Candice, Brian, Ben(their neighbor) and I went to La Victoria Taqueria and it was delicious. They have this orange sauce that is phenomenally good. I don’t know what they put in it because it is somewhat creamy, but vegan, and sooooo good. I got the veggie burrito and it was amazing with the orange sauce all over it.
I had a great time talking to Robert at TGI Friday’s. I could really use his help on the board game to get the iconography right and the mechanics clearly displayed.
Today for lunch I went to Mela Tandoori Kitchen with Bo and Yumin. This was right before their wedding. I got lots of pictures of them but gave the memory card to Bo so that he would have the pictures, and I’ll update this post when I get the pictures.
I went to Suppenkuche with Chris H and Francis. Chris is pretty much done with his coursework for the PhD and is going to be hanging around SF a lot more. I will probably go hang out with him and work on PRAINZ some days. He lives in a nice place in the city and it will be fun to hang out with him. This will help him keep on topic as well as helping me to keep on topic. (Suppenkuche Site)
The restaurant was really nice, albeit a little expensive. I got a fabulous mushroom soup and dumpling stuffed roasted chicken with potato pancakes. I got two different beers and the second was really tasty, but I can’t recall what it is.
After Suppenkuche we got ice cream at a close by shop, Smitten Ice Cream. I got the salted caramel and it was delicious. (Smitten Site)
I had a great time at the meatball invitational. A lot of people ended up coming as well. Jessica, Caryn, Nima, Simon, Tony, and others showed up for the meatball making. I served up some tofu pasta that some people liked and otherts thought was a little strange. I really liked the meatballs and the marinara sauce that Nick made. I am looking forward to eating a good number of them over the next few months. I had a good bit of wine, some beer, some cider, and some liquor, but it was spaced out over the whole afternoon and evening.
This morning we went to the farmers market and I had my normal samosa. Steph got bolani and egg salad tofu. I got some blueberries and toffee almonds. Once we got back to my place we hung around a bit and then went off to Safeway. I then biked to whole foods and got some of the pasta that Jeff gave me when I visited him in Atlanta. It was delicious. I then stopped by the Milk Pail Market and got some cheese. I think I should do my grocery shopping at the milk pail from now on.
When we got back to Mountain View Nima suggested that we go by the Persian Market that he frequents. It is called Rose International Market, and has a lot of really good, decently priced food. They have a kitchen in the back that will make amazing kabobs. They wrap the kabobs in flatbread and the flatbread soaks up all the juices from the cooked meat. It is tasty, a lot of food, and cheap. We took it back to his place and ate there. He also talked us into trying a carbonated yogurt drink, which was decently tasty. It isn’t good on its own, but when you are eating something fatty I could see it being pretty good. Steph also got a desert from there that Nima says translates to the ‘yellow soft’ stuff. It was really strongly flavored, but pretty good.
After the sailing we decided to stop by some fancy places. The first was a little winery tasting room for MJA Vineyards. We had some of their wine, but didn’t think it was that great. The chocolate covered coffee beans were pretty tasty, but that didn’t justify a purchase. After the wine tasting we went to a chocolatier and got a lot of chocolate. Steph was cute and kept seeing something else she thought sounded tasty and she would grab one and add it to our pile. We ended up getting 11 different kinds of chocolate. We tried one while driving back and it was really good. I don’t think it was quite as good as the Chocolate Garage chocolates, but still nice. It was more flavored with not as great chocolate.
Last night Steph and I met up with Nima and Caryn at the Old Pro. We got a couple of appetizers between us, and it was pretty good, but greasy food. We also had a few drinks and it was a nice time. Afterwards we went back to Nima and Caryn’s place. On the way we stopped by Fresh and Easy to get some food for sailing.
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