Tonight we dined in Sonoma wine country. Della Santina’s is located right off the main square.
Sonoma Dinner
La Penca lunch
Had a nice lunch at our local La Penca Azul today.
Finally…
Our prayers have been answered. Single serving Spam!
Ramen Quest updates
Checked out a few new places. Ramen Palor & Ramen Dojo in San Mateo, Shoki 2 in Sacramento.
Ramen Palor & Shoki are very good. Ramen Dojo is very spicy so it’s hard to compare. Orenchi is probably still top dog.
Oakland Restaurant Week 2012
Tonight we met up with Aunty Sachi & Uncle Russell. We decided to take advantage of Oakland’s Restaurant week. Aunty chose Camino on Grand Avenue. The prefix menu was vegetarian which is something I usually shy away from, but I’m trying to eat better so I went ahead and tried it. I ended up eating everything. The dishes were simple but good.
Dine about town 2012
Sandy’s dinner plans fell through so she called me up wanting to know if I was interested in a Dine About Town date-nite. Should I have been hurt that I was her 2nd choice? Neh just eat up and have her pay! (just jokin Hun) Plouf is located in a small alley that I almost missed. We dined outside under the heaters. Sandy had the calamari & pasta while I enjoyed the beet & endive salad & mussels. Dessert was pot de creme & crepes.
Orenchi Ramen
Was working right across the street from Orenchi and got done around dinner time, mmmm…
Rice Booster?
I don’t know why I but I found this so funny that I had to buy it. Perhaps it reminded me of a gasoline additive for the car and I am into higher performance rice.
Sammy Lunch
We’re trying to eat better so today we made tomato, mozzarella & basil sammies with a chipotle mayo. Uh don’t look at the chips though.
S100 Portrait machine
I love my new S100 for its small size but it’s hard to shoot a good off camera flash portrait… til now. I purchased 4 Vivitar VIV-SF3000 (less than $20 ea) mounted them in my 4 square softbox atop a monopod. While I can’t stand to see myself in photos the slave flash set up worked well.
