Cucina Paradiso - Petaluma, CA

We went to Cucina Paradiso after reading review in Yelp.

The Calamari salad was nicely cooked. It was light, a little over dressed, but really good even then.

David had the House salad. Taste good too, but we could've ordered a different side.


Simple spaghetti with mussels and clams. Nothing exotic but it was really well prepared. Not oily, very tasty and the pasta was aldente.


The Gorgonzola gnocchi was heavy and not as good as the reviews on yelp.


The special chocolate mouse cake was light and yummy.


This was a good Italian restaurant. Usually Italian restaurants are generic and too saucy and oily. However I think this is how it's supposed to be because we didn't leave over stuffed.

Chaya - San Francisco, CA

Over Priced. . .but then again it was in San Francisco on the Embarcadero.
Below is the Sushi assortment. Nothing exotic. I guess it was good, but I've had better sushi from room service in Japan. So it's hard to compare since I could get the same thing a lot cheaper at other Japanese restaurants.



I ate some fish dish with limp leeks on top. It was okay.


For dessert we had a chocolate crossant bread pudding. It was good, but literally tasted like a melted chocolate crossant.

Restaurant Website: http://www.thechaya.com/

Bella Venezia - San Francisco (Mission)

We went early Sunday evening and were the first ones in for Dinner.The dipping sauce they serve with the bread is REALLY good. It's probably a few simple ingredients of tomato and garlic but it's quite tasty. Thinned down it could be a tomato soup.Prices are really great, and the people there are very friendly. The menu is quite basic but the dishes are prepared very well. The calamari is excellent! Not too much batter and nicely fried up served with tasty dipping aioli. The mussels are good.For dinner we had the veal parm. It's not that great. If it was I'd give this restaurant 5stars. But the shrimp w/garlic sauce is very yummy!! Feels like you're eating a stick of butter w/your shrimp. . .but it taste great.

Tofu House (Palo Alto)

Comes to you boiling HOT that pot of Tofu soup. Then you crack a raw egg into the soup when it comes to your table. It's very satisfying when you want something salty and fairly healthy.

You get rice and other side dishes like Kim chee, cucumber, potato, seaweed and noodles. Very satisfying.

Ella Restaurant - San Fransicso (Presidio)

Long wait indeed for breakfast. It's not so long if you go in, sign up, then circle around for parking for 15 minutes then come back and wait to be called.

However, brunch is worth it for a mass amount of food. Some interesting stuff on the menu which is home-eee good. Potato casserole, big slices of ham, melted cheese, yummy biscuit. Better than your average greasy dinner all right.

The blood orange juice and mocha is tops.

Universal Cafe - San Fransico (Mission)

I want to give 4 stars because the food was really good.

I'd have to go for dinner to see if it's worth the 4th star.I went for Brunch with friends and the wait was long. Over one hour later we finally got a seat. It's one of those contemporary, not overly comfy food places with hard seats.

The menu is not that extensive.I had a pork burger and it was really good. Came w/a salad, but seems like it was a bit over priced for a burger, and a mix salad. . .that was $13. David had a pastrami which was good, but again with just a salad for $13, was too little bit food.

I would expected at least french fries instead.The mango and banana shake was really good, not too sweet. And the coffee is good.