Monthly Archives: July 2013

Believe it or not but Dad and Mom wanted to go back to the city to have  Crustacean again for crabs for the third time!! I am telling you, we look like oysters and crabs already  

Previous entry:  Crustacean San Francisco July 13, 2013 

Good thing Pepe suggested something else! haha!!  He pointed us to Marina Plaza which is an Asian plaza.  It seems like the Asians are invading America!!  Maybe that is why there are many good Asian restos in the area!

Pepe said to go to the Fresh Seafood section to buy the Dungeness crabs and just cook it yourself at home!  Good idea!  Apparently, everyone had the same idea! Long lines at the counter

It’s around US$ 40.00 per crab at Thanh Long and Crustacean so maybe this plan will cost 1/4 of that though we don’t know the secret recipe of the House of An

While they were lining up, I cased the joint!  Tapa, Longganisa, Tocino!

Aisles and aisles of Asian grocery stuff

Each aisle is separated by country

Japanese

Wow! there is a Yakult light??  How come we do not have this here?

Yipee!! Filipino!! ( although spelled wrong )

And there are generic grocery categories – the snack and confection aisle!

Lots of mochi

Asians love rice!  Spotted this rice section selling all kinds of rice

And all kinds of rice cookers!  I feel so at home here!

They had a big ready to go section of prepared asian food – I was not able to take a photo

Rushed back home and Chef Javs is preparing our dinner

Trying the Thanh Long style

Not quite Thanh Long but still good!!!

Second batch cut in the middle! Oops

Chef Javs made Calamari too! Sooooo good!!!

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Pepe took us to another restaurant which we really liked

This is my type

House Special for Mom

Crunchy Giants for me! Yum!

Very reasonable bento boxes for lunch!!!

Calamari! Yum!

Miso Clams

Grilled Hamachi head

Salmon Teriyaki

They even fried the head of the ebi sashimi we ordered!  YUM!

Even for dinner they have reasonable specials

The satisfied group.  They gave us complimentary green tea ice cream! Yum

Too full to order dessert but will definitely be back here!!

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One last stop to the city and we visited Union Square

I made sure the SF lovers  had a photo by the San Francisco Hearts

Mom wanted to take us to a French restaurant in the area but forgot the name so we walked around trying to look for it nearby!  We could not find it.  Finally we entered a hotel to ask the concierge and he gave two places – we went to the nearby one since we were already very hungry  Around 3 blocks down was the Monaco hotel

We went to their coffeeshop

The food was very good!! We had soup and sandwiches.  If you are in the area and want a good snack, this is a good place to go  

Onion Soup

Soup of the Day

Oysters!

Chicken Sandwich

Half a Croque Monsieur

Grand Burger

Creme Catalan

Paris Brest

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A new Yakitori restaurant in Burlingame

Glass partitioned rooms and you sit on the floor

A small hole showing the kitchen where they are cooking the yakitori

Compliments

They had a promo – if you check in in Facebook – you get a free drink 

or appetizer, so we all ( those with facebook accounts ) checked in

It was a Monday!! Woohoo!  Take note of the Exotic meat!

Yakitori is not cheap, you pay by the stick But we love yakitori!

They have a checklist too.  I suggest you order as many as you can already because when you order additional it takes quite some time to get it

Salmon

Kurobota sausage

Bacon cherry tomato

Chicken Skin

Wagyu Beef

Bacon Asparagus

Pork Belly

Lamb

Bacon Enoki Mushrooms

Anago – Sea Water Eel

Javier ordered Ramen

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Once was not enough, in fact we always went for a third!  But this time we were able to get reservations at Crustacean which we actually prefer

Previous entry:  Thanh Long July 10, 2013

Crustacean Beverly Hills March 25, 2011 

The ambience is a bit better and it is more peaceful

Our table by the window

Same appetisers

Plus more which was also very good!

Seafood Dumpling

Crispy Vietnamese Rolls

I just realized that I never took a photo of the crab opened! I guess because everyones hands get soaked in the yummy sauce and I cannot take a photo anymore

They had different desserts here from Thanh Long though we were full already since we had so much appetisers

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 Hmmm…. We are in the USA and we are eating in Asian places… Is something wrong?

One of our favorites for dim sum and half the price of Yank Sing  

Previous entry:  Yank Sing July 2, 2013 

This time with the kids

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One of the most popular Chinese restaurants in the area! We went here twice during this stay.  The place is always full and very busy.  Sorry I did not get the names of the dishes  

Second visit for lunch which had dim sum

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Thanks to Pepe for recommending this place!!! We all loved it!!!

They have All You can Eat but on specific dishes only

So we just ordered Ala Carte.  The price looks a bit expensive but the portion is a lot!  It’s really good for sharing.  And perfect for my boys who eat for two people!

 Tongue

Bulgogi – Yum!

Cha Dol Bae Gi! Super Yum! My favorite!

Gal Bi! Yum!! Their bestseller

The very kind and soft spoken owner, Sarah Chun, who even cooked for us

She told me to wrap the beef in the round radish ( I think ) wrapper.  At first I was scared but when I tried it, it was actually very good!  

Refreshing traditional korean dessert compliments of the house

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