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King Foot Subs

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Having the day off in the middle of the week is weird but great! I wish we could have holidays like this more often. Although I’m sure it’s going to be really busy at work tomorrow… but so far had a great day today.

Started with sleeping in then having lunch down the street at King Foot Subs. Today they happened to be celebrating their 34th Birthday! So they are offering a free soda and free bag of chips with any 14″ sub purchase, through December 11, 2009.

We ordered their Kalbi King Sub. Filled with kalbi, kimchi, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. The bread is nicely toasted. They split the sub for us, first in half, then into quarters. It was quite filling. Cost ~$14. A bit expensive but then this was a specialty sub. The regular King size subs are ~$10. The large subs are ~$5.

Since it’s so close by, I’ll definitely go back again.

The rest of the day was spent at Starbucks, catching up on some reading and enjoying a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Then some shopping, big crowds were out today, guess there were a lot of people with the day off today. Then finally, my Dyson DC25 Animal arrived which I ordered refurbished from Overstock. It works wonders… I vacuumed one carpet and it looks brand new, it sucked up all the cat hair and dust. Since it arrived so late, I didn’t want to disturb the neighbors too long so I’ll wait for the weekend to finish cleaning. I can’t wait for a nice clean apartment, free of cat hair (except for the hair on the cats).

This is how I found Mochi and Misu when I arrived home, sleeping cuddled up together.

King Foot Subs
724 Bush St

Pacific Catch – A Taste of Singapore

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http://www.pacificcatch.com/

Through November 15th, Pacific Catch is having a Taste of Singapore prix fixe menu for $27. Patrick arranged our supposed to be Q2monthly (now more like Q6month) dinner with Shirley for tonight. In a previous post I talked about how I was craving laksa so was very excited to hear it was part of their menu for tonight.

Free snacks included edamame and pretzel goldfish.

Since Patrick belongs to their mailing list, this month they offered a free shrimp ceviche appetizer with chips with any entree purchase. Thank goodness the shrimp were cooked so I could eat them but the rest of the ceviche was a bit tangy for me, just a tad too much lime, but yummy avocado.

The appetizer choice for the prix fixe was either the curry laksa or the Singaporean black pepper shrimp. I ordered the laksa and was a bit disappointed as it just wasn’t the same as the one I used to order at staff canteen at NUH (Singapore) for lunch. The chili (in the small bowl on the left) was nice and spicy and gave it a bit more of a kick but the noodle were thin versus the thicker noodles I was used to eating in Singapore.

Patrick ordered the black pepper shrimp and this was actually pretty good, very peppery like it should be but it would have been more traditional as crab. I only had a few pieces.

The main course was a salmon rendang served over rice. I was already kind of full by the time we got to the main course so couldn’t eat much. From what I could taste, the sauce and vegetables were flavorful and full of spices but the salmon a bit dry and the rice very bland (not enough sauce). I packed about half for lunch tomorrow.

Last but not least, dessert of coconut custard served with stir fried tropical fruit and banana tuille. The custard was more like a pudding but the tropical fruits were yummy, I think pineapples and papaya. The banana tuille tasted really like banana bread and I thought it was supposed to be crunchy but ended up kind of chewy and stuck to your teeth (a bit strange). Even though I couldn’t eat my salmon, I was able to finish an entire dessert (and Patrick & Shirley left me one for myself, probably because I am the pregnant lady).

It was good to catch up with friends over a good meal but now I am really craving to go to Singapore for some more authentic food…

Check out the website for Pacific Catch to see their next regional cuisine menus.

Pacific Catch
1200 9th Avenue at Lincoln

Halloween Morning

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I woke up early this morning to have breakfast but not any morning coffee so by noon, I was tired and decided to take a nap. The kitties decided to join me for my afternoon nap. Misu at my waist and Maxwell at my feet. I haven’t seen them sleeping so close to each other in a long time, usually Misu is chasing Maxwell and Maxwell is hissing and swatting at Misu.

After my nap, Ron and I walked downtown since he needed to find a costume for tonight’s Halloween party. After we scavenged at the Halloween store, we went for coffee at the Blue Bottle Cafe in Mint Plaza.

I ordered the New Orleans style iced coffee for Ron. It’s a cold drip brewed coffee with a bit of sugar and they say this one is okay with milk or cream. They also have Kyoto style iced coffee which they recommend drinking black. I originally ordered the Kyoto style, not knowing it’s not recommended with milk, but they exchanged it for the New Orleans in a heartbeat, knowing that Ron does not like black coffee. If you go to the cafe, check out the contraption used for the Kyoto style, it’s a REALLY slow drip.

For myself, I ordered an Affogato. The ice cream was Humphry Slocombe’s Special Breakfast topped with a shot of espresso. The ice cream itself was nice and creamy but kind of unidentifiable, it had some sort of cake/cookie/grain/nougat pieces in it. Once topped with the espresso = YUM! The bitterness of the espresso made the ice cream even better.

After coffee, since I slept through lunch, Ron and I went to have dinner at Bangkok Noodles. I ordered the roast duck noodles with flat noodles. Flat rice noodles are my favorite and I love roast duck. Their broth is kind of addictive but also a bit oily and salty but very satisfying. Those fried garlic pieces were so good.

Ron’s heading to a Halloween party tonight while I am opting to stay home since I’m working in Oakland tomorrow. With the Bay Bridge closure, it’s going to be a bit of a pain to get across the bay. In hindsight, I should have said no when the regular RPh called me on Friday to ask me to work… oh well, too late now.


Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Cafe
66 Mint Street

Bangkok Noodles
110 Powell St

Nike Women’s Marathon San Francisco

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I participated in the Nike Women’s Marathon today. I walked the half marathon (13 miles) and crossed the finish line in 4 hours 49 minutes 38 seconds. My legs are paying for it now as I didn’t participate in the training after July since I knew I couldn’t easily run with my growing belly. But I didn’t want to give up on the whole event so thought I’d try walking and if I got too tired then I would stop.

Me and baby all ready to go at 6am!

47 minutes and 47 seconds before the start of the race. It was dark in Union Square but surprisingly loud. I don’t envy the people staying in the hotels or living near by as these were a bunch of enthusiastic women.

I joined the 15+ minute pace group so our start was behind Mason St and it was a bit chilly, like a huge wind tunnel with the tall buildings.

The sun started to come up as our pace group crossed the start line, about 7:24am.

Mile 1!

The Embarcadero with the streets closed down. Since it was my first marathon, I was amazed at all the clothes strewn on the ground. Apparently as the runners warm up, they strip and throw their long sleeved tops & jackets and mittens on the ground which eventually go to charity. Some people were even wearing garbage bags which are also eventually discarded. Seems a bit like littering but at least the clothes get donated.

Mile 2!

Alcatraz

I missed the Mile 3 marker but here’s Mile 4!

Mile 5!

Mile 6!

Some encouraging words on the hill:

Mile 7!

Mile 8! By now I was thinking “Are we there yet?”

Mile 9!

Mile 10! The Cliff House.. almost there! Only part left is to go into the park and back to the Great Highway to the finish line…

Mile 11! Free bananas here from Safeway.

Mile 12! Around the soccer field and only a mile to go!

The finish line!! As I was approaching, there were a whole bunch of full marathon runners approaching as well. I was relieved to finally see the finish line and thinking if I get in again next year that I might try running…

More pictures to come at the finish line, waiting for pictures from Kat who was waiting there at the finish line for me. She finished more than 2 hours before me!

After the race, we went to eat as I was starving. We had late lunch at Pho Garden, the place famous for the Pho Challenge (2 lbs meat, 2 lbs noodles, to be eaten in under 1 hr or else you pay the $22 for the bowl, if finished, your picture on the wall with the empty bowl). We didn’t do the challenge but had their pho which was pretty good, loved the noodles as they didn’t get soggy as it sat in the broth.

I ordered #8, extra-large bowl of pho with everything.

Pho Garden
2109 Clement St

City View Restaurant

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Finally a Saturday where we could enjoy the morning together (no work!) so we went for dim sum at City View Restaurant.

A selection of what we ate: ha gow, siu mai, and cha siu bao. We also had chive dumplings, fried rice, zha liang, and a few other things. Dim sum for two people usually isn’t much variety and can be expensive (a little over $30 for both of us) but it’s a good treat once in a while.

After dim sum, we walked to Grant Ave to Golden Gate Bakery for the best egg tarts around! Their sponge cake roll isn’t half bad either, I had their chocolate = yummy!


City View Restaurant
662 Commercial Street

Golden Gate Bakery
1029 Grant Ave