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Han Il Kwan (Korean, San Francisco)
(This review was written October 12, 2007) We had an appointment in San Francisco last Wednesday and got together with friends at a Korean restaurant I’d read good things about on the net. It did not...
View ArticleAlive (Vegan/Raw, San Francisco, CA)
(This review was written September 1, 2007) I got the recommendation for Alive last year, when Michael and I were planning a special dinner for our first wedding anniversary. But I got very ill and we...
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Todai (Asian Buffet, Daly City, CA & elsewhere)
Todai is a small buffet chain specializing in sushi and a variety of Japanese and Chinese foods, with a smattering of other things. They started in Hong Kong I believe and had a strong presence in...
View ArticleThai Hut Valley (Cotati, CA)
This review was written February 15, 2006 as a letter to local restaurant reviewer Jeff Cox who promoted this place in the Press Democrat on January 22, 2006. Note that we went there before...
View ArticleFlore Vegan Cuisine (Los Angeles)
On our last night in Los Angeles, we wanted to go out and try a vegan place. I get so sick of having one thing on a menu I can eat (if that) and I was hoping for more choices. After an extensive web...
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Xiang Cuisine (Burnaby, BC)
Michael and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary on August 21st (and 12 years of being together). I was ill for our first wedding anniversary, and our second was a so-so dinner with Miriam after...
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India Bistro (Vancouver, BC)
While visiting the Vancouver area last month, we stayed with friends in Burnaby, a suburb to the east of the city. Some other friends from New Brunswick overlapped their stay with ours then went to a...
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Kalga Kafe (Portland, Oregon)
At the end of our day-long trek into Portland, we met up with a friend and her son at Kalga Kafe, a vegetarian restaurant in the southeast part of the city. Dinner hours are 5pm-midnight (it serves...
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Abyssinia (Ethiopian/Eritrean, Santa Rosa, CA)
Some comfort foods come from childhood (the one that fills my soul is very soft, very slow cooked scrambled eggs over buttered whole-grain toast, something I can no longer have) and others are with you...
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Namaste Cafe (Petaluma, CA)
My brother, his girlfriend, and my 10 year old niece came to visit us and shop at the local outlet mall. Last time I saw them all (at the Marin County Fair the 4th of July) I brought a huge picnic...
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Gourmet Garden (Petaluma, CA)
It’s Christmas Day and time for our annual tradition of Jews eat Asian food on Christian holidays (why? you ask…because we get the day off and nothing else is usually open, though that’s changed in...
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Real Doner Traditional Turkish Food (Petaluma, CA)
A few months ago, a new cafe opened in downtown Petaluma near Walnut Park. Foodies in the know thrill because the owners are family of the owners of a now-defunct Turkish restaurant in Santa Rosa,...
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Lemongrass Thai Cuisine (Petaluma, CA)
Reading reviews of Lemongrass Thai Cuisine, I’m shocked by how many people love it. Did we go to the same place? Did they change chefs? Are all the reviewers blown away by anything a step above fast...
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