Onward with the Asian Cuisines

Moving down the list of "Asian Foods Deda can't get in Italy" Dosa on Valencia and 21st.
















Cochin Calamari - "Calamari, sautéed with a sumptuous, spicy coconut milk sauce, served with mixed greens"
















My food pics came out terrible today so this far view is all you get. These two both got the South Indian Moons Uttapam - "The chef’s selection of five different Uttapams served with sambar, channa (garbanzo beans) and chutney"
















Chatni Masala for me - "Masala dosa spread with a divine spicy chutney that is made from either baby eggplant (baingan) or ridge gourd - a rare tropical vegetable originally from India"
















How's the photoshop Ms. Vampire? Tommorrow night, Thai food.

Italian Cooking Night

Um... how does the Iron Chef theme music go?










































The lighting in my kitchen is crazy. Look, Deda has a twin.
















Frittata (made with Ricotta and Parsley + 4 eggs)










































































Queue for...
















Lasagna!





















and for dessert, Strawberries + Marscapone
















yum!

Chinese Food for Deda

@ Bok Choy Garden on Clement (at 19th). The food here is alright. Some of the dishes are a bit meager; for example the wheat gluten is good but you get like 6 pieces of it. >__< Here is Deda chowing down on Veggie Mu Shu.
































There are also oddly named dishes. For example, this is their "Veggie Duck" which is just soy bean sheet fried with a crispy outside. It's good. It can be a bit greasy sometimes (I order this one often) but it has no resemblance to duck so, okay. Whatever!
















This was the soy sheet clay pot. This one I hadn't had before but it was good. Had a bunch of white and black tree ear mushrooms XD
















Free dessert (even when you order out!) - like a chilled mochi or jelly with chestnut inside.





















Sesame Soup/Tea with Peanut Dumplings at Kowloon Dessert on 7th Avenue (at Geary).

Solano Street Fair 2

This is the biggest continuous street fair I've ever been to. It stretches for about 1 mile (from San Pablo to The Alameda) covering 22 blocks of non-stop street fair boothage. There is a 1 mile stretch of people. Lots and lots of people. For a nearly identical post, check out last years fair.
















Here's a strange booth.





















on the prowl...





















for delicious meats! and food too.





















corn! ^__^
















foot-long sausages!
















kettlecorn. so yummy. great for sharing.
















Wahab settles down...
















for Dr. Solar's Medicine (and slightly politically skewed) Magic Show.
















Meats...
















Ice cream
















Going for the Kill Screen. Although extremely glare-ridden, this seemingly more standard version of Ms. Pacman was definitely harder. Ms. Pacman moved slower, the ghosts were mean. I only score 18,000+ More practice needed.

















Did you read last years post? This is the rematch.




Who has the advantage at this traffic induced delay? I'll let the viewers decide.
















Again, Mei Mei is not trying to help Anthony up, but rather push him down. We declared Anthony the winner this year. Each contestant had one infraction each so we considered those to cancel out.
















Fruit tart. mmmm.....
















At Mei Mei's.
















Zzzzzz...
















Garlic fries. @ Barney's.





















Milk Shake. mmmm......
















Pesto Chicken Sandwich. The chicken is way bigger than my hand!
















This troubled bear was found at a bookstore.

Another Day with Deda

Deda makes it to the Osamu Tezuka exhibit just in time! The exhibit heads back to Japan after Sunday.





































high five





















Aki Matsu at Japantown.





















Pre-cut Grace & Deda
















with fellow former Italian Japanese-classmate, Mauricio at On the Bridge.





















"(Curry) How I missed you"





































mid-cut
















Post-cut Grace and Deda
















Aki Matsu no Taiko
















"None for you (which is me)" Deda is eating a fish-shaped cake snake filled with red bean. Yaki-something or another.
















Okonomiyaki
















Lots of people dancing. This is the Japanese equivalent to line dancing except the walk around in a big circle and there is an inner ring of dancers you can watch so you're never out of sight of somebody who knows what they are doing.