Friday, September 26, 2008
Ben Sherman Jacket
Augustin/Viet/Recluse's early birthday gift. A Ben Sherman Dark Carbon 4 pocket short jacket. Boy, I really outdid myself.
Restaurant Review - Stinking Rose (San Francisco)
The Stinking Rose
325 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133
Louisiana Shrimp (small) $12.95 - Shrimp in garlic tomato broth. I just really enjoyed the tomato broth. It was like eating a very hearty sour tomato soup. Kind of wish they have a cheaper version of just the tomato broth by itself.
Garlic Roasted Prime Rib $29.95 - 100& USDA certified prime, Midwestern beef served with garlic yukon gold mashed potatoes and creamed swiss chard. Ordered medium rare but got medium instead (the actual meat didn't look as rare as it does in the picture). Tastes the way prime rib should, but what a presentation!
Neon Ravioli $14.95 - Ravioli filled wtih potat & cheese garlic basil alfredo sauce. Not sure if the ravioli was undercooked or overcooked; the sides of the ravioli was a little hard. Nothing too exciting. Must have ordered it because it had "neon" in the name. I guess based on this experience I must say that I do not enjoy potato filled ravioli.
Bottom Line: $72 for two. All the dishes contain garlic but no real signature dishes that we haven't tried at other restaurants. Recommend you to try other places in North Beach.
325 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133
Louisiana Shrimp (small) $12.95 - Shrimp in garlic tomato broth. I just really enjoyed the tomato broth. It was like eating a very hearty sour tomato soup. Kind of wish they have a cheaper version of just the tomato broth by itself.
Garlic Roasted Prime Rib $29.95 - 100& USDA certified prime, Midwestern beef served with garlic yukon gold mashed potatoes and creamed swiss chard. Ordered medium rare but got medium instead (the actual meat didn't look as rare as it does in the picture). Tastes the way prime rib should, but what a presentation!
Neon Ravioli $14.95 - Ravioli filled wtih potat & cheese garlic basil alfredo sauce. Not sure if the ravioli was undercooked or overcooked; the sides of the ravioli was a little hard. Nothing too exciting. Must have ordered it because it had "neon" in the name. I guess based on this experience I must say that I do not enjoy potato filled ravioli.
Bottom Line: $72 for two. All the dishes contain garlic but no real signature dishes that we haven't tried at other restaurants. Recommend you to try other places in North Beach.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Restaurant Review - Eagle Cafe (Pier 39)
Eagle Cafe
Pier 39
2nd floor
Fresh Raw Oysters on the 1/2 Shell, 6 oysters - $12. They have a list of different oysters on the menu from the bar but they only had Fanny Bay and Cheseapeke Bay the day we were there. I forget which was what but one was a little creamier than the other. Other than that, it's raw oysters! How can you not enjoy this?
1/2 lb of Peel & Eat garlic shrimp - $18. Do not be deceived by it's looks ... it's actually very tasy. They also give you sourdough bread to make sure none of the garlic sauce goes to waste!
Ginger, Garlic, Scallions, and Oyster Sauce Crab -$38. Tastes very Asian. I was wishing they served rice with it. We enjoyed it very much! Is it a custom to offer the waiter a leg? Because there was this one guy who came by our table about 4 times to ask us how the crab was ... we already told him it was good, it's not like the flavor changes over time?
Oyster Shooters.
On the Left: The basic oyster shooter with horseradish & cocktail sauce - $4.
On the Right: Oyster Shooter with Absolut Peppar Vodka, Red Chili Sauce & Lemon - $8.
They sure give a lot of Vodka because Viet still managed to turn red despite having eaten a meal before taking this shooter.
Bottom line: $95.89 for two. They had other items on the menu (burgers, salads, sandwiches), but seeing how we were at the Pier, we figured we ought to pig out on Seafood. We definitely left this place satisfied. It was enough food to fill us but not too much to stuff us! Besides, we wanted a little room for some dessert at Dreyer's.
Pier 39
2nd floor
Fresh Raw Oysters on the 1/2 Shell, 6 oysters - $12. They have a list of different oysters on the menu from the bar but they only had Fanny Bay and Cheseapeke Bay the day we were there. I forget which was what but one was a little creamier than the other. Other than that, it's raw oysters! How can you not enjoy this?
1/2 lb of Peel & Eat garlic shrimp - $18. Do not be deceived by it's looks ... it's actually very tasy. They also give you sourdough bread to make sure none of the garlic sauce goes to waste!
Ginger, Garlic, Scallions, and Oyster Sauce Crab -$38. Tastes very Asian. I was wishing they served rice with it. We enjoyed it very much! Is it a custom to offer the waiter a leg? Because there was this one guy who came by our table about 4 times to ask us how the crab was ... we already told him it was good, it's not like the flavor changes over time?
Oyster Shooters.
On the Left: The basic oyster shooter with horseradish & cocktail sauce - $4.
On the Right: Oyster Shooter with Absolut Peppar Vodka, Red Chili Sauce & Lemon - $8.
They sure give a lot of Vodka because Viet still managed to turn red despite having eaten a meal before taking this shooter.
Bottom line: $95.89 for two. They had other items on the menu (burgers, salads, sandwiches), but seeing how we were at the Pier, we figured we ought to pig out on Seafood. We definitely left this place satisfied. It was enough food to fill us but not too much to stuff us! Besides, we wanted a little room for some dessert at Dreyer's.
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