Friday, February 29, 2008

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

Sunday, February 10, 2008

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

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

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

Friday, January 25, 2008

Pho Queen Noodle House

Lunch

Super fast turnover, very yummy pho and other Vietnamese cuisine.

1133 Tasman Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(408) 745-7753

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Zibibbo

January 2007
Dinner with Lowell

Zibibbo

430 Kipling Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 328-6722

Judy's Cafe

December 2007
Brunch with GSBers

Judy's is a popular Marina brunch spot that always has lines in front of it on weekend mornings. We waited over half an hour to get a table for 7 (worked out well since most of the party was late). There is outside seating, and then two floors upstairs, but still pretty cramped. The food was good, though not phenomenal -- we were wondering what all of those long waits were for. Bechelli's two blocks down is about the same food for less wait and money I think.

2268 Chestnut Street (between Scott and Pierce), San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 922-4588

South Park Cafe

January 2008
Dinner with Lowell

South Park is a very cute few block neighborhood in the middle of SoMa between Bryant & Brannan and Second & Third Streets. The cafe is small and comfortable, and the food very reasonable and yummy. I had a baked goat cheese and frisee salad and a rack of lamb with pesto and macaroni. They have a $34 price fixe for one appetizer, one entre and one dessert.

108 South Park, San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 495-7275

Junnoon

January 2008
Drinks with Pipers

Junnoon is an "eclectic modern Indian" restaurant with a great sitting/lounge area in the front, which is perfect for a pitcher of mojito before dinner.

150 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 329-9644

Monday, December 10, 2007

Ten-Ichi

Saturday, December 8, 2007
Katy's birthday dinner

2235 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 346-3477

Bar Crudo

Friday, December 7, 2007
Dinner with Joyse

Bar Crudo is great little restaurant with extensive Belgian beer list and wine list. A lot of small plates of raw food, which is delicious but probably not filling (especially if you are drinking...)

603 Bush St. (Stockton St.), San Francisco, CA
415-956-0396

Plumed Horse

Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Work dinner

Very nice French/New American restaurant in downtown Saratoga. Cool wine cellar that is two stories deep with a glass floor from the first level. Quite pricey.

www.plumedhorse.com

14555 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070
(408) 867-4711

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Krung Thai

Thursday, December 6, 2007
Dinner with Japan

Super authentic and yummy Thai food. Alot of their dishes are super spicy. Fantastic soup (Tom Yum Gai I think), and their sweet sticky rice with mango dessert is amazing.

There is also an original Krung Thai down the street, but New one is better.

580 N. Winchester Blvd., near Forrest Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 248-3435