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)

Chez Panisse Cafe: Berkeley, CA

Daily changing menu~

It says Chez Panisse on it...you just can't see it :(

STARTERS

 

Blood orange, red onion, and black olive salad

Garden lettuce salad with slightly tangy vinaigrette

 

Smoked black cod with rocket, celery, and horseradish cream

MAINS

 Pizza with wild nettles and ricotta

Yumm~

 Wolfe Ranch quail cooked in the wood oven with roasted root vegetables!

(Ooops, not the best placed shot)

Moroccan stew with grilled asparagus, couscous, chickpeas, harissa, and chermoula

Why did I keep cutting things off in these pictures?

 

Grilled Becker Lane Farm pork with fried new onions, rapini, and mustard sauce

FRIED ONIONS SOO GOOODDDDD

DESSERTS

Kirsch-sour cherry ice cream and bittersweet chocolate sherbet with meringue 

(meringue worked perfectly)

Meyer lemon tart with creme Chantilly and pistachio

(personally too tangy but well made)

Buttermilk panna cotta with kumquat marmalade and biscotti

Whoo, long post! :P

Platano & Thai Basil: Berkeley, CA

Platano-El Salvadorean cuisine!

 http://www.cafeplatano.com/

Cheese and black bean Pupusa (thick, corn tortilla encased goodie) with corn tamale and plantains (With cream of course)!

Yummsters~ How can someone not like pan cooked plantains, which looks and tastes like a sturdier banana :D

Thai Basil (always so popular! Look at the line!)

Pad Thai (it's good here :D)

Love me my bean sprouts and shrimp!

The Grove: Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA

 Used to come here all the time during the summer for lunch when I interned nearby!

 Order here!

 My default dish here~

 CHICKEN POT PIE!!

Steak Florentine Sandwich!

Super short entry, but I've also had the Mac and Cheese and Berkeley (Salad) Bowl with homemade buttermilk ranch dressing! They also have assorted desserts as well~ Yumm :P