pies (& ice cream).   At Green Chile Kitchen, there's always an incredible homemade looking apple pie in a glass dome.  The owners have probably branched out based on their success of their apple pies.

After dinner we walked down the hill and had dessert at Chile Pies (& ice cream) just to try it out.  We had the apple slice which had a very homemade taste.  The kids had the organic ice cream - there was a killer lemon cookie flavor and chocolate orange chip (!!!) just like Swiss orange chip from my Swensen's Ice Cream days.  Anyways, I'll eat there a few more times and post about it!

Green Chile Kitchen is located at:

1801 McAllister Street @ Baker
San Francisco, CA 94115
415 440 9411

Hours:  Sun - Thurs 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
             Fri - Sat       9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

www.greenchilekitchen.com

Bushi-Tei Bistro

Maguro Donburi

Donburi (rice bowls with meat or fish on top) are simple, standard Japanese food.  Bushi-Tei Bistro in Japantown makes a Maguro donburi with a western twist that keeps me going back for more.  Seared and sliced tuna sit atop perfectly cooked short grain rice drizzled in a sesame oil dressing with minced bell peppers, black sesame seeds, shredded carrots, and pine nuts.  I love this combination!  The dressing is mild, but over the rice it is refreshingly delicious.  A wonderful twist on donburi bowls that are usually seeped in shoyu (soy sauce).

We usually go to Bushi-Tei Bistro for lunch because of the ramen combos.  You can order ramen with either a miso or shoyu base and then choose a side dish to go with it for $10.95.  The ramen is tasty and comes with sliced chashu pork (slow roasted pork).  One of the side dishes you can order is Chirashi donburi, which is basically the Maguro donburi but with a piece of shrimp, salmon, scallop and tuna.  This is a bargain - I highly recommend ordering this.   For the kids, we usually order the ramen and gyoza combination.   You can never go wrong with gyoza - thin wonton wrappers filled with pork and vegetables that are fried and then steamed.   If you haven't tried Japanese gyoza, believe me, they are so much better than Chinese potstickers!

Chirashi Donburi

Miso Ramen

Gyoza

Zaru Soba

Bushi-Tei Bistro also offers pastas, salads, and other noodles such as udon and soba.  All of the dishes are of high quality, especially for the Japantown mall.   Most restaurants in the mall are cookie cutter average, but Bushi-Tei Bistro is an exception.  This is probably because it is the casual, inexpensive version of the French/Californian fusion Bushi-Tei restaurant located just up the street (I've eaten there twice and the food is creative and unique - at one time it had a Michelin star).    Bushi-Tei Bistro is the perfect place for a Japanese lunch with western influences.

Bushi-Tei Bistro is located at:

1581 Webster Street
San Francisco, CA  94115
In the Japantown Mall at Post and Webster
415 409 4959

Hours:
Open 7 days 11:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. 
http://www.bushiteibistro.com/

Lovely Boy

My lovely boy

I know this is a little cruel because I am not laughing with him, but at him (I do love him and he doesn't read this blog).  And I did cut off his head in the picture so he remains anonymous (sort of).  My son loves wearing Chinese outfits for some reason and put together this whole look by himself.  The white socks with black sandals complete the outfit.  Then he wore it to school.

Just sharing the joy.

Maine Lobster

I think they like Maine lobster

There is something so special about eating an entire Maine Lobster by oneself. If you are a fan of seafood, you know that there is nothing quite like the sweet, succulent meat of a Maine Lobster.  If you purchase live lobsters and bring them home, it can actually be an affordable meal!  And just as tasty as at a restaurant.  The best way to prepare the lobsters is to just boil them.  No fancy preparations or sauces, just the meat please.  Clarified butter is a must for dipping, but that's it.  YUM!

For you local people, there is a place called New England Lobster in South San Francisco that sells live Maine lobsters year round.  1 to 1 1/2 lb is the perfect size lobster for one person.  Check out the website:  http://www.newenglandlobster.net/shop/index.php   and try it yourself at home. 

Japanese Onsen

"Doesn't look real" view at Wakatake onsen

I haven't traveled recently but I was hoping to post a blog entry unrelated to food.  So I got to thinking about some of my travel experiences that I really want to share.  The first thing that came to my mind was the Japanese Onsen (hot mineral spring baths).

The first time I went to a Japanese Onsen was in 2006 with my Japanese friend.  She was planning our Japan trip and asked me if I'd like to go to an onsen.  "Uh, ok" was my response, secretly fretting about being naked in a communal bath with men and women.  After a couple of more conversations with my friend I learned that the genders are separated.  Ah!  Of course I'd like to go!  No problem!

This is an experience I think everyone should have.  Completely foreign, different, interesting, weird, and oh so Japanese.  The Japanese LOVE onsen.  I have never heard a Japanese person say otherwise.  Because of the life they live - existing in small, crowded, noisy spaces, they need an escape of peace and relaxation.   Onsen is embedded in Japanese history and culture and has a deep meaning to the Japanese that I will probably never understand, but I do truly enjoy visiting onsens!

Generally, going to an onsen is an overnight getaway.  Most onsens are inns or hotels with traditional Japanese food included.  We stayed at the Wakatake no Sho in Nikko in 2006 (very fancy) and Setsugetsuka in Hakone in 2008 (not so fancy).   I will write about Wakatake no Sho as it was the most incredible experience.  Nikko is picturesque and every shade of green, and there were even wild monkeys around the onsen.  When we entered the onsen we were greeted by impeccably dressed women in kimonos and offered tea and mochi.  So civilized!  We were also assigned an English speaking attendant which was fortunate as no one else at the inn spoke English.

The boys in their yukatas

We were guided to a room where we were given yukatas (casual kimono robes) and zori (slippers) to wear for the duration of our stay.  You can were your yukata the entire time at the onsen - even to the dining room!  It is so comfortable and I loved not thinking about what I should wear every day.  In some tourist areas, people even walk around town in their yukatas!

At the onsens I have visited all of the signs are in Japanese, and I couldn't understand them.  Occasionally I would recognize the kanji character for "water" and follow the path.  Somehow, we always found the onsen baths.

My experience, of course, is the women's baths.  When you enter there is a changing room where you leave your clothes.  You only take a clean washcloth with you, so most people hold the towel to strategically cover themselves.  A challenge with a tiny washcloth, but Japanese people are small :)   You then enter the indoor onsen bath area.  There are washing "stations" that you must use before entering any bath.  Each station has a faucet, round wooden bucket, soaps and shampoo, and a small wooden stool.  Sit on the stool and fill the bucket with water.  Wash your hair and your body vigorously with your towel.  I did this and thought I was squeaky clean.  I was about to stand up but then realized the women next to me, who were there scrubbing themselves before I sat down, were STILL scrubbing themselves.  Apparently, one should scrub herself two or three times!

Our balcony at Wakatake

After scrubbing yourself clean, you are fit to enter a bath (hot spring).  There is usually an indoor bath and an outdoor bath.  I personally love the outdoor bath because they are usually set in a garden with views.   The setting is always serene and peaceful, think of a beautiful Japanese garden with large, natural pools.  I can't do the setting justice so check out the pictures on the website:  http://www.wakatakenosyou.co.jp/spa/index.html

As one enters the bath, it is so warm, hot actually, and so soothing.  There is a continuous flow of water from the hot spring into the bath.  The other people in the bath are  happy and relaxed, often talking quietly or sitting back with closed eyes and their towel on their head.  Oh, an important note - never ever let your towel touch the bath water.  The towel has been dirtied with your scrubbing so it is not fit to enter the bath. 

Anyways, what I am trying to express about the onsen is that it is a peaceful oasis that is filled with happy people enjoying themselves.   A wonderful place to just be.  Please put visiting an onsen in Japan on your list of things to do in your lifetime.  Thanks for reading.

La Boulange Chocolate Gateau

Chocolate Gateau and Linda's Cream Puff

I am lucky enough to live in Cole Valley with an outpost of La Boulange Bakery.  This is a popular San Francisco French bakery chain.  I first fell in love with their Almond Croissant about 10 years ago, lovely marzipan in the middle and lots of almonds on top of the buttery croissant.  The best I have ever had.

Soon I had sampled many of their treats, some of my favorites were the Chocolate Gateau  (so chocolately and moist), the Canneles (crunchy and carmelized on the outside, moist custard on the inside), and homemade rosemary and sea salt Potato Chips.  But then, alas, they stopped making the Chocolate Gateau.

Fortunately, Pascal Rigo, the owner of La Boulange, had published a cookbook with the Chocolate Gateau recipe.   It just so happened that a friend of mine (who is a professional pastry chef) offered to show me how to make the gateau.  She did so graciously, and then I never made it again.  It was too daunting - I'm not a baker although I do try a little.

It's been a few years now, and I often think about attempting to bake the gateau.  Actually, I think about eating the gateau.  Well, today was the day that I baked one.  I was going to a friend's house for dinner (about 14 people would be there) and thought this was a worthy event to attempt the gateau. 

Out of the oven

The result - pretty good!  Dense and chocolately (a flourless cake and Sharffen-Berger chocolate) and good reviews from my kids and friends.  It would have been better if I didn't add double the chocolate ganache than the recipe calls for - oops.  When I took my first bite I was wondering if this was the gateau of my past, and it wasn't due to my mistake.   I am convinced that if I had added less ganache the gateau would have been more cake like, less dense, and perfect.  This cake goes extremely well with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, and berries.  If you're looking to make a cake that you can't buy anywhere, this is it.

The dinner, by the way, was Turkish food - kebabs and different salads, plus meze to begin that we devoured.  It's nice to have Turkish friends!  Here's the recipe for the gateau.

La Boulange Chocolate Gateau  
12 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (approx 2 cups)
4 oz unsalted butter
2 TBL unsweetened cocoa powder
4 extra large eggs, separated
2 extra large egg whites
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chocolate ganache (recipe to follow), melted


1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.  Spray a 10-in springform pan with vegetable oil spray and line the bottom with a circle of parchment paper.  Set aside.
2. In a large, heat-resistant bowl set over a pot of simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally.  Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk in the cocoa powder.  In a small bowl, whisk the egg yolks to break them up, and then whisk into the chocolate mixture.  Set aside.
3.  In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites and salt on medium speed until foamy.  Increase the speed to high and gradually add the sugar.  Continue to ship to medium-firm peaks - the peaks will droop slightly when you lift up the whisk.  Stif the egg whites, rather vigorously, into the warm chocolate mixture, until there are no white streaks visible.  You need not be gentle, as this cake is best without a lot of air incorporated into it.  Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, smooth it out, and pour the ganache on top.  Using a spoon or your fingers, marble the ganache into the batter.
4.  Bake in the center of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the center of the cake no longer looks shiny.  The cake will be puffed up and wobbly in the center but set on the edges.  It's a soft cake that will firm up as it cools.  Cool the cake completely, on a wire rack, before removing the side from the pan.
5.  To slice the cake (easiest when it is chilled), run a long knife under hot water, then wipe it off with a towel, and cut the cake into slices.  The cake can be kept 3 days at room temperature or up to 5 days if refrigerated.


Chocolate Ganache
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
4 oz semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (approx 3/4 cup)
4 oz bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (approx 3/4 cup)
1 TBL light corn syrup


1.  In a small saucepan, bring the cream to the scalding point over medium-high heat.  
2.  In a medium heat-resistant bowl, combine the semisweet chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, and corn syrup.
3.  Pour the scalded cream over the chocolate mixture and gently whisk until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.  Remember to use only 1/2 cup for the gateau recipe!  You could always try halving the ganache recipe as well.  good luck!

Judahlicious

Ocean Beach Dune Jumping

I like meat.  I'm not a vegetarian and find preparing a vegetarian meal very challenging.   I mean, what meal is not better without bacon?  And soup or risotto without chicken stock?  Come on!

That said, I love Judahlicious, a vegan/raw food restaurant in the Outer Sunset.  From spring to fall, my family rides bikes from our house through Golden Gate Park all the way to Ocean Beach.  We usually ride bikes on Sunday when the roads are closed to automobiles.  My husband and I felt like we needed a destination lunch so we searched online and found Judahlicious.  The Park Chalet and Beach Chalet restaurants at Ocean Beach just don't do it for us and all of the french fries and burgers seemed to defeat the purpose of exercise.

The first time I walked into Judahlicious I looked at the menu and thought "blah.  what the heck is this stuff?"  Hemp, grains, seeds, acai berry, flax - I guess I knew what all of these things were but I'd never prepared them all together and eaten them.  It just sounds like rabbit food.

Sherpa Sandwich

Clearly, I was wrong.  The beauty of Judahlicious is in the sheer number of ingredients per dish and the wonderful dressings/sauces that they make.   My favorite item is the Sherpa Sandwich which contains Hemp Pesto, Mediterranean hummus, shredded carrots, sprouts, avocado, and marinated kale served open face on a dense sprouted grain and seed loaf topped with Curry Cashew Cream and vegan parmesan.   The Curry Cashew Cream is yum!  So tasty and creamy,  turning all of the vegetables below it into a delicious healthfest.  While healthy, I doubt the Cashew Cream is low in calories.  I don't mind, I always feel healthy and happy that I ate the Sherpa Sandwich.

Acai Berry Bowl

My kids love and I mean LOVE the Acai Berry Bowl.  Frozen Acai Berry blended with apple juice topped with Hemp Granola and sliced bananas.  We are able to get two young boys to ride 7 miles round trip on their bikes because of the Acai Berry Bowl.   The Acai Berry has a nice subtle fruit flavor, not too sweet.  The Hemp Granola on top is so good that we went next door to the health food store to try to find it (which we did).  Now, my boys eat Hemp Granola for breakfast every morning.  The portion is large but even my 6 year old polishes it off.  My husband and I can no longer grab bites of the kids' bowls without retaliation so we order our own to share.


One of my other favorite dishes is the 1/2 Nekked Burrito.  It is in the raw food classification at Judahlicious.  The tortilla is a homemade cilantro tortilla filled with beans, rice, cilantro, onion, and avocado topped with a Cashew Sour Cream and a pineapple mango habanero sauce.  It has a good kick and is a very filling dish.

Nori Wrap

My husband likes the Nori Wrap.  It contains Sun Pâté or Un2nA Spread (don't know what these things are), daikon radish, celery, carrot wrapped in raw nori and served with a Hemp Wasabi dip.  I tried it and I guess it tasted ok, but I was conflicted.  I kept thinking "This should be real sushi".  It just didn't jive with my tastebuds - I would not order this.  One of the rare times my husband and I disagree on food.

After Judahlicious, we head to Ocean Beach and the kids go dune jumping before heading home.  This is what I consider a joyful day.

Judahlicious is located at:

3906 Judah St. at 44th Ave
San Francisco 94122
(415) 66 – JUICE

No Hours Posted.  I guess it keeps a proper hippie atmosphere.

King of Noodle

Noodle speed eating

This is the place that inspired my blog.  It is a hole in the wall on Irving Street where no one I know has ever dined.  We (my family) happened upon this place in our customary hunt for good eats fairly close to home.  It is about 20 blocks from our house.

King of Noodle is a small family run restaurant where the owners make their own noodles.  The first time we ate there a friendly Mandarin speaking woman came out of the kitchen and admired my boys' long eyelashes.  I wish I could have communicated with her and asked her about her restaurant.

Fresh Noodles w/Master Green

I saw her in the kitchen later pulling noodles by hand - she made it look so easy!  The result are the longest noodles I have ever had the pleasure to eat.  We ordered the "Fresh Noodles with Master Green".  I know - what a name!  We originally ordered it because we had to find out what is Master Green.  Turns out it is a soup with chopped greens, bits of pork, and noodles.  Oh the joy!  The soup has a wonderful healthy flavor and the noodles....well let's just say they're probably the best noodles I have ever eaten.  My husband concurs.  They just taste so fresh with a pleasing bite.  So far, this is our favorite dish at this restaurant.  It is soothing and healthy.  It has the ability to almost cure a hangover.

My eldest son's favorite dish is salt and pepper tofu.  Perfectly deep-fried, uniformly browned tofu cubes with salt and pepper.  They come piping hot to the table - if you pop one in your mouth you will surely have a burnt tongue.  Take a bite of one and be thankful.

Shanghai dumplings (pork dumplings with soup) are my favorite Chinese dumpling.  We are always on a quest to find the best Shanghai dumplings (more on that in future posts!).  King of Noodle Shanghai dumplings are very good - a good amount of soup bursts out of each dumpling and the pork is tasty.  Be sure to dip in the soy/vinegar sauce and then eat them out of a spoon.

The other dumpling we enjoy is Pork dumplings with Corn.  These are prepared in a steamed pot sticker style.  They are juicy and the corn compliments the pork nicely. 

Tonight my family ordered 1 Fresh Noodle with Master Green, 2 Shanghai Dumpling (6 pcs to an order), 1 Pork and Corn Dumpling (12 pcs to an order), and 1 Salt & Pepper Tofu.  The total was $32.   Delicious and a bargain.  My only complaint is this place could use a good clean.

Pork w/Corn Dumplings

Salt & Pepper Tofu

Shanghai Dumplings

King of Noodle is located at:

1639 Irving Street
(between 17th Ave & 18th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94122
Neighborhood: Inner Sunset

(415) 566-8318

Hours:  M/T/Sun 11:30 - 10:00
             W/Th        5:00 - 10:00
             F/Sat       11:30 - 10:30

The first post!

I've never thought of myself as a blogger.   I'm generally a quiet person and I'm not a writer.  So what would I blog about?

Lately I've been thinking that I'd like to share many things that I have experienced, so other people can have that same experience (or something similar) if they'd so like.  Tonight I was eating at one of my favorite cheap eats in S.F. that I recently discovered and thought "I'm going to start a blog and share the joy".  So here it is.

I hope you enjoy reading my blog and would love your comments.