We tried Nubi Yogurt today while visiting Ron’s family in Millbrae. It’s basically a self serve frozen yogurt place and you add your own toppings. Potentially it could be healthy but they have add ins like cookie dough, cheesecake, and mochi… along with fruits. I agree with my bro-in-law Henry that taro is a good flavor.
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| From 09-01-08 Nubi Yogurt |
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| From 09-01-08 Nubi Yogurt |
Not sure how much it costs since it was Henry’s treat but if you’re in Millbrae, I think it’s worth a try.
Joyce is back in the bay area for the week and she came to hang out with us today. We picked her up at the Ferry Building in SF as she had come in from Sacramento by Amtrak to Emeryville and taken a bus. She said she’s an expert in this route because she did it all the time while going to UCSF. I had no idea this was the only way to come back to SF without a car from Sacramento!
We did our favorite things, eat and shop! We started at Beard Papa with a strawberry cheesecake stick and vanilla cream puff. Went for some shopping and ended up staying at Old Navy for almost 3 hours! Ron recommended we go to Citizen Cupcake on the 3rd floor of Virgin Records and we were glad we went. They serve hot chocolate in a BOWL! The chai latte is served with a glass of steamed milk and a pot of chai tea so you add yourself. We had a chocolate cupcake and ginger spice cookie. Yum!
Ron met up with us for dinner and so we walked over to Plouf on Belden Place. It’s one our favorite restaurants in SF so we wanted to share it with Joyce. We ordered two types of mussels, Pastis and Coconut Broth with 2 orders of fries. I really like the Coconut Broth, reminds me of Thai food. Ron also ordered the duck. I recommend just getting the mussels when you eat at plouf. Order more fries or ask for more bread to soak up the soup. YUM!
Sadly, Joyce is leaving back to Singapore on Tuesday. I’m glad she came out to hang out with us and got to meet Mochi and Misu. Meow meow.
We’ve been craving San Tung dried fried chicken since we’ve been back. The sauce is sweet and spicy and the chicken is cooked extra crispy. They also use the sauce to make dried fried green beans with preserved vegetables. These are my two favorite dishes. San Tung was closed on Wednesday when we tried to go there so we decided to treat Ron’s family to the delicious chicken.
They were peeling the green beans while we waited for our take-out. It was a huge mound.
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| From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant |
We ordered four portions of the dried fried chicken wings, with sauce on the side so the skin doesn’t get soggy.
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| From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant |
The only problem with take home sauce is that not all the sugar quite incorporates so it’s a bit sandy.
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| From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant |
Next to San Tung is a place called Peasant Pies. They have savory pies and sweet ones. I opted for a sweet one, the blueberry pear pie. It wasn’t very sweet which let the flavors of the fruits shine through. The staff recommended the savory over the sweet so I’m looking forward to tasting those in the future.
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| From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant |