Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity ~ Voltaire

Sunday, April 22, 2012

brunch @ brenda's, cherry blossom festival, dinner @ tw village bistro

i had brunch with my sf foodies family at brenda's today!  to be honest, i think the food were mediocre.  maybe i just had such high hopes from reading all the reviews...  after brunch, we all went to japantown for the cherry blossom festival.  ugh, it reminds me again why i don't go to this sorta things...  too crowded!  i think i had a minor heat stroke too.  then, i went to this new taiwanese restaurant in san mateo for dinner.  oh, another big disappointment!  am i being too picky?!

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf)

brenda's
french soul food
652 polk street
san francisco, ca 94102
415.345.8100
http://frenchsoulfood.com

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf)

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - beignet flight L > R (crawfish, with cayenne, scallions & cheddar; granny smith apple, with cinnamon honey butter; chocolate, with molten ghirardelli chocolate; plain, for the die-hard traditionalist)

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - inside of crawfish beignet

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - chicken, sausage & okra gumbo

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - croque monsieur with fries (baked ham & gruyère with béchamel sauce on sliced sourdough)

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - shrimp & grits (sautéed shrimp, cheddar grits, spicy tomato-bacon gravy)

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - crispy pork belly & grits (pork belly, cheddar grits, poached egg, spicy tomato-bacon gravy)

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - fried catfish eggs benedict with hash (two poached eggs on cream biscuits with creole hollandaise)

2012.04.22 @ brenda's (sf) - fried catfish po'boy with fries (with chipotle rémoulade on toasted french roll)

2012.04.22 @ cherry blossom festival parade (sf)

2012.04.22 @ japantown (sf) - miss hello kitty for cherry blossom festival

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo)

tw village bistro
2946 south norfolk street
san mateo, ca 94403
650.341.1899

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - shredded bean curd with vegetable

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - house special bean curd mixed with chili

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - beef noodle soup

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - house special scallion dry noodle

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - minced pork over rice

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - taiwanese pork bun

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - pork/shrimp/chives dumplings

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - boiled veggies

2012.04.22 @ tw village bistro (san mateo) - stewed pig intestine

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