Catching up

Apparently, my blogging frequency wanes every now and again. And, recently, I haven’t been on top of it [read: been swamped with reading essays that make me cringe]. So, sadly, there have been some good meals (and some not so good meals) that have fallen to the wayside. Here’s list of my eats in the past week or so (and, perhaps, there’ll be more description of the more memorable ones to come in the near future):

Friday, November 18
-Mediterranean food from some organic restaurant near work after a scavenger hunt of Japantown: hummus, pita bread, dalmas, spinach pancake thing, a salad made mostly with parsley, cucumber, lettuce, tomato, feta cheese salad, falafel.
-A soggy Nutella and banana crepe.
-Stir-fry broccoli and chicken with brown rice.

Saturday, November 19
-Smart Start cereal.
-Chinese wedding banquet at Legendary Palace in Oakland with about ten courses and old Chinese people singing karaoke (the highlight of which was Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”).

Sunday, November 20
-Pancakes topped with vanilla yogurt and strawberry preserve.
-Thai food with Julie from Ploy II on Haight. We split an eggplant dish and duck curry.

Monday, November 21
-Everything bagel with cream cheese and coffee from my usual work-stop café.
-Leftover broccoli-chicken stir-fry with rice.
-A frozen burrito (it was one of those nights again).

Tuesday, November 22
-Chicken burrito from some taqueria on North Point.
-Thanksgiving potluck with work colleagues and all the usual Thanksgiving items, some with an Asian flare.

Wednesday, November 23
-Smart Start cereal.
-Lunch with Bill at Isobune, where sushi plates floated on little boats in front of us.
-Leftover bread stuffing.

Thursday, November 24
-Thanksgiving marathon eating.

Friday, November 25
-Egg, sausage, corn scramble with mashed potato pancakes, rolls, pecan pie, and coffee.
-Pear cider at Blue Danube.
-Dinner at Burma Superstar with Scott, Ward, Brandi, Ian, and Jeanne: lychee julep, coconut rice, cardamom and cinnamon rice, pumpkin and pork curry, shrimp curry, a noodle dish, tea leaf salad, catfish noodle soup, sesame beef, another beef dish with tomatoes.
-Ice cream and pumpkin pie.

Saturday, November 26
-Thanksgiving leftovers: fried shells and cheese, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, brussel sprouts, carrots, with French limonade
-A smoothie thing and pumpkin cheesecake from the pseudo café at the bottom of the San Francisco Shopping Centre.
-Spicy Thai Kettle Chips and nacho cheese Doritos.
-Dinner at Café Kati with Jeanne: spring rolls, watercress and beat salad, stuffed quail, tilapia with pumpkin gnocchi, chocolate orbit cake, a bottle of pinot noir.

Sunday, November 27
-Eggs and sausage with sweet potato pie.
-Double latte at Momi Toby’s.
-Leftover bean salad and turkey.
-More Kettle Chips and Doritos.
-Bits of turkey carcass as I was making stock.
-Dinner at Minako with Colin, Eleanor, Lisa, and Jeremy: black sea bass with pickles, miso soup, rice, and a salad tossed with tomato and onion dressing.
-Prohibition Speakeasy at Dalva.