Vinnie's Cheesesteaks and Aki Japanese Restaurant: Berkeley, CA

Vinnie's Cheesesteak

Chicken cheesesteak (with avocado) with curly fries :D

Aki Japanese Restaurant in North Side Asian Ghetto in Berkeley

Katsu Donburi

Chicken Teriyaki bowl

Chicken Katsu bowl

Chicken teriyaki bento box (Chicken, tempura veggies, rice and Alaska Roll)

Gold Mountain/Chinatown: San Francisco, CA

The following dim sum is from Gold Mountain restaurant in Chinatown, San Francisco. However, I just found out today that it's lease closed and the business is now closed! These pictures were taking back on Christmas day, 2011.

Random bakery (Mmm bread...) and typical food shop :D

Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen: Berkeley, CA

The ever popular Louisiana Kitchen~

Newly renovated :D

Swamp water (aka lemonade and iced tea)!

Hush puppies (balls of fried cornmeal/bread?) with chipotle compound butter~

Fried catfish, spicy potato salad with more of those puppies!

Jambalaya anyone?

Shrimp with rice and green beans 

Gumboooo

Fried chicken, gravy, sweet potato mash with green beans. What more can you ask for?

Beignetssssss

Sorry about the ill quality of the pictures. My phone doesn't like the dark :/

Jong Ga Korean Restaurant: Oakland, CA and TW Village Bistro: San Mateo, CA

 Jong Ga House Korean Restaurant: Oakland, CA

  

Interior

 

 Menu

 Complimentary spicy noodle soup

 Yummy sides :D

 Kalbi (beef spareribs)? over a bed of onions 

 Kalbi Dol Sot  Bibimbap (Stone mixed rice bowl)

TW Village Bistro: San Mateo, CA

Ground pork rice with the customary marinated egg

Pork chop rice plate

Pickled veggie and pork noodle soup

Beef roll(?)

China Palace Restaurant: Milpitas, CA

Free Boba here!!

Menus and dishes everywhere.

Never had anything from that whiteboard menu over there, but you can get crocodile and ostrich here if you'd like. 

Pork fried rice

Bamboo shoots with pork

Rock cod with mixed veggies

Seafood clay pot with braised tofu!

Mustard greens of the day! Not sure what they're called in English, but it's translated loosely as "hollow" greens

Fatty pork (with star anise :D)