Sunday Nite Takeout from Bristol Farms

We were lazy this evening and didn't check out any restaurant. Besides it's difficult for the 2 of us to try out much yums since the servings are always so huge. We'll rather have a company of 3 to try out any restaurant. Instead, we grabbed dinner from Bristol Farms at Westfield Shopping Center. :)

Gosh! The serving was huge! We had difficulty finishing half a chicken! We chose macaroni cheese & spinach as the sides and we had an additional clam chowder soup. *.*

While the food's delish, a smaller portion's much appreciated! :)

Details of Bristol Farms:
Westfield Shopping Center
845 Market Street
San Francisco
CA 94103
T: +415 979 0106
W: www.bristolfarms.com

Sunday Afternoon at Union Square

We were tired by the week of activities & all we felt like doing was shop and people-watch today. :) Christmas is round the corner & Union Square is bustling with activities.

I wish we skate... ;) It looks fun!

What else did we do? We tried capturing pics of the cable car! :) We didn't take the ride as the queue was long. *.* I'm happy with just having the snapshots in my blog. ;)

Blessed Christmas one & all from San Francisco! :D

Sunday Breakfast at Brenda's French Soul Food

We chose to do a slow Sunday and started our day at Brenda's French Soul Food. We made an effort to be there early, but there was already a queue...

We like the use of tin cans & metal buckets to hold cutlery & sauces. :)

Brenda's has gotten good review for its crawfish beignets and we gotta try. :) Wish Crystal was here! The beignets came in three! Good stuff has to be shared!

The fillings consisted of crawfish, spiced with cayenne, scallions and cheddar. Lovely but was too much for just the two of us. *.*

We were stuffed by the 3 beignets. So we couldn't enjoy the egg benedict as much as we would like to. Brenda's provides egg benedicts with a twist. You may choose to be conservative by having your egg bene with ham or be a little more adventurous by having them with fried catfish or fried chicken. We opted to have ours with fried chicken. :D

Brenda's more suited for a company of 3 or more. It's a challenging task for Lin & myself to finish up eveything. ;) We'll bring Crystal along next time.

Details of Brenda's French Soul Food:
652 Polk Street
San Francisco
CA 94102
T: +415 345 8100
W: http://frenchsoulfood.com/home.htm

Experiencing Thai at Marnee

We did Thai tonite at Marnee. :) This place is recommended by the Michelin Guide 2011. We got a table even though we didn't have a reservation. ;) Nice!

Crystal's co-worker joined us for dinner. Because he's a vegan, we ordered a Veggie Tom Yum soup. We were silently wishing there were shrimps swimming in it! :)))

It's good we didn't have to share the other dishes with him. :) So we had green curry chicken! Yeah!

And we had stirred fried beef. :D Very tender & flavourful.




























I was expecting the pineapple rice to be served in pineapple shell but no, it came in a plate. :))) There were many shrimps in it! It's a little sweet due to the onions.

Marnee serves really good mango sticky rice. Yummmmm... *.*

The coconut ice cream was a little disappointing though. Firstly we didn't think coconut ice cream & cashew nuts to be a perfect match. Peanuts would be a better choice. Secondly, though there were coconut flesh in it, it wasn't that flavourful somehow. Thirdly the ice cream was a tad heavy. 

We were stuffed at the end of it all. :) Marnee satisfied our crave for Asian cuisine. :D

Details of Marnee Thai:
1243 9th Avenue(between Lincoln & Irving Street)
San Francisco
CA 94122
T: +415 731 9999
W: http://marneethaisf.com/

Glittery San Francisco from the Twin Peak

Crystal drove us up to Twin Peak to catch a glittery glimpse of San Francisco. :) Pretty eh? But it's cooooooooooooold... *.*

Sunset at Lands End

Crystal's roomie, Michele suggested we go to Lands End to catch the sunset and we did! :) The view's spectacular! :D

The cliff overlooks the pacific ocean.

We never really pause to admire the sunset. It's actually goes down pretty first and before we know it, the sun has set. Do you prefer sunrise or sunset? Crystal said she prefers sunset cos we need not wake up early to see it in action. :))) Lin & I prefer Sunrise cos it symbolizes a brand new day, hope. Btw, Crystal stays in Sunset & we live in Sunrise Ave. :)

We checked out the cave at the foot of the cliff. :) Caution...

It's pitch dark, sandy & some parts slippery in here! :O Here's what I snapped:

Crystal & Lin had to knock the sand off their shoes! :) I caught them in action. Ha!

We then headed up to Lands End Coastal Trail. :)

God's creation is absolutely amazing!

Thanks Michele for the recommendation! :D

Saturday Morning at the Farmers' Market

We had an awesome morning at the Farmers Market at the Ferry Plaza today. The sky is gorgeous, making our pics perfect! Yeah! :)

We went around the market touching & trying out stuff! ;)

We bought some low sugar preserves from Glashoff Farms for Beanie. It's time he reduces his sugar intake! ;) We tried the samples & they're good! Thumbs up! :)

The stall sells walnuts & persimmons too! Aren't persimmons supposed to be round? :)

For coffee lovers, do check out Blue Bottle Coffee Co. The queue says it all! Ha! :D

We proceeded to the side of the Ferry Terminal to get lunch. :)

See the crowd?

Everyone raves about Roli Roti and the queue's long. Hence we queued (well, Crystal & Lin did while I went around checking out stuff).

We ordered a porchetta sandwich & half chicken to share. :)

Cooked & prepared on the spot! :)

The porchetta sandwich has crispy skins in them! It's too salty for my liking though.

The half chicken was juicy & tender. :) Crystal gave me the dark meat. See how she dotes on me? Nice! :)

So here's us savouring our lunch with the company of the dog & the birds. :)

The place is enlivened by live music! :)

After lunch we went into the Market Place for more shopping. :) We were greeted by lovely Christmas caroling!

We stopped by at Far West Fungi to take a look at their huge variety of mushrooms & truffles.
 

You can try growing your own shrooms too. We read the instruction manual. It's complicated and we figured we will probably eat more shrooms and finish them faster than we can grow them! :)))

Despite saying "I'm stuffed, I'm full", I always keep a seperate compartment for dessert or sweets. I couldn't resist when I saw scones at Biscuit Bender! The British call them scones, the Americans call them biscuits. I call them scones. Scones or biscuits, I love them. ^.*

Take your pick!

The unadventurous moi chose classic buttermilk! :)

There's so much stuff at Market Place.




















Lin couldn't resist picking up the pink felt bear and

Crystal couldn't resist sitting on the chair. It's made of recycled parts.

At Miette, Crystal had a rose macaron, Lin had a chocolate orange macaron (the last piece) & I had a coffee macaron. Sweet!

I heart these chubby glassy macaron jars. :)















More window shopping...

There's Kaya here in San Francisco. They called it Srikaya by Hey Boo! We tried. The difference? There's no pandan and richer in coconut flavour in the San Francisco's version. :)

Time to go. But before that, I needed to go get my sorbet craving fixed. We tried some before lunch at Scream Sorbet and we're so gonna get it now.

Scream Sorbet offers exotic flavours. See the following board!

Our preferred choice? Pear Rose please. *.* Refreshing!

Happy & satisfied, it's time to head home! :)

Details of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market:
W: http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php