Category: Reviews

• Bakesale Betty – An Oakland Gem

  After all the great desserts, we had to check out the bakery for lunch to try their popular fried chicken sandwich. The shop is located in North Oakland’s Temescal District. When we arrived at the small, unassuming corner bakery, the line was just out the door.

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  Chuck

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  December 7, 2007

• San Francisco Cupcake Tasting Tour

  After last month’s NYC cupcake tour that put us in a cupcake coma, we decided to replicate the fun and go on a cupcake tasting tour in San Francisco. The cupcake scene in San Francisco is still in it’s infancy compared to NYC. There aren’t many pure cupcakeries in the Bay Area, but the number…

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  Chuck

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  October 30, 2007

• New York City Cupcake Tasting Tour

  http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf <!– Hungry Bear and I love cupcakes, but I think our friend, Aimee, is a bigger cupcake fanatic. Last month while visiting Jeff and Aimee in NYC, Aimee organized a cupcake tasting tour around five popular cupcake shops in the city. We even had a scorecard, created by Jeff, to rate the shops and…

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  Chuck

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  October 8, 2007

• Banh Mi From Picnix Bistro

  Our favorite bánh mì (Vietnamese baguette sandwich) in San Francisco can be found at Picnix Bistro & Carry Out, which is located in the Presidio Heights district. When someone told us that there was good bánh mì at Picnix, I didn’t believe it because of the neighborhood it was in.

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  Chuck

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  September 5, 2007

• Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory Tour

  One of my favorite activities with out of town guests is to take them on the Scharffen Berger Factory Tour. It’s a great outing, especially if your guests are chocoholics. Last month, I took my chocolate loving parents on the tour. The factory is just a small brick building, which means the tour takes less…

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  Chuck

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  August 19, 2007

• Ad Hoc Restaurant – Yountville

  Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc is my absolute favorite restaurant in the Bay Area. I can’t think of any other restaurant that captures the spirit of Sunday Nite Dinner better than Ad Hoc. The food is rustic yet refined and served family style. The atmosphere is friendly, super casual and lacks any pretentiousness.

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  Chuck

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  July 20, 2007

• Muguboka Korean BBQ – Inner Richmond

  Overall, Muguboka is not as good as our favorite Korean place in the Bay Area, Koryo in Oakland. It’s also a step down from Brother’s, another Korean BBQ restaurant in the Inner Richmond. However, given the close proximity, friendly service (which I found to be rare), reasonable prices and the smoke-free environment, we will definitely…

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  Chuck

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  July 12, 2007