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A pretty good curry chicken pho...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:04:17 -0700

A pretty good curry chicken pho from the 7 Mission restaurant (7th and Mission) for lunch. I'm happy I discovered this place, even though it's a little far from work, because the only other good pho place in the area I know of is closed (along with the rest of the International Food Court.) Mustard green soup at home for dinner. A heck of a lot of it.

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Soup noodle day -- rare beef...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:57:59 -0700

Soup noodle day -- rare beef pho from the new Vietnamese place on Clement with Michael. It's Hanoi-style with broad rice noodles and no basil or bean sprouts. It was okay. About the same as the Turtle Palace. Soft tofu soup with ramen noodles from My Tofu House with Michael.

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Pictures of yesterday's food...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:30:20 -0700

Pictures of yesterday's food: the average pho, the s-shaped dumplings (sumplings!), and the ribs.

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Average pho for lunch. The...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:46:50 -0700

Average pho for lunch. The last of the leftover dumplings for dinner. At the end, I started to pinch the dumplings in a different way. Instead of a usual crescent (usual for my family, I guess), I pinched it going up on one side and down on the other, so it made a 'S'-shape. Midnight ribs for the second course (midnight because I didn't get home until well after nine and they take about two-and-a-half hours in the oven.) But this time I used a decanter to separate the braising liquid from the fat and was able to make a nice little reduction from it. I also just turned up the gas and blasted the heck out of it, so maybe that was the difference.

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Pho tai (rare beef) for...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:05:24 -0800

Pho tai (rare beef) for lunch from the pho place at the International Food Court with Jeremy, Dayo, Sean, and Emily. The pho was okay. Average. It wasn't nearly as good as the curry beef noodles I had there before. I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed. Spaghetti with salmon and capers for dinner. I made a sort of cheesy (mozzarella and Monterey Jack) Béchamel sauce that turned out all right. Unfortunately the salmon came from a can, and it was the weakest link. It's kind of dumb, I was a Trader Joe's tonight and I could have picked up something from there. Still, I'll rate it above average.

I'll go to Trader Joe's again tomorrow to see if they have any anchovies. They didn't have any tonight.

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A pretty good curry beef...

nobody@vox.com(Eric) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:25:28 -0800

A pretty good curry beef stew noodle soup at Sai's with Seth for lunch. The beef was excellent, the noodles were good, the veggies were nice and tender, but the broth didn't have the pop I was looking for. It was a little bland, so was a little disappointing. The curry beef noodles at the pho place in the International Food Court has a better broth, but no as good beef. No picture. I left my camera in the office. Too bad, because it was a really pretty bowl.

Leftover Peking Noodles and a pizza for dinner at home. The pizza was spam and ham, which sounds like it would be excellent, but it really wasn't. Again, I love my crust, but the spam was simply unworthy of it. Now I like spam, but in this context, it just tasted like a mediocre frozen pizza topping. Well, it was worth a shot, but it's probably an experiment I don't need to try again.

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