A couple weeks ago I had to head back up to San Francisco to do some work in our data center. After I was done, I took my wife to a Thai restaurant that Dave Lu introduced me to: Manora’s Thai Cuisine. The food there is excellent AND reasonably priced (around $10 a dish).

Manora’s Thai Cuisine (Google Maps)
1600 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-6224

Por-Pia-Sod (rice paper rolls stuffed with crab, shrimp, pork sausage, pork, cucumber and mushroom, topped with sweet and sour tamarind sauce). Highly Recommended.

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It’s funny how sometimes the best things to eat are the simple things. I haven’t been to this restaurant in a couple years, so I thought I’d stop in. B44 is a restaurant specializing in Spanish (Catalan) cuisine and is situated on Belden Place among several other western European places to eat. After my last visit, I’d recommend the Catalan toast and ox tails appetizer. From memory their paellas are quite good, but for us last night it was the basic appetizers that hit the spot. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a camera on me, so no pictures - just descriptions.

B44 (Google Maps)
44 Belden Place
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 986-6287
b44sf.com

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Lunch from Mehfil’s - two items so I could taste both. I wonder who writes their descriptions everyday because they always make me want to try new things:

(1) JEERA ALOO
(Potatoes cooked in red onions and roasted cumin’s)
Haryana the city of agriculture has its old traditions of cooking; here cumin’s are the specialty and you can find cumin in every dish. The base is prepared with red onions, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, and several other spices and a touch of Asafetida. After cutting the potatoes into cubes they are sautéed with the base and roasted cumin’s.
$5.00

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For lunch I ate with Dave Weldon and Sendori at Garcia’s. Had the usual - super quesadilla with lengua and a pina aguas frescas.

For dinner I had half a foot long oven roasted chicken breast sandwich from Subway (Tina ate the other half).

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Almost forgot to photograph my lunch. The description that Mehfil’s had for today’s lunch special that I ordered follows:

(4) MEATBALL MASALA (CHEF’S SPECIAL)
Home madeBeef meatballs Braised in Fresh garlic, ginger, onions, and Roma Tomatoes Finished in a Masala of roasted Cloves and
Cinnamon Bark. AN Excellent infusion With an Indian Flavor.

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Again I forgot to photograph my lunch. This time it was a tamale and half a super burrito with Al Pastor from Mexico Au Parc in South Park, San Francisco.

I finished the other half (or more like 2/3) of the burrito for dinner.

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I woke up late and made some scrambled eggs as a snack and then forgot to eat lunch. For dinner I heated up some leftovers: steak, potatoes, rice, and pork ribs.

For lunch, Tina and I went to a barbeque picnic at Sandia Park in Sunnyvale (Dave invited us - one of his friends was putting it on for his church as well as others who may wish to come). We had trouble getting to the food with all the people there. I had a little Ma Po Tofu.

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The other day, I ate dinner at Truya Sushi where I had my usual assortment of sushi. At the end of dinner, we were chatting with the proprietor, Scott, and somehow the subject of edible bugs came up. Scott presented me with a small bowl of boiled silkworms seasoned with sauce chili oil - a Korean dish called beondegi or bun dae gi.

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Lunch was Mongolian BBQ with Harold and Brent.

For dinner, Tina and I went to a Palantir event at the Palo Alto Four Seasons Hotel. I thought it was a product demo - Tina thought it was a food event (I told her it was a free dinner and also explained a little about the company but she only remembered the free dinner part). It turned out to be a recruiting event. They did show a demo of their two products both of which were extremely interesting in compelling - had I not been already working for Fanpop and on Cooking For Engineers, Palantir would definitely be on my short list.

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