For lunch, Tina wanted the Hot Pastrami Sandwich available at the Fry's Electronics cafe and that sounded pretty good to me.

We met up with a couple friends, Dave Weldon and Dave Menestrina, for dinner. Originally, we had chosen to go to Truya Sushi but they were closed on Sundays. We then decided to head over to Dynasty Chinese Seafood Restaurant (10123 N Wolfe Rd, Cupertino, CA‎ - (408) 996-1680‎). Tina and I both wanted fish so Tina picked out a steamed fish head dish. The meat from the head of a steamed fish is cut up and served in a tasty spicy sauce.

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What I Ate: March 8, 2009 (Dynasty Chinese Seafood)

I made some spicy ramen with egg for lunch.

For dinner, Tina and I attended an invitation only dinner at Parcel 104 called "Pastry Chef Goes Savory" featuring the cuisine of Parcel 104's Pastry Chef, Carlos Sanchez. Carlos has been with Parcel 104 for 8 years (ever since he helped open the restaurant) and once a year he prepares an entire dinner. This year's dinner was excellent. (Click here to read about our previous dinner at Parcel 104.)

Breadsticks and dill muffins were brought to our table. One stick was plain/salted, the other was a cheese stick. The dill muffin was soft and fluffy with an incredibly good buttery flavor that worked well with the dill.

The first of six courses was the sonoma foie gras kumquat fruit, sausalito watercress, raisin batard bread. The salty and intense foie gras worked really well with the sweet and sour kumquat. I really liked this appetizer, and it might be one of the best ways I've had foie gras. In this preparation, I was able to adjust (without even thinking about it) the amount of foie, citrus, watercress, and bread to have together so it tastes best to me.

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What I Ate: March 7, 2009 (Parcel 104)

Handheld, 1/350 sec at f/3.2 on ISO 100, 105mm f/2.8 macro lens

I had a Trader Joe's Chicken Chile Verde Burrito for lunch.

In the evening, we went to see Watchmen (3.75/5.0) in the theater. I squatted in our seats while Tina went to get dinner for us. She came back with a foot long Subway Oven Roasted Chicken Breast Sandwich which we split. Unfortunately, it was so dark, I couldn't take a picture.

I grabbed a BLT with Avocado sandwich from Crossroads Cafe (699 Delancey St, San Francisco, CA‎ - (415) 836-5624‎) for lunch.

For dinner, we met up with Cliff and Connie at Amber India Restaurant. We started with an order of Vegetable Samosa.

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What I Ate: March 5, 2009 (Crossroads Cafe, Amber India)

I had a Trader Joe's Chicken Chile Verde Burrito for a light lunch.

For dinner, I continued my Bay Area dining "Death March". With exactly 6 weeks left to go before our move to Austin, Tina and I hit San Jose's The Grill on the Alley (172 S Market St, San Jose, CA‎ - (408) 294-2244‎). I went there because I had heard from several people that they serve the best steak in South Bay (along side Alexander's Steakhouse). We started with their jumbo lump crab cake which tasted like it was all crab and no binder. The crab flavor was so good that it was almost like we were eating fresh crab. No fancy flavors, just crab and a few herbs to balance the flavor. The sauce was smooth, creamy, and didn't overwhelm the crab flavor. Very simple and straightforward flavor, but excellently prepared.

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What I Ate: March 4, 2009 (The Grill on the Alley)

Unique lamps made from old milk bottles hang over one of the tables at Calafia Cafe in Palo Alto.

Handheld, 1/50 sec at f/2.8 on ISO 200, 17-35mm f/2.8 lens

For lunch, I went down to Crossroads Cafe (699 Delancey St, San Francisco, CA‎ - (415) 836-5624‎) and got a Garlic Bagel with Egg and Bacon.

Later in the afternoon (around 5:30pm), I had second lunch which was a Cold Tuna Sandwich (and salad) that I had picked up along with the bagel at Crossroads Cafe.

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What I Ate: March 3, 2009 (Crossroads Cafe)

I picked up some hot food from Bayside Market for lunch: Sausage and Penne, Mac 'n Cheese, and overcooked Brussels Sprouts.

Dinner was leftovers from last night's Chinese food - fried rice, sauteed Chinese broccoli, and Schezuan shrimp.

For lunch, we grabbed some food from Erik's DeliCafé. Tina had a Pilgrim's Progress sandwich while I ordered a Marakech Express (a hot pastrami sandwich served with sprouts and red onions in a pita).

When dinner time rolled by Tina ordered some food from Tong Soon Garden (3240 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA‎ - (408) 615-9988‎), and I went to pick it up. She ordered the dry scallops and egg white fried rice (she loves this rice), stir-fried jielan (Chinese broccoli), Szechwan Shrimp (my request, didn't know what it was when I ordered it - it's breaded and fried shrimp cooked again in a sweet and spicy sauce), and chilled Pig's Trotters. I also had some left over XO Seafood Fried Rice from Sino with my food.

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What I Ate: March 1, 2009 (Erik's DeliCafe, Tong Soon Garden)