I am forever wishing there were more ethnic restaurants in Sonoma County to explore. To be fair, things have come a long way in the last few years; after all, Santa Rosa now boasts more than a few Vietnamese restaurants and there’s even an Ethiopian restaurant (and a good one at that).
One of my newer [...]
I’m a sucker for Peruvian cuisine but I always tend to gravitate towards the same dishes. Okay, I’ll be honest – the same one dish: lomo saltado. The sirloin strips stir-fried with soy sauce, vinegar, and spices and stir-fried with onions, tomatoes and French fries is one of my all-time favorite meals so it’s hard [...]
I’m so glad that Indonesian cuisine is finally gaining awareness in the Bay Area. While it’s not exactly a common cuisine (yet), I’m seeing more people express an awareness of Indonesian food. Outside of Thai cuisine, I feel like Southeast Asian food is just waiting to be discovered by mainstream America.
I recently checked out Borobudur [...]
Yank Sing is probably San Francisco’s most well-known dim sum restaurant. More upscale, pricier and busier than many other dim sum establishments in the city, it’s the one that I’ve most often heard cited as someone’s first foray into dim sum. My first visit to Yank Sing was several years ago, and I hadn’t been [...]
I had no idea what to expect when I went to Rumi for a birthday celebration recently. Rumi is a Persian (or Iranian) restaurant in San Rafael, and to be honest, I usually prefer home-cooked Iranian food. Restaurants can be hit or miss, but I ended up being pleasantly surprised at Rumi. The North Bay [...]