Old Friends. Good Food.

tonight i got together with my old friend kelly from guam and her husband, ryan. she wanted japanese and requested that i pick a restaurant in SF. using the oh-so-helpful yelp, i found Koo. the atmosphere of the restaurant did not stand out for me but what it lacked in atmosphere it made up for in the food.

to start off i ordered the "a spoonful of happiness" and that is exactly what it is. simply put: it is orgasmic. this picture does not do it justice.

spoonful of uni, quail egg, tobiko, ponzu & ankimo wrapped w/ whitefish, truffle-oil & a shot of chilled sake

i also ordered the "tokyo crunch" it was very good and the ingredients were extremely fresh.

spicy tenkasu, hamachi, unagi, cucumber, tobiko

what a great end to a great weekend. nothing compliments good food like good company.

back in the bay

after moving and having a load of family in town, i now have the time to get back to updating my blog. my food adventures are now continuing in the Bay. there was no better way to start off my adventures back in the bay than how i spent may 28, 2009.

that night foodicles and i had tickets to see anthony bourdain(one of my favorites) talk at de anza. before the show, we decided to go to GocHi. Japanese Fusion Tapas. we got there 10 minutes before they opened and there were already a number of people waiting for it to open. when they finally opened I was surprised at the layout of the place. i love the atmosphere of this place. they set it up like a traditional japanese restaurant. you had to take off your shoes and the tables were low. i haven't been to a japanese restaurant like this since i was a little girl on guam.

now on to the food....lychee sochu- very yummy and a nice fresh lychee at the bottom. dangerous b.c you can't taste the alcohol

saba carpaccio- very good and refreshing

gyuniku reishabu salad- decent but probably wouldn't order again

we also ordered the yakiudon and chicken karaage- both were very good and not too oily

then it was off to de anza for tony bourdain. the only negative comment i have (which is actually my fault) is that i had heard a lot of what he talked about before. i read about him too much. topics included which celebrity chefs are good and bad for the world, vegans, and alice waters. afterwords, we decided to go have a drink at the cypress hotel in cupertino. about an hour into our bourdain discussion, angela nudges me and there is bourdain ordering a drink two feet away from me. thank you angela for initiating conversation and asking to take a picture with him. yes i will admit i was comepletely starstruck.

"love, eat, drink" -tony bourdain

p.s. anthony bourdain in ridiculously tall