Japanese Restaurant!

 

 

Hey! Who doesn't like japanese food?

I love it! Last week I was wandering in Japantown and I ate in an excellent restaurant! It is called Isobune and it is on the West side of japantown. I think this place is excellent because everything is simple in it. You don't even need to read the menu to order, because when you get in, you take a sit and there will be small boats floating in front of you carrying plates with pieces of food. That is it, basically. There will be many boats floating and you just have to take whatever you want. You will not take the whole boat, because that is imossbile. You will only take the plates with what you want to eat. Besides, they have about six colors of plates and every single color is a price. In the end of the meal, you will pay the price of every plate you ate. Sounds smart, doesn't it?

I usually eat about four or five plates, which is a good amount. The cheapest plate is $1.95 and in every plate you get about 2 or 3 pieces of japanese food! Not to mention that they have seasonal opition!

What? Japanese Restaurant Isobune
Where? West side of Japantown, San Francisco
Hours: 11:30am to 9:30pm 7 days a week.
Phone: 415 563 1030
More info: http://www.isobunesushi.com/
Map http://goo.gl/maps/s2TNy

Hope you like the food as much as I did!

Dolce Amore!

Dolce Amore is a place in San Francisco to eat gelato, chocolates, cakes and to drink coffee, tea ans smoothies! They have cute pieces of chocolate! There are about 20 tipes of chocolates and each one of them has a different color and taste. They have raspberry, almond, dark chocolate, white chocolate and many other flavors.

There is also gelato! Unfortunately, I have never tried any of their flavors of gelato. However I want to do so. Some of the flavors are white chocolate chip macadamia nut, crème brule, apple rum raisin, profiterole and like so on. Sounds delicious, doesn't it?

They serve breakfast and lunch too! For breakfast they have things like scrambled eggs with roasted tomatoes served on toasted wheat bread, oatmeal with bananas, blueberries, dried cranberries, honey and ground cinnamon. For lunch they have options like chicken pot pie served with fresh spring mix salad and vinaigrette, and like so on.

Very interesting, huh?
Adress: 1477 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109 (On the corner of Van Ness and Pine St)
(415) 674-7716
Neighborhood: Western Addition
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/Bmfh3

Mon - Sat from 8am to 10pm
Sun from 9am to 10pm

They also have a website, for more info: http://www.dolceamore.co/

Hope you like it!

Frozen!

Yay!

The picture above is of the best frozen yogurt I've ever eaten! The place is called Cultivé Frozen Yogurt and it's in Marina, SF. However, there are others Cultivé's located in Vacaville and Davis. The website is right here!!

If you have been looking for a good place to eat frozen, that's a great option! I have been in so many places which sell frozens, but this one is my favorite, because they have a lot of flavors and groceries to add. I have made delicious combinations over there!

It's pretty easy to get there, because there is a bus stop right in front of the place, and besides, there are plenty of more buses around that area.

Go there you, too! Here is the map and their website is this: http://www.cultiveyogurt.com/ once more! :) Enjoooy!

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Organic Food!

I've written about the Farmers Market, which is renowned throughout the country as one of the top farmers markets to visit. This market only sells organic products, such as vegetables, fruits herbs and like so on. After a while I caught myself wondering whether or not I should explain what exactly is an organic product. I realized that even I didn't know what it is. Read the text above and get to know why this is important.

Healthy life is always assimilated into eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and good fat than fried and oiled food. It's very true, but how much can the quality of food influence your health and the environment? What's the difference between organic and conventionally grown foods?
Organic refers to the way that the food is grown. The organic crops must be grown in safe of oil, have no modifications. They must not use any kind of synthetic pesticide, bioengineered genes (GMOs), petroleum based fertilizers and sludge-based fertilizers.
The benefits of organic foods are more beneficial nutrients, like antioxidants. Also, people with some sort of allergy of food, chemicals, or preservatives often find their symptoms lessen or go away when they eat only organic food.
This kind of food is fresher, and the fruits and vegetables remain their original size and taste. It's grown using natural methods to control animals and insects that might eat and destroy the crop. It definitely takes longer to grow, and demands more people to work. However all this duble effort results in great health for you and for the environment.

Buena Vista Park!

Hey! How have you been?

Few weeks ago I went to Buena Vista Park! I enjoyed very much because it was a beautiful day and I had a picknick right on the top! The park is very high and because of that it was kind of fresh. 

I had a short breakfast, headed down on Safeway and went all the way through the park. I picked up all you can see above. I've always liked parks because they are relaxing, wooded and nice. I've also liked to have the kind of strong breakfast in a relaxing place. So, I guess I just mixed both and liked so much the day! 

The park has a beautiful view of the city, including the Golden Gate Bridge!

Don't you know where it is? Click here to see the map.

Don't you think spending the day over there is a great idea? :)

Hope you can go there and enjoy as much as I did!

Ferry Building Farmer Market!

Uau! What a big name to a post title! 

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is a California certificated farmers market operated by Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture. This market is acclaimed not only for high quality of organic products, but also for diversity of them. 
The market offers many options of food, fruits, herbs, vegetables, flowers and like so on. Plus many of them have a certificated proving that they are organic food.
The farmer markets is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at Ferry Building. On tuesdays and thursdays you can find the markets in front of the building. On saturdays, especially, the market includes local restaurants serving a variety of meals, as wood-fired pizza, sandwiches, grilled meats, and like so on. On tuesdays and thursdays it's open from 10am to 2pm. On saturdays, from 8am to 2pm.

The news is that now you can find it on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at Civic Center! It's completely the same farmers market, but now in a different location and on other days! How amazing, huh?
The hours are a little bit different. Wednesdays it's from 7am to 5:30pm. On Fridays, 7am to 2:30pm and Sundays, 7am to 5pm.

More info:
http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php
http://hocfarmersmarket.org/

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Café du Soleil!

Few days ago I knew this coffe shop! It's very famous around the Fillmore Street and it's very close to Castro. It's very comfortable inside and pleasant. I tried a cappuccino and tasted nice. They have also snacks and other drinks. I felt very well inside because it's very spacious and the people are friendly.

This is one of the few places where you can find coffee and wine together!

Have you been there?! If not, check the location on the map here !

I recommend that you try it yourself! After that, tell me how was that ;)

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Cliff House!

Cliff House is a famous restaurant in the Golden Gate Park! It was built in 1863 and since that the original building was changed for several reasons like earthquake, fire and things like that.

So, I have never eaten any food there, but I've already been to the restaurant. These pictures above were taken inside and it makes the restaurant more interesting, I mean, I really think that the appearance makes all difference.

Behind the restaurant there is a camera obscura! I have already explained here about the optical phenomenon into the camera obscura.

I hope you can enjoy it!

Saturday: Restaurant

House of Nanking id a chinese restaurant near North Beach. I've eaten there several times and I think it's a great restaurant. Despite the others, they serve great portion of food and it's very tasty.

The place itself is nice too, because there are many tables and it's cozy.

Where is it?
919 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94133
(between Jackson and Columbus Ave)

What time?
Monday to Friday 11am-10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm-9pm

Well, hope you like!

Little John's Candies!

Hey! Chocolate!

Have you ever heard about Little John's Candies? 

This place opened in SF about a month ago, however, there is another store in LA. I've been there few times and the chocolate is do great. They have so many options, including ones with marshmallow, caramel, ginger and like so on. I've seen there once a slice of orange with halfway of chocolate!!! I've heard it's so great and very unique!

Where is it? 

1422 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

It's between Van Ness Avenue and Polk Street.  Map here

If you wanna see their website: http://www.littlejohnscandies.com/

Hope you can go there and try some of their delicious options!

Wine By the Glass!

Wine by the glass sounds perfect on cold days!

There is a place on 374A Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102. It's between Franklin and Gough St map here. It's a good option if you want to drink wine, but don't want to buy the whole bottle. It's a cheap way to try other kinds of wines, and in case you don't like, you wouldn't pay for the whole bottle.

They have a back garden, which is very beautiful!!! There are tables and the place is very calm, which is perfect to relax. If you want, you can grab your glass to the back.

Wine By The Glass is connected with a coffee shop! I've never eaten there, but I have seen many options of bread and groceries. I do think it's a good place to taste good wines and grab a quick snack!

Hours:
Monday: 11am to 7pm
Tuesday - Saturday: 11am to 8pm
Sunday: 12pm to 6pm

More info: www.arlequinwinemerchant.com

Hope you like it!

Restaurant: Saturday!

Beautiful saturday, isn't it?!

The restaurant of today is called Boulettes Larder. It's in Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA 94111. It's a nice place, well located and the food is good. 

I had branch over there, and it was really good. 

If you sit outside, you'll have a beautiful view of the Bay Bridge!! I'd say it's a nice place to go on a saturday.

More info: http://www.bouletteslarder.com/

;)

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Kika's Treats!

Hey! Have you heard of Kika's Treats?!

I found out about it at the Ferry Building! Right after I put the sample into my mouth, I realized that I should write a post about it, because that was delicious! 

I've tasted caramelized ones in milk chocolate, brazilian honey cakes in milk chocolate and coconut in dark chocolate! I can't choose which one is the best! I liked them very much!

Wanna try too?! It's at the Ferry Building 7 days a week! 

More info at: http://kikastreats.com/

Hope you like it as much as I did!

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Restaurant: Saturday!

Cafe Maria is the name of the Italian Restaurant of this saturday! It's in North Beach, which is a typical italian neighborhood. In this area there are plenty of italian restaurants and ice-cream parlors. The restaurant is at 1548 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA 94133.

Hours:
Sunday to Thursday: 5pm to 10:30pm
Friday and Saturday: 5pm to 11pm

Well, I've eaten in Cafe Maria and it's really good. I think the best part of what I order is the tomato sauce with beef with parmesan. That's was incredibly amazing!!! I'd recommend that you go there, at least once.

Gelato is the name of the italian ice-cream, which is famous to be very soft! Have you ever tried a gelato?! Right in front of the restaurant there's an ice-cream parlor and you can try gelato, if you want to. I've been there too, and it's great. There are a couple of other places in North Beach which sell gelato too. The name is Naia! It's at 520 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133. They are also located in Berkeley and Walnut Creek!

More info about Cafe Maria: http://cafemariasf.com/
More info about Naia Gelato: http://gelaterianaia.com/

Like you see, this post is all about italian food. Hope you like the restaurant and the gelato! I really recommend you try gelato, if you never tried yet!

Enjoy your saturday! @sanfranotes

La Belle Crepe!

I've been in SanFran for almost 2 months now, but I lived here before for 6 months. On the last day of that time I went to La Belle Crepe and ate an unforgettable crepe! Had I known I lived so close to this place, I'd have gone that more often. The creps are really great!!

Where is it!?

It's on 2165 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94123. It's between Webster and Fillmore.

Hours:

Mon - Thu 8am - 8:30pm

Fri - Sun 8am - 9pm

I'd recommend that my friends go there! It's a good place and well located!

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Yogorino!

Heey!

Yogorino is a ice-cream parlor in Marina, SF. I've talked about it before, but I am doing it again because some things have changed! Few days ago I was wandering around and noticed that on tuesday you can pick 2 topics up!! If you have been there before, you might have a card. Each time you eat they stamp your card, and when you have a certain number of stamps, you take a free yogorino! So, on fridays, I believe you buy 1 yogorino, but you take two stamps to your card! Great, isn't it?!

If you have never been there, I think you should go there!!! It's so tasty and healthy, because it's 100% organic!

Adress and work time:
2144 Chestnut St, SF (between Steiner and Pierce)
Mon-Tues noon-9pm
Wed-Thurs noon-10pm
Fri noon-11pm
Sat 11am-11pm
Sun noon-9pm

Have you been there?!

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Chantal Guillon!

This is the best place to eat Macaron in SF! I had never been to a place which sells only macaron! Anyway, I liked it because the Chantal Guillon is really nice, a lot of flavors to pick up and the place is really pleasant!
I tried the cranberry and lemon ones! They are very, very nice! I'm a big fan of lemon things! The other pic is almond, which I didn't try but I am sure it's nice too.

So, it's located on 437 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102, EUA Map here!

More info: http://chantalguillon.com/

Hope you like it!

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Saturday: Greens Restaurant!

Greens is a vegetarian restaurant located in Fort Mason! They have plenty of options of vegetarian dishes and tasty wines. I have been there several times, and I've noticed that the place is very comfortable and relaxing! There is a beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge and you can take amazing pics from the window.

The food is amazing and the place is really nice! The Risotto, second pic, is my fav! If you never tried it, I think you should do that! Check the location here

More info: greensrestaurant.com

Hope you like it!
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See's Candies!

See's Candies is a chocolate store not only in SF, but also all over United States! They also have in two asian countries! It's surprising!

Whenever you go there, they'll give you the sample of the day! Which is good, because that's how I found my f-a-v-o-r-i-t-e one, Scotchmallow! The last picture is of a Scotchmallow, which it's a mix of caramel below, marshmallow above and chocolate covering it all! It's so delicious!

They also have special candies in box for each season, mugs with chocolate in pieces and much more. I know that for Thanksgiving they have the classic Pecan Pie Truffles!

I love eating chocolate and I think it's even better to do it when it's cold! Here is the map with all the stores in SanFran!

So, if you have never been there, I recommend that you do that! Enjoy ;)

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Macaron!

Good Morning!

Today is Saturday, therefore I should publish something about a restaurant. However today is cold and rainy, so I guess anyone is in the mood to go out like that. Then, today I am gonna teach you how to cook Macaron! I always wanted to do a post teaching how to cook sth, and it looks like today fit the bill! Anyway, it's a typical french sweet, which is very famous in SF!

Let's get started!

I watched the video below and really liked it!  It explains you exactly how to cook macaron in about 5 min!

I have never cooked that, and I will probably do it today! ;)

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