Interplanet Janet (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wildpaletz) wrote in chrysoula, |
food!
Coincidentally, I was emailing my family some online links/menus of places we could eat in May when they come into town for graduation.
Here they are for you:
Cafe de la Paz - south American and Venezualan tapas
Tibetan. I like the word, "momos". It's basically dumplings.
Vietnamese, particularly crab dripping with butter, pan-fried catfish. They don't mention, but one of their best dishes are these light eggy crepes that have sprouts, chicken, shrimp, and mushrooms in them. Crispy perfection.
Asian Fusion food. Interesting combinations...lavender creme brulee. Grilled things.
The Stinking Rose. All garlic, all the time. I think 40-clove garlic chicken sounds like a feast thing.
Restaurant Lulu's - French/Californian cuisine.
Menara, of course.
Chez Panisse, of course, as well. Check out both the set manu (which changes every day) and the cafe menu (which, well, also changes).
There's also a Burmese place called Nan Yang in Oakland, though their menu isn't on line. They have garlic & mango noodles, where the noodles are light and tender, as well as some really interesting salads. For example: ginger salad, which has marinated ginger, peanuts, coconut, dried shrimp, a couple chili peppers, lentils, dried garlic. There's some other ingredients but I can't remember. It's crunchy and sweet and bitter and a really extraordinary combination of flavors. (I recommend it to people visiting the East Bay, as well. It's not hard to get to.)
For my dad's remarriage, we had a - I think it was - Malaysian wedding feast, which had a whole bunch of courses. Unfortunately, I can't remember the details now. :(. I wish I had written them down. The food just KEPT COMING and it was all superb. Fruit and meat together.
Coincidentally, I was emailing my family some online links/menus of places we could eat in May when they come into town for graduation.
Here they are for you:
Cafe de la Paz - south American and Venezualan tapas
Tibetan. I like the word, "momos". It's basically dumplings.
Vietnamese, particularly crab dripping with butter, pan-fried catfish. They don't mention, but one of their best dishes are these light eggy crepes that have sprouts, chicken, shrimp, and mushrooms in them. Crispy perfection.
Asian Fusion food. Interesting combinations...lavender creme brulee. Grilled things.
The Stinking Rose. All garlic, all the time. I think 40-clove garlic chicken sounds like a feast thing.
Restaurant Lulu's - French/Californian cuisine.
Menara, of course.
Chez Panisse, of course, as well. Check out both the set manu (which changes every day) and the cafe menu (which, well, also changes).
There's also a Burmese place called Nan Yang in Oakland, though their menu isn't on line. They have garlic & mango noodles, where the noodles are light and tender, as well as some really interesting salads. For example: ginger salad, which has marinated ginger, peanuts, coconut, dried shrimp, a couple chili peppers, lentils, dried garlic. There's some other ingredients but I can't remember. It's crunchy and sweet and bitter and a really extraordinary combination of flavors. (I recommend it to people visiting the East Bay, as well. It's not hard to get to.)
For my dad's remarriage, we had a - I think it was - Malaysian wedding feast, which had a whole bunch of courses. Unfortunately, I can't remember the details now. :(. I wish I had written them down. The food just KEPT COMING and it was all superb. Fruit and meat together.
