Wild Flour Bread Bakery

My husband and I are in northern California for the holidays. Time wise it's' a cross between being busy and relaxed, but today, on our way to Bodega Bay, we stopped at Wild Flour Bread Bakery for a snack.

I tried a Meyer lemon scone, which was promptly eaten and
not shared.

My father-in-law also picked up dark chocolate
chip hazelnut biscotti.

Kubota

My husband and I are in San Jose for a conference - or, more correctly, I'm here for a conference, and my husband, who grew up in San Jose, came with me so we're making the trip a mini-vacation. Tonight is our first night here, and we decided so make our way to Japantown and had dinner at Kubota.

We both had a crispy calamari salad.

We started with unagi (eel), sake (salmon), and toro
(fatty tuna) nigiri.

We shared a fried spicy tuna roll with house sauce.

We shared a lobster tail tempura roll.

My husband had Nabeyaki Udon: mixed seafood, chicken, and
vegetables with noodles in a hotpot.

While my husband had flan for dessert, I had bananas Foster.

Seared

Tonight is my last night in Sonoma County, California, so my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew took me out to Seared for dinner.

We shared some calamari.

We also shared some duck confit potatoes.

My bacon cheeseburger was really fantastic; I suspect the cow
who gave her life had gotten spa treatments and massages.

Soban Korean Cuisine

I'm spending a long weekend in northern California visiting my brother, sister-in-law, and toddler-aged nephew. After taking my nephew to the park for an hour or so, we went to Soban Korean Cuisine for lunch.

We shared some Jabchae
 (stir fried glass noodles with vegetables).

I tried the spicy Korean beef soup (Yukgaejang).

We also shared the Galbi (marinated short ribs)
and pork Gulbogi (marinated pork in spicy sauce).

I wish I could remember what type of soup this was,
but when the server brought it, he cracked a raw egg in it.

Perry's San Francisco

My husband and I headed home to Salt Lake City today, but we had about two hours at the airport, and since it was lunchtime, we stopped at Perry's San Francisco (conveniently right next to our departing gate).

We started with calamari.

I had a big Caesar salad with some very good chicken.

My husband had a club sandwich and declared
it remarkably good, especially for airport food.

Everest Indian Restaurant

My husband and I had an early night tonight, since we're flying home tomorrow, so we stopped off for dinner at Everest Indian Restaurant on our way back to our hotel.

These were traditional Tibetan (I think) dumplings. They were
quite good - as was the dipping sauce, which was mild but
very well seasoned.

I tried something new: Everest Lamb, a chef's special in
which lamb was cooked in a coconut apricot sauce. I'm not
a fan of apricots, but this was quite nice.

And of course we had the obligatory naan.

Maguire's Irish Pub

My husband and I are in the San Francisco Bay Area visiting my brother, sister-in-law, and 8 1/2-month-old nephew for said nephew's first Christmas. For the most part we've been eating at my brother's house, but today my husband and I decided to give our hosts some space; we wandered around downtown Petaluma, California, and had lunch at Maguire's Irish Pub.

I forget what these were called, but they were potato chips
with a creamy topping, tomatoes, green onions, and a
vinaigrette.

I had a bacon cheeseburger (although the bacon had been
temporarily forgotten about).

Silver Dragon Cafe

My husband and I spent the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, visiting my brother and sister-in-law, who recently bought their first home. We ate very well while visiting, and the only time my husband and I ate "out" was at the airport on the way home. I was not expecting to be hungry before getting home, but clearly I hadn't eaten enough for breakfast, so my husband and I grabbed some food from the Silver Dragon Cafe.

The dim sum platter came with a pork bun, two spring
rolls, and two pot stickers.

We both ordered a dragon bowl with noodles, although I
requested the beef, which had a slightly spicy kick to it.

I did not actually use the Sriracha sauce, but I thought it
was kinda cool to see it in packets.