Food log: Thursday, May 13

I skipped breakfast today. I had to see someone about some bagels! See, this friend I have on Flickr is a Montreal bagel aficionado so I brought him a couple dozens and met him in the Mission district for some Mexican food at El Farolito. He even treated me! Isn't life swell?

The taqueria we went to was on Mission near 24th street. Everything was fresh and delicious. 

The Mexican food we have in Montreal is pure comedy compared to this. Here's what I had:

Tortillas chips

Horchata 

This is my new favorite drink. It's a perfect balance to the greasy, spicy goodness of the Mexican food. It's made with rice, water, and cinnamon bark, filtered, then flavored with sugar and vanilla. From the dots I could see floating in the liquid, I think that it was made with real vanilla bean, too.

Burrito

Filled with pork, black beans, olives, avocado, cheese, sour cream, it was bigger than a kitten. I moaned at every bite. I could not finish it but it's sitting pretty in my hotel fridge right now and I can see a bright future for it as a breakfast item.

Soft tacos

Meat, onions, fresh herbs... What more could you ask of life?

Cheesy beef quesadilla (I think?)

This, my friend, is what heaven is made of.

Later that day, I had the rest of the quesadillas with a Pocari Sweat I bought in Japantown (2 for $2.60)

For dinner, after realizing that my Alcatraz tour ticket was valid tomorrow and not today (oops), I headed to this retro looking crab restaurant near Peer 39: Franciscan Crab Restaurant.

Inside, you get a fantastic view of Alcatraz, pretty good food and décor that makes you feel like you are a star of yore on a holiday.

Beer

Bread

Oysters

Crab and mashed potatoes I could not finish

The server removed the head of the crab so fast I could not take a picture of it. Grr... I also had mashed potatoes, but it seems I forgot to take a picture. 

Dinner at Franciscan was $80 including tip. Crab is expensive, yo! 

Later that day, I bought some Diet Cokes and chocolate - $5.30

Money spent on food today: $87.80

Food log: Wednesday, May 12

I had the same breakfast as yesterday. (no pic)

I took a wonderful tour of Chinatown. We ate flat fortune cookies at the bakery where they were invented.


For lunch, we had dim sum. It was included in the price of the tour. It's great to eat in Chinatown with a guide to explain everything and teach us some ordering tricks and chinese etiquette. For example, if you lift the lid of the tea pot, it means "please add some more". (Click on each photo to identify each dish)













I came back to Chinatown later that day for an afternoon break at Empress of China. The restaurant is like a time capsule, kitsch but classy at the same time. It's a great deal, everything is 30% off during happy hour.

I had some peking pot stickers and a Mai Tai - $14.50 with tip




Caught a baseball game at the AT & T stadium and ate some overpriced yet delicious hot dogs and nachos, as well as a coupe of beers. The Giants lost. But junk food tastes so much better in a sports arena.
"Giant" hot dogs and a beer - $19

Nachos and a beer - $15



Money spent on food today: $48.50