The Prolific Oven

Lunch with Marie

I had been to the bakery in Palo Alto (which has wonderful rich cakes), but the one in San Jose is a nice cafe for lunch with yummy sandwiches and soup.

3938 Rivermark Plaza, Santa Clara, CA
(408) 986-8388

Brunello

Dinner with Katy, Libby, and Sean

A cute Italian place off of Santa Cruz with great food and reasonable wine.

651-H Maloney Lane, Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 328-2778

Messob Ethiopian Restaurant

Dinner with Rosabel

Low key place in Piedmont. Had never had Ethiopian food, but loved eating with my hands and the puffy bread, and they had a great combo plate for $18 that just stuffed the two of us.

4301 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 428-1122

Totto

Saturday, February 9, 2008
Dinner with Take and dad

Best yakitori in NYC I think. Good selection of shochu also

251 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019
(212) 245-4555

Oyster Bar

Saturday, February 9, 2008
Appetizers with Take and dad

Classic NY, downstairs in Grand Central station, the Oyster Bar is our family favorite for appetizers of oysters, cherry stone clams and clam chowder (and chardonney) before going out to dinner. They have great selection of oysters from around North America. Love sitting at the bar.

89 E 42nd St (downstairs in Grand Central), New York, NY 10017
(212) 490-6650

Public

Saturday, February 9, 2008
Brunch with Scott

I love Public for brunch. So yummy with awesome bloody marys.

210 Elizabeth Street (Between Spring Street and Prince Street) New York, NY 10012
(212) 343-7011

Esperante

Friday, February 8, 2008
High school friends

A fun and yummy East Village Brazilian place with great drinks and fun atmosphere

145 Ave C (@ E 9th Street) New York, NY 10009
(212) 505-6559

Cafe au Beethovenplatz

Sunday February 4, 2008
Brunch

Great restaurant in the university district. They have a Sunday brunch with live jazz/piano, was a wonderful find.

Goethestrasse 51, Munich, Germany
(089) 54 40 43 48

Garam Masala

Friday, February 1, 2008
Lunch

We had lunch at this Indian place off of Marienplayz on our last day in Munich. SO good. We probably went overboard on the ordering, helped by one Indian colleague and another who's lived there, but delicious and filling.

Am Radlsteg 1, 80331 Munchen
(0 89) 24 24 59 07

Spatenhaus

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Cisco dinner

Nice Bavarian place with traditional food and good beer...

Residenzstrasse 12, Munich
089/2-90-70-60

Hofbrauhaus

Monday, January 28, 2008
Cisco folks


The most famous traditional Bavarian beer house in Munich

Am Platzl 9, Munich Germany

Wirtshaus in der Au

Monday, January 28, 2008
Cisco dinner


Wirtshaus in der Au has traditional Bavarian fare and beer.

Lilienstr. 5181669 München
+49-(0)89-44 81 400