Shanghai dumplings – Mama Ji’s
Xiao long bao soup dumplings served with sweet soy sauce and ginger. $3.75 Mama Ji’s, San Francisco CA I love XLB partly because they’re SO fun to eat. People have always warned me of the ones served...
View ArticleSchmaltz rice – Mission Chinese Food
Dressed in chicken fat, with cucumber, cilantro, ginger, green onion, fried garlic and hot sauce. $7.50 Mission Chinese Food, San Francisco CA Ok, how can rice cooked with chicken fat not be simply...
View ArticleHappy hour cocktails – Nola
Ginger Julep: Bulleit bourbon, house made ginger syrup, Evolution lemon juice, muddled fresh mint, Bundaberg ginger beer. $6 Nola, Palo Alto CA You never know how a bar is gonna pour when they have...
View ArticleCocktails – Town Hall
Haze on Howard: Belvedere Vodka, ginger liqueur, vermouth, blackberries, lime. $12 Town Hall, San Francisco CA Oooo, I was excited to visit Town Hall for the first time since living in SF. I can’t...
View ArticleGarlic pork flavor spicy ramen – Ramen Dojo
Roasted pork, fried whole garlic, kikurage mushroom, fresh green chives, quail egg, and chicken gravy (cooked ground chicken, chopped shiitake mushroom, chopped ginger, sesame oil, shredded red...
View ArticleSoy sauce flavor spicy ramen – Ramen Dojo
Roasted pork, fried whole garlic, kikurage mushroom, fresh green chives, quail egg, and chicken gravy (cooked ground chicken, chopped shiitake mushroom, chopped ginger, sesame oil, shredded red...
View ArticlePork sisig – Leslie’s Restaurant
Boiled, grilled, then sauteed pork meat with various spices, onions, ginger and calamansi. 299 PHP Leslie’s Restaurant, Tagaytay PHILIPPINES Mmm, pork sisig is SO tasty! Yeah, it’s not the healthiest...
View ArticleHainanese chicken – Epic
Half chicken cooked Hainan-style, served with chicken rice, broth, ginger sauce and sambal. 450 PHP Epic, Boracay PHILIPPINES This dish was really good! I don’t think it was that authentic because it...
View ArticleVegetable and pork steamed dumplings – Shanghai Dumpling King
10 pieces $5.50 Shanghai Dumpling King, San Francisco I still can’t believe how cheap all the dumplings are here! You get ten delicious dumplings for under six bucks! This is why I love these small,...
View ArticleHanoi style beef noodle soup – Basil Leaf Asian Cuisine
Pho bo. Lightly stir-fried eye round steak, ginger and garlic served with fresh noodle. Small $7.50 Basil Leaf Asian Cuisine, Fremont CA This soup was pretty good, but I didn’t like that the beef...
View ArticleGinger chicken ramen – The Ramen Bar
Shio tare, grilled chicken, soy-cured egg, yuzu. $12 The Ramen Bar, San Francisco CA This ramen was clean and comforting. The chicken was super succulent and the ramen noodles were perfectly cooked....
View ArticleShoyu tonkotsu ramen – The Ramen Bar
Shoyu tare, chasu, ginger, kikurage, soy-cured egg. $14 The Ramen Bar, San Francisco CA This tasted good, but I was kinda sad that my egg was beat up! If you’re paying fourteen bucks for a bowl of...
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