Restaurants
Food in Hue Vietnam-Day 5
After spending all morning touring the royal tombs in the countryside surrounding Hue, we return back to town overheated, dehydrated and ready for a late lunch. We ask at the front desk at our hotel for a recommendation. They give us a…
Food in Hue Vietnam-Day 4
July 7, 2009 Hue is known for its Imperial cuisine as this was once the center of the Vietnamese royalty. It’s where the Imperial City/Citadel was, where the emperors lived and where they built Royal Tombs as massive tributes to…
Food in Hanoi Vietnam- Day 3
Hanoi, July 6, 2009 Hang Be Market; clockwise-crabs tied up with rope, vegetables, unrefrigerated meat, grubs (still moving). It only took me 3 days, but I finally found the food market. After yesterday’s disappointment, I asked at the hotel’s front…
Food in Hanoi Vietnam-Day 2
Hanoi Day 2- July 5, 2009 We awake to dumping rain and 90 degree weather. We decide to walk to the big, old market called Dong Xuan and check out the “36 Streets” of the old quarter. We set out…
Food in Hanoi Vietnam- Day 1
We’ve just spent 3 full days exploring the food of Hanoi, Vietnam. It was certainly just a small microcosm of what is available, but delicious nonetheless. Quon An Ngon Our first meal was at a restaurant called Quan An Ngon…
Dining in San Francisco; Delfina Restaurant
Delfina www.delfinasf.com We had dinner at Delfina on a Tuesday night in early April. We arrive at Delfina and are seated right away at a table in the main dining room. Like most restaurants we’ve been to in San Francisco,…
Dining in San Francisco; Hog Island Oysters at the Ferry Building and A 16 Restaurant
Last week while in San Francisco, we visited the Hog Island Oyster Company in the Ferry Building for their Monday night Happy Hour and followed it with a dinner at A 16. After returning from the Alcatraz tour, we start…
Dining in San Francisco; The Moss Room and SPQR
On our trip to San Francisco, we visited the California Academy of Sciences and had lunch at the museum’s fine dining restaurant, the Moss Room. That night we had dinner at SPQR. Both meals were on a Sunday in…
