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Breakfast burrito for lunch...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:00:08 -0700

Breakfast burrito for lunch with, well, a lot of people from work. We went to the Taqueria Castillo at Market and Mason. The breakfast burrito is pretty solid. Still not as good as the old Love's Cafe on Polk. Man, her breakfast burrito with sausage and bacon was awesome. Dinner with Charles and Marvin at Shalimar. The Chicken Tikka Masala was just excellent tonight, better than the usual very, very good. Midnight noodles with Marvin and Charles at My Favorite Cafe. I got the luncheon meat and egg noodles (where "luncheon meat" is a euphamism for Spam, or one of the many Spam facsimilies.) It was pretty good. After the fresh noodles of the last few days, though, it's kind of a disappointment.

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A so-so (below average) pork...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:47:01 -0700

A so-so (below average) pork burrito from the Pasilla Mexican Grill on Kearny and Pine. Actually the other people I went with liked what they got, so maybe it's specifically the pork that's not that good. It was dry and oddly sweet. Structurally the burrito wasn't put together very well, either. It broke apart in the foil and leaked sour cream and salsa all over the bag. Chicken, pepperoni, and pepperocini pizza at midnight for dinner.

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Meatloaf sandwich 'wichcraft for lunch...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:59:31 -0700

Meatloaf sandwich 'wichcraft for lunch. I Cristina, Gen, Bryan, and Kevin. I actually started at the food court at the Westfield Mall, but didn't see anything that struck my fancy then. The meatloaf sandwich was all right. Kinda pricey. Dinner with Lisa at La Burrita, then Top Dog. La Burrita's carne asada burrito was better than I remember, although they still have no pork (carnitas or pastor) option!

Yesterday I had a couple of oranges from St. Anthony's for lunch. I'd gone down there with Shilpa, Ben, and Jeff (and Matt, but Matt's always there, so that's kinda cheating.) Also a samosa from this random Indian/Pakistani grocery on Market (around Mason or so.) It was pretty good. Not fantastic, but pretty good. Drink and dinner with, well, everyone for Bryan's un-birthday at the Thirsty Bear.

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Carnitas super burrito...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:58:11 -0700

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Carnitas super burrito from the Tacqueria Castillo on Mason. It was very, very good. I'm not sure if or how the Tacqueria Castillo is related to my perennial favorite Castillito on 17th and Mission (I guess a 'castillo' is larger than a 'castillito'?), but after a single instance, I think the carnitas at Castillo are at about the same level as Castillito. Dinner at work from Osaka on Fillmore.

Midnight grocery shopping at the IGA Delano with Michael. I had to get some bread flour (for baking) and sugar (for, well, baking, too.) But while I was there, I saw a nice little leg of lamb for sale. I picked it up. Of course. It's cooking now with a little mustard/pepper rub (which I hope doesn't burn and becomes something of a crust.) We'll see how it turns out. It smells good at least.

I gotta say, this remote meat thermometer that Edith and Jeff got me is working wonderfully well.

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Carnitas burrito from El Faro...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:49:58 -0700

Carnitas burrito from El Faro for lunch. It wasn't that good. Average. I was a little disappointed. There wasn't a lot of stuff in it and it was pretty loosely wrapped. A pomelo and a pizza (pepperoni, pepperocini, and garlic) for dinner. I did something different this time -- I made it in an oiled sheet pan. That's one of Chang's moves. It certainly gave the crust a nice, olive oily flavor, but I think I stretch the dough too thin to do it like that. It gets a little soggy and doesn't hold up so well.

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Pork burrito from El Faro...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:44:25 -0700

Pork burrito from El Faro with Chris and Jeremy for lunch. It was very good -- I'm rating it three stars, above average. It is now my favorite burrito South of Market. The pork is carnitas, but it looks like they dumbed-down the menu for the downtown crowd. For example, they took pupusas off the menu completely! Fried chicken from KFC for dinner. Oh man, I loves my KFC.

A sadly mediocre sandwich for lunch from the Ambrocia Cafe yesterday. Too bad, because the Ambrosia Cafe people are just really, really sweet. Again I had tried to go to the International Food Court, but they were closed again! I went down there (Trinity Alley) with Dayo and Sean. Eggplant, garlic, and sriracha pizza for dinner. I was unsure about eggplant as a topping, especially since it was already cooked, but it turned out really well. I was worried about the moisture and mushiness of the eggplant, but the moisture wasn't a problem (although darn it, I still wish my oven got a little hotter so I could get a better crisp on the bottom of the crust) and the mushiness wasn't any different than if I put on fresh tomatoes or something.

So I'd say three hits over the last two days.

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