Forein Cinema, San Francisco, CA

This restaurant hit the spot. I think we've have been eating a lot of Asian food lately so this was a nice change. I wouldn't say it was classic french but it did have the classic protein dishes. There was a lot of variety, and it was not very oily like Californian style food. If you eat outside in the courtyard you can watch the movie on the brick wall, only you can't really watch it, it's just a backdrop. It was a cold night so we chose to sit inside.



For Appetizer we had the Thai coconut broth mussels. It hit the spot on the slightly chilly night as it was like a warm soup. The duck breast salad had an unusual spice and it was topped with some sort of watercress-type green. Slightly overdressed but nevertheless it was one of the best duck salads.



For dinner we had Salmon and lamb dish. I usually don't order salmon but this one sounded interesting. It was wrapped in a fig leaf and served with vegetable and beans. The salmon was really nicely cooked. I don't what flavor the fig leaf was supposed to add. The lamb was really tasty and well cooked. I can't even name spices anymore it seems, but it was smoked just right. Served over pollenta added a nice texture. I like the grilled grapes added nice sweetness.

Dessert was a crepe topped with creme fresh and strawberries. Dessert was okay, not that impressive in comparison with dinner, but it was good. It wasn't too sweet and a nice ending since dinner didn't make us feel so overstuffed.

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Patio Filopino, San Bruno, CA

Oh yeah, if you want a lot of food and feel stuffed in that fatty way, then Filopino food does the trick.

We had Garlic rice, Fried Bangus and the vegetable thing flavored w/shrimp sauce. I like the Bangus prepared on the flat pan better I think. The Fried one tasted almost like KFC batter.

The dessert was very gooey. Ice cream with chocolate sauce and deep fried banana lumpia.






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Fuzio, San Francisco, CA

Pretty decent restaurant but nothing that special. Located in the Castro area, so it's distracting (not in a bad way) staring at the gay guys tight shirts and muscles.

I had the potato and leek pasta with mushroom sauce. Really good. David had the pork dish and it was pretty tasty and spicy. It was nice with the sour cream on top. Pasta is well cooked.


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Shabuway, San Mateo, CA

At first I though, it's kind of boring. Geeze just meat, flavor water and veggies w/dipping sauce and water.

But then later on I was craving the simple rice and meat thing, and it's very healthy.

Don't get the pot stickers. Yuck.

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Assab Eritrean Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

We had the 3 meet combo, lamb, beef & chicken and the chickpea mash. (sorry I don't know the exact name). It was really good and we ate everything up in Ethipoian style with our fingers. Nicely seasoned and tasty but not too oily.

The samosa is a flat piece, not that great I think.

The Meta Beer, that was really good. It has a sweet after taste.

Service is slow, there were two people here serving 7 tables.


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