Eddie's Cafe - SF

So this one morning in SF, I woke up really early- due to my jetlag, and I really wanted some good breakfast. I was actually really craving some like, IHOP-type food, so I yelped some good places to eat around my friend Stephen's place, and I stumbled upon this place called "Eddie's Cafe". The reviews were decent, and it was really close by, I think it was like 2 blocks away and the prices looked real good. (hey, i'm a poor traveling nomad!)



We got there, and it was like a small corner shop- something that reminds me of Central Perk from Friends. The decor in the place was eccentric- pictures lining the walls, random flower pots- and the place was packed. It just seemed like a friendly-neighborhood diner that served "regulars" and was filled with a bunch of happy waiters. The restaurant was owned by Korean folk, which was a bit of a surprise to me, since the restaurant's stated it as "Soul Food"....and how random is it that there are penguins on the cover of the menu- what does that even MEAN?



Anyway, the food was decent, your typical breakfast foods, hashbrowns, eggs, sausages and coffee- tasted all right- but the price is what made it. I think I got all of that for like under $7 bucks- which is pretty insane because if I remember correctly, Ihop ususally charges like $7 STARTING.. without tax/tip!

Look how happy one of the customers are, eating their breakfast food!



Taste: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 4.5
Cost: $5-8

THE ALL AMERICAN ROAD TRIP!! PT 2

A continuation...
Burma Super Star - SF (4/5)

This was actually my favorite restaurant of the week! This was my first time every trying any Burmese food, (to be honest, if you asked me to locate Burma on a map- I don't think I'd know where it is...) Anyway, a friend of mine was recommended it, so we went there for lunch one rainy morning. When we Yelped! it, we got a lot of warnings that it was going to be a super bustling place, because it was so popular, but when we got there - we didn't even have to wait for a table. But the place WAS packed to the brim. Literally there were like 2 feet in between each table and it was a great atmosphere. The service was quick and friendly, and everyone seemed to be breaking happy bread together.






We ordered the 'Samusa Soup', which is supposedly the most "popular" and "best" thing in the house. It was a vegetarian soup that had a mixture different veggies, predominantly it tasted like tomato soup, with a lot of other things mixed it, but one thing that I noticed that stood out, was they had this bready-texture THING inside which made the soup, the SOUP. Haha, overall the flavor was great and it tasted awesome and I would go back to try it again. We also ordered the Pumpkin Pork Stew - Tender pork stew slow cooked with kabocha squash and ginger- and it was the BEST. I've never eaten pumpkin cooked before, and it tastes a lot like squash... I suppose they are the same thing? But it tasted so awesome! We also ordered the Beef Kebat - Stir fried beef with onions, tomatoes, green chilies, and mint leaves. They say it's spicey, but it wasn't at all.

BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE CO. (SF) - (3.5/5)



Supposedly my friend said this is one of the two best coffees to try in SF? I stumbled upon it by accident one rainy morning, while RUNNING ERRANDS FOR A FRIEND, and was greeted with a nice surprise. I ordered the New Orleans Iced Coffee because I was curious as to what that tasted like. It was iced coffee with a dash of mocha on the top. It was good, strong coffee and tasty. Way better than the burnt crap that Starbucks always serves. The price was a little high, I think it was $3.50 for this cup- that's not really normal for a cup of iced coffee- so this can be a once in a lifetime sort of deal.

THE ALL AMERICAN ROAD TRIP!!

Hello my fellow reader(s) (plural, I hope!),

I have just returned from a cross country road trip that began in the little city of San Francisco, I then journeyed through Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, Alamogordo and Roswell New Mexico, Lubbock Texas, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, Little Rock Arkansas, Memphis Tennessee, even hit a piece of North Carolina, the Smokey Mountains, up to West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and then back to New York City! It was a pretty long and arduous journey, but I'm back alive, in one piece, and I honestly don't regret any moment of it.

Of course this is my FOOD BLOG, so I will be updating you with some glorious images and reviews of all the interesting places that I ate at. Of course the next few posts will be updates from that trip, so I hope you will enjoy them!

We'll start with San Francisco!

CHOWDER - SF (2.5/5 stars)




Down at the Fisherman's Wharf, I tried this place called, "Chowder". Since this is the bay area, seafood around here should be pretty tasty and fresh no? So I wanted to try the Clam Chowder in their famous sourdough bread. Probably not a good idea to come here to try it... it's better in Boston. Hah. The decor of the whole place was great, the staff super friendly. The whole interior of the little shop was cute and inviting, but the food was just bad. The clam chowder was SUPER salty. I don't know if they think that the sour dough bread had to be consumed fully in order to counter balance the taste- but I wasn't about to eat the whole piece of dough just to get the taste of salt out of my mouth!

TRISH'S MINI DONUTS - SF (3/5 stars)



Next, I also tried this little donut place called, "Trish's Mini Donuts". I thought it was a cute place and the donuts actually ended up tasting really great. It was semi-sweet, there was sugar coated around it, but it wasn't nasty sweet. One the down side, I think the donuts were a little too oily for my taste, and it could have been a bit fluffier- but hey that's just me.

Okay, I'm going to try to limit each post with 2-3 different restaurants, since these are all going to be short blogs!

IN & OUT BURGER - SF (2/5 stars)


Okay, so I don't get what the hype is about this place. I mean it was good, but it wasn't GODLY. Everyone and everyone always raved about how great this place was, but honestly- is it because you haven't been to Five Guys before?! It was decent, I tried the "secret" burger- the "Animal-style" burger- but it was just mediocre. Yeah it was juicey, and the price is good for the meal, but the fries they gave me were cold and stale and just didn't cut it to any standard that people have given me. So all in all, I had a cruddy experience here and I don't think I'd ever crave this place ever again or want to go back. That's all. For all of you people that hate what I just wrote, I'm sorry, but that was my truthful experience. However, I do encourage you guys to go try it for yourselves.