While the folks were in town we had a scrumptious dinner at Aziza, a Moroccan / California eatery in the Richmond district of San Francisco. Amusing story: we actually wanted to go to El Mansour but couldn’t remember the name, recalling the restaurant as “some Moroccan place in the Richmond.” Anyhow, we ended up at Aziza and despite a bit of consternation at where the belly dancers and rose water were, we focused on the food and weren’t disappointed.

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Frozen pizza is one of those convenience foods that we latch onto every once in a while, since it’s so easy to prepare and I’ve rarely met a pizza I didn’t like. We usually heat up this Trader Joe’s Four Cheese pizza thing and put our own toppings on. However, on a whim we tried this different brand of pizza that was good enough that I’ll recommend it on this blog: American Flatbread Pizza.

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San Mateo (where we live) has a handful of pretty good Japanese restaurants, and probably the best known is Sushi Sam’s. We don’t go there too often as it tends to be really crowded with a fair wait. But last night we took the chance and as usual, I left satisfied.

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A few weekends ago we walked to the Burlingame Farmer’s Market (ought to make that a regular activity) and on the way back, stopped by Stangelini’s Italian Deli which is a few blocks away from our apartment. It’s a pretty retro Italian corner store, but they do make some killer sandwiches and a homemade lasagna.

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Kitchen Nightmares stars abrasive chef Gordon Ramsay where the set-up is failing restaurants in dire need of professional help. I guess this show has been running in Britain for a while and this is its first season in America. Chef Ramsay has a blunt and slightly rude style where he swears profusely and berates the proprietors - chefs all the way down to wait-staff - and implements his plan to save a different restaurant each week from ruin.

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So… once again I don’t usually write about food, but this past weekend we visited one of my vices of San Francisco: Indian ice cream. More specifically, there’s a hole-in-the-wall type joint near 16th and Valencia in the Mission called “Bombay Ice Creamery“.

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I don’t usually blog about food, but this recent article in SF Gate about one critic’s search for the ultimate burrito had my mouth watering.

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I’m always on the lookout for new sodas sporting bottle caps for my collection at Bottle Cap-O-Rama, so here’s one: Dry Soda based in Seattle.

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Pretty nice article in the Chronicle about plate lunch in the Bay Area. Having grown up in Hawaii, I certainly have a soft spot for the two scoops rice and island meat meal.

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Been posting probably way too much about the MacBook and bottle caps so maybe for a change of pace, I’ll describe Frjtz’s, this place I had lunch at. It’s in Ghirahdeli Square, near Fisherman’s Wharf, where I work.

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