If you’re in SF and are in the mood for Korean/Japanese cuisine make sure you try Namu Restuarant. But if you are in SF on a Saturday morning, make sure you go to the Ferry Building farmers market. Namu has a stand there and they sell some pretty awesome food.
I got Korean Tacos and Garlic Chicken Omurice
Other items they have during the farmers market are:
Gamja Fries
Kimchi Fried Rice
Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake)
Asparagus Tempura
Jook or porridge deserves another post. Here is one that I made.
Ingredients:
1) Marinate the chicken breast with your favorite spices. I use a few simple items around my kitchen, soy sauce, salt & pepper, olive oil and honey.
2) Leave it soaked in for 2-3 hours and then cut the chicken up into 1-2 inch cubes. Once cut, cook the chicken briefly for about 5 mins on the frying pan.
3) Cook the rice - if you don’t have a rice cooker, I would recommend buying one. It’s worth it.
4) Toss the rice and chicken in a pot and add a can of chicken broth. The broth should be about an inch above your mixed rice & chicken, but if you need more liquid, you can just add a little bit of water to get it there.
5) Bring it to a boil and turn the stove to low and let it simmer for 20 mins or so. Be careful not to let the chicken broth evaporate entirely. Stir the jook every few minutes to prevent it from sticking to the pan. If you see that the chicken broth is evaporating too much, then you can add more water. At this point the jook is ready for you to serve, but depending on how soft or sticky you want your jook to be, you can either cook it longer to get it more sticky and softer or you can take it off the stove early to get a harder and more watery jook.
Since we’re on the topic of the spanish paella, here is the best one I’ve ever had. This is a lobster Paella from a restaurant in NY called Pipa Restaurant. The rice is nice and soft and you can really taste the flavor of the seafood in the rice.
This is Rösti which is the Swiss version of a hash brown. Of course if they are on my post, they are far superior than just an ordinary hash brown. What I love most about a Rösti is that its nice and crispy on the outside, but the inside is super soft and you can actually taste the potatoe. The above two are pork curry Rösti and a breakfast Rösti. My favorite is the pork curry Rösti.
Tapas is awesome. I like it because you get many variety of dishes in small amounts. The added benefit is it usually makes you feel good cause most likely you finished all of the food. Left overs makes me feel a little guilty so I always feel good when I am able to finish all my food.
This is a spanish tapas place I found in Switzerland (Restaurant Rechberg). The Paella was pretty good cause the ratio between rice and seafood is well balanced.
The photos above are:
Octopus
King Prawns
Seafood Paella
I found passion fruit in Switzerland!
I was so ecstatic when I found them in the super market in Switzerland (called Coop Theaterstrasse 18, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland - 043 268 87 00). I got to eat one everyday while I was out there. It was a great two weeks, I must say!
The big orange one was better than the purple one. I think it was from Australia.
Recently I went on a trip to Switzerland and was lucky enough taste some really awesome food. This restaurant was surprisingly my favorite. Chuchi was a traditional swiss cheese fondue restaurant. When you first walk in you think it smells like feet, but after you sit there for a minute the smell just grows on you. Trust me!
Pictured in these photos are 3 of my favorite dishes at that restaurant:
-pear flavored cheese fondue
-Sauerkraut sausage soup
-Toblerone ice cream
The sauerkraut soup was a great starter because it opens up your appetite. Of course the Toblerone ice cream was a great finish leaving you fully satisfied.
I love Korean food because they give you those small dishes with your order, unfortunately, most places do not give you the fried whole fish with those small dishes. Out of all the small dishes, I like the fried whole fish the best.
So far the only Korean Restaurant near my neighborhood that includes the fried fish in their collection of small dishes is Tofu House in Cupertino Village.
My friends and I are throwing a party and went to Mountain View to check out Xanh. We wanted to try the food and review the atmosphere first hand so we decided to just have dinner there.
These pictures are the dishes we ordered.
My favorite was definitely the shaking beef. It was surprisingly tender and juicy. It literally surprised me when I took my first bite. My other favorite is the Crab martini. It crab, cucumbers, avocado and onions mixed in a white sauce with lemon juice. You eat it with chips so I guess its sort of like a seafood dip for your chips.
The Sea Bass and Duck was pretty mediocre. Definitely not worth it for the price. As for the other items, it was good but not too memorable. Although I did remember liking the ahi tuna, but it was nothing special. You can get that anywhere. But this place is still worth the try. Just make sure you stick with the yummy items!
Food cart! I love food served in a cart, especially good food. This is a crepe cart and can be found on 546 Howard Street between James Lick Fwy & 1st Street in San Francisco.
You can go there in the morning and get a ham egg and cheese crepe or you can get a chocolate and vanilla ice cream crepe to satisfy your sweet tooth. But the best crepe I’ve ever tasted is the one I had in this picture. It has beef, avocado, cheese, sour cream and peppers - basically a beef taco but in crepe form. Trust me, you have to try it!
