Saturday, October 11, 2008
I cheated on Hippo the other week.
That’s why this post is delayed…I just didn’t know if she could handle the truth.
She was gone. I was hungry…
Sunday, September 28, 2008
“Wanna go on a date?”
“Sure, depends on what we’re eating.”
“Let’s go to Dopo.”
“Yay, it’s a date then.”
- Dialogue that may or may not have taken place on a particularly humdrum night
Sunday, September 21, 2008
After the non-success of Digs, I suggested to Hippo that we go down-home, and she suggested that we go to Ao Sen, a Vietnamese pho joint back in my old ‘hood, when I was still living and eating alone.
Reflecting on our visit brings a flood of memories - of days alone gorging on Church’s chicken, [...]
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Blue Elephant and I decided to take the plunge - finally - for a Monday prix fixe dinner at Digs Bistro, a small restaurant on Dwight and Sacramento in Berkeley.
We’ve heard much about this place as it was formerly known to be one of the hippest underground dining experiences in Oakland, run by chefs who [...]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
So your girlfriend tells you you have to go to some tiny Thai restaurant in East Oakland - you know…over there…in real Oakland (well, minus the whole Mills college thing) - and you’ll have to - get this - call them to be let in…”for security reasons.” A real hole in the wall, right?
Monday, September 8, 2008
It is perhaps not by mere coincidence that our restaurant pick for our second week of blogging is…Korean…again. We live in an area endowed with a high density of Korean restaurants — mostly mid-level in service, specialty and food quality, but satisfactory nonetheless, from quickly-tossed noodles to slow-cooked black goat stews. If you are looking [...]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
After a hard long week of couple trouble, we finally sat down for a well-deserved meal of…
Saturday, August 30, 2008
It’s Saturday night. Dinner time. It’s going to be the first entry in our blog. We settled for an old standard, a favorite comfort food joint on dear ol’ Telegraph Ave. Just to test the waters for collaborative blogging. Nice and familiar food. Can’t go wrong.
But tonight’s different. I have to start off this blog [...]