Fall in New York November 4, 2010

Highlights: Eleven Madison Park, Xian Famous Foods, Soba Nippon, Lucky Eight.  Culture Espresso – chocolate chip cookie which was gooey at the beginning of October but suddenly become small and crispy by the end of the month. Rumor is that they changed bakers — too bad!  A side note, there seems to be a fair [...]

Los Angeles I September 4, 2010

A long weekend of enjoying sunshine and great food in Los Angeles. On the first day we made a foray into Westminster to check out the Vietnamese offerings.  Pho Thanh Lich – Pho Dac Biet Special w/ filet mignon – nice broth with a subpar clump of rice noodles.  O.k., though not great.  Duck Soup [...]

Hawaii March 2, 2010

Hawaii Eats March 2010 KCC Farmer’s Market – bbq abalone, delicious abalone bbq’d on the half shell. One stand had – excellent kalua pork, smokey and moist without being over cooked and stringy. The vendor said that it was done traditional emu style (by burying it), it was definitely better than a lot of the [...]

NAMU**’ October 19, 2009

It seems like there’s a standard menu floating around the city: frisee salad with a poached egg, some sort of pork belly, hamburger, and pizza.  It could be the economy, an idea that city diners want to eat the same thing wherever they go, or simply lack of guts to cook from one’s own perspective.  [...]

Korea Night in Glen Ellen August 24, 2009

Another great cooking group dinner, but this time at D’s “Barnhouse” in Glen Ellen. The grounds were beautiful and the dishes come together nicely. The best Korean tacos I’ve had, bar none, and some delicious creative “Seoul Food.” Menu Korean pickled cucumber, apple and ginger Tteok ‘n Cheese Sesame Garlic Collard Greens Mashed Korean Sweet [...]

NYC Trip – Part II May 31, 2009

Aburiya Kinnosuke, Jacques Torres, Little Owl, Clinton Street Baking, Kefi, Tai Pan Bakery, Caracas, Numero 28, Sushi Yasuda, OMS/B, Dousoeur de Paris, Amy’s Bread, Ruby et Violette, Azuri, Kyotofu, Company, Peter Luger, Momofuku Ko lunch and dinner, Perilla, Extra Virgin, Bespoke Chocolates, Dessert Truck, Babbo, Artisanal, Szechuan Gourmet, Cho Dang Gol, Stone Home, Assi Market [...]

Grace’s Sunday Suppers May 3, 2009

Community builder and food writer, Grace, hosts a dinner every Sunday for friends, food lovers and fans of One Fork One Spoon. The menu changes every week as does the salon of food lovers, writers, community activists and other characters. Enjoying a family style dinner in her cozy kitchen has the small town feel of [...]

SHIN TOE BUL YI*** January 22, 2008

A satisfying lunch of Yuke Jang at Shin Toe Bul Yi. Yuke Jang is beef brisket in a spicy soup with egg and green onions. STBY’s has great soups and stews, so I thought I’d give their Yuke Jang a try. The soup was excellent spicy with a deep beef broth base. The egg and [...]

OHGANE*’ January 11, 2008

I wasn’t very impressed with our barbeque dinner at Ohgane in Oakland. The kalbi was extremely sweet and the pork bulgogi overly sauced and not very spicy. Service was fine, but I would not order bbq here again.

TOFU VILLAGE** September 26, 2007

Tofu Village on Irving at 20th has taken over the space that once housed the only good Taiwanese restaurant in the city. Oh well. The space is the same, though they’ve added a flat screen tv to the wall and were playing some Chinese movie with Ziyi Zhang from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Despite the [...]