Things to eat before death

7x7 Magazine published an article about San Francisco food titled "The Big Eat SF: 100 Things to Try Before You Die." I went through the list and was able to check off about 23 things I've eaten so far, though there were plenty of places on that list where I had eaten but not the specific dish the article mentioned.

I forwarded the list on to friends and asked who of them would be willing to join me in eating my way through San Francisco. Carlo responded first with this: "Love this idea...maybe we can up the ante a little and make it a little more personal. How about compiling our own list of favorite tastes in the city. If people are in, then send in your top-5 or top-10 favorite tastes in the city. The 7x7 list is good, but maybe we can do one better." That is why I love Carlo!

A few people have emailed in their lists so far. Here they are and in the order they arrived (I assume that for everyone it got a little tougher to list things that weren't previously listed).

CARLO'S LIST
1. Any pasta from Quince
2. Chilequiles from the Primevera stand at the Saturday Farmer's Market
3. Bakesale Betty fried chicken sandwich (Oakland)
4. Tonkotsu Ramen at Santa Ramen (San Mateo)
5. Oysters at the Marshall Store (Marshall)
6. Crab roll and a bottle of crisp white wine at Fish (Sausalito)
7. Burger and a Bloody Mary at Zeitgeist
8. Coffee with Miette cookie pairings at the Blue Bottle kiosk
9. Clam chowder and some really good beer at Bar Crudo
10. Sitting at Dolores park with 2 scoops of Bi-rite ice cream

SUSAN'S LIST
1. Tacos from the Sinaloa truck on International at 22nd (Oakland)
2. Pork and 1000 year egg rice porridge with fried Chinese dough from Hing Lung
3. Mini barbeque pork buns from Koi Palace (Daly City)
4. Eating samosas (or anything else, really) from Vik's while watching the windsurfers at the Berkeley Marina (Berkeley)
5. Warm croissants from Tartine
6. Fleur de sel caramels from Michael Recchuiti
7. Cheese Board pizza eaten on the grassy median of Shattuck Ave. (Berkeley)

BILL'S LIST
1. Super Carne Asada Burrito from Ocean Taqueria
2. Pot-Roasted Shortribs and a Chimay from Park Chow
3. Italian Paradise at Paradise Pizza
4. Four-way combo plate from Everett & Jones BBQ
5. The Chef Roll from Live Sushi Bar
6. A Liter of Radeberger and a Kielbasa at Gestalt Haus
7. A Bloody Mary from The Hotel Utah
8. Beef Colorado and a shot of Don Julio 1942 from Don Ramon's
9. One slice of pepperoni pizza and a Coke at 3:00 a.m. from Seniore's
10. Fish and chips from all three of the following places: 21st
Amendment, Edinburgh Castle, and Weird Fish (with sweet potato fries)
* A tamale from the Tamale Lady.

ELEANOR'S LIST
1. Fish n' Chips from Fish (Sausalito)
2. Lumpia from Andy & Cindy at East Bay Farmer's Markets.
3. Fresh Daifuku from Benkyodo in Japantown
4. Soup Dumplings and Eggplant from Shanghai Restaurant (Oakland)
5. Bratwurst and a beer from Walzwerk
6. Omakase sushi from Ebisu or Jimisan
7. Any pizza from Gioia (Berkeley)
8. Oatmeal Pancakes from Alana's (Burlingame)
9. Pork and Vegetable buns from Dim Sum Nice Food
10. Corn Cherry Scone from Arizmendi on Lakeshore (Oakland)
11. Ice cream from Ici (Berkeley)
12. Burger from 900 Grayson (Berkeley)

Oh, my! I am so ready to get my mouth and stomach working on this list.