COBB

COBB, a photo by killah.poopface on Flickr.

Behold! my first Cobb salad. maybe ever. i stopped eating meat at age 13, after doing a school project about factory farming (the horror!) and only recently started eating meat again. i try very hard to only eat ethically raised and killed meat, which is generally pretty easy to do in San Francisco. I have learned/been reminded that bacon is DELICIOUS! and i eat it all the time.

and so! I was extremely excited to partake of this deeeeeelicious Cobb salad. I used to be angry when people put meat in salads, ruining them for me. What’s the point of salad with meat?! I thought. Salads are for fruit and veggies.

No more! Now I am extra super duper glad for the protein, for my body is 1 million times happier with some incoming animal fat and protein. I am still pretty in love with fruits and veggies, so incorporating meat – especially bacon – into salad is pure joy. Plus avocado = heaven. Cobb, YES.

Not pictured: tasty jalapeno-lime dressing. Eight thumbs up! If you’re an octopus. With thumbs. How unusual.

tower of power

tower of power, a photo by killah.poopface on Flickr.

this photo does not begin to do justice to the glory!!! that is the mac ‘n cheese starter(!) at Citizen’s Band restaurant in San Francisco. SOMA, San Francisco, on Folsom at 8th Street. so, SO close to my house – i am kicking myself for not having eaten it a lot sooner but I guess the fact that the place is kinda subtle (oh, but i love subtle!) and kinda meaty (oh, but so rarely is a San Francisco restaurant totally meaty) kept me out. I will forgive myself. And now just work on figuring out how often I am allowed to go back.

Just so we are clear! There is a delicious square (yay square!) of macaroni and cheese lurking at the bottom of this creation, and it is perfectly cheesy and uses actual macaroni noodles. or elbow or what have you. it’s in a small lake of cheese, which is not overpowering or too much, miraculously.

those are onion rings on top of it. fried to perfection! really light. probably the lightest, most perfect onion rings i’ve ever had the pleasure of eating — and i have eaten many an onion ring.

cheese is grated on top and boy am i a fan of that decision.

i heard about this genius dish a few months ago from a great wonderful cook and friend of mine and it sounded…a little overwhelming. like it could be too much. waaay too much. she finally escorted me there at a time when i was ready for too much. but it wasn’t! it was the perfect amount of everything, including portion size. i mean, as a meal, not a starter, unless you’re sharing ( i did, a little bit. and also ate some really delicious roasted brussel sprouts. there’s a caramelized cauliflower option i have a hankering for now too).

my in-the-know pal makes a lot of delicious veggie creations and shares recipes and photos of them and you should read about and make them too! go here! and when you’re ready for some serious comfort food in San Francisco, now you know where to find that too.

micecream!!!

micecream!!!, a photo by killah.poopface on Flickr.

well. desserts don’t get too much better than this…adorable mouse face! coconut ice cream! sticky rice! if there had been some mango or pumpkin, well, i would probably be camped out at the restaurant , gorging myself on it at every meal, so it is better to leave a little bit wanting for the next delicious dessert party.

the restaurant, by the way, is the extremely yummy Suriya Thai, which i used to frequent way down on Valencia Street when it was there and I lived in that neighborhood. Luckily, we both ended up in SOMA, though I have apparently been flying past it on Howard at 11th without even noticing! Doh. Must.slow.down. and notice the deliciousness! Suriya’s pumpkin curry is definitely the best in San Francisco – I am pretty certain I’ve tried them all by now – and they have exciting dishes like mieng-kum, which is hard to find! in San Francisco. Hard but not impossible, hooray!