Archive for the ‘1.5 stars’ Category

8 Mar
2010

Darla’s Restaurant Restaurant Review, San Francisco

Posted by Food Nut, March 8th, 2010

Darlas San Francisco Exterior Decor

Darla’s Restaurant is an informal diner in San Francisco’s Inner Sunset district. Their motto is “Possibly the Best Burger Around”. We had to give it a try. Read the rest of this entry »

24 Feb
2010

In-N-Out Burger Restaurant Review, Mountain View

Posted by Food Nut, February 24th, 2010

In N Out Burger exterior decor

In-N-Out Burger opened way back in 1948 in Baldwin Park, California focusing as a drive through hamburger stand. Their motto is “Give customers the freshest, highest quality foods you can buy and provide them with friendly service in a sparkling clean environment.” They have locations in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
We went to the Mountain View location to refresh our memory of how this popular burger tastes. We’ve eaten a ton of high quality burgers and it was time to test our taste buds. In-N-Out does not freeze their beef, has no preservatives in their buns, hand-leaf their lettuce daily, peel and dice fries daily from whole potatoes, and use 100% cholesterol free oil.
Decor, Vibe – Standard fast food joint decor with this location pretty clean.

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11 Jan
2010

Baby Blues BBQ Restaurant Review, San Francisco

Posted by Food Nut, January 11th, 2010

Baby Blues BBQ San Francisco Exterior Decor

Baby Blues BBQ is a new BBQ restaurant in the Bernal Heights area of San Francisco that opened in late 2008. They have locations in Venice, California and West Hollywood. They have hybrid BBQ Memphis style rib and sauces that hail from North Carolina. Their racks are slowly smoked and rubbed with pepper and spices. Read the rest of this entry »

9 Dec
2009

Shabu House Restaurant Review, Burlingame

Posted by Food Nut, December 9th, 2009

Shabu House Burlingame Exterior Decor

Shabu House is a Japanese Beef Fondue restaurant with locations in San Francisco and Burlingame. Shabu Shabu is a Japanese culinary dish which inspired from the Mongolian tradition of nabemono, or “one pot” cooking. In traditional shabu shabu, thin slices of beef are placed in a communal pot of boiling water and swished back and forth until cooked. We went to the new Burlingame location, open since late November 2009. The San Francisco one opened in late 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

2 Dec
2009

ABC Seafood Restaurant Dinner Restaurant Review, Foster City

Posted by Food Nut, December 2nd, 2009

ABC Seafood Restaurant Foster City Exterior

ABC Seafood is a Chinese Cantonese restaurant with locations in Foster City and Milpitas. The Foster City location is in the shopping center that houses Safeway. This place is a fairly busy during dim sum lunch but was only 1/3 full for dinner. You can easily pick out Chinese Cantonese restaurants, as most have tanks of fresh fish, crustaceans. ABC Seafood has an extensive menu with lots of expensive items. We stuck to more normal moderately priced dishes. Read the rest of this entry »

28 Nov
2009

California Pizza Kitchen Restaurant Review

Posted by Food Nut, November 28th, 2009

California Pizza Kitchen Exterior Decor

California Pizza Kitchen started back in 1985 in Beverly Hills by two attorneys. It is now International and publically traded. Their BBQ Chicken pizza is their signature dish. We were passing by the San Mateo location and decided to refresh our memories. Read the rest of this entry »

16 Nov
2009

Cerviche Taqueria Restaurant Review, San Mateo

Posted by Food Nut, November 16th, 2009

Cerviche Taqueria San Mateo Exterior Decor

Cerviche Taqueria is a fairly new family owned Mexican restaurant in San Mateo about a block from the downtown San Mateo Caltrain station. It is located in an area that is more Hispanic oriented. They serve tacos, burritos, quesadillas, dinner plates, as well as hamburgers. Read the rest of this entry »

30 Oct
2009

Amigos Grill Restaurant Review, Portola Valley

Posted by Food Nut, October 30th, 2009

Amigos Grill Portola Valley Exterior

Amigos Grill is a Mexican restaurant in Portola Valley’s Ladera shopping center, about 1/4 mile west of Highway 280 on Alpine Road. Read the rest of this entry »

28 Oct
2009

Spiedo Restaurant Review, San Mateo

Posted by Food Nut, October 28th, 2009

Spiedo San Mateo_0020

Spiedo Restaurant is located in downtown San Mateo, across the street from Draegar’s supermarket. The restaurant, open in 1991, specializes in fine Italian cuisine and Daily Specials from the Venitian region. Their sister restaurants are Porterhouse San Mateo and Agave Viejo. Read the rest of this entry »

23 Oct
2009

Pho Miss Saigon Restaurant Review, San Mateo

Posted by Food Nut, October 23rd, 2009

Pho Miss Saigon San Mateo exterior

Pho Miss Saigon is an inexpensive Vietnamese noodle place in downtown San Mateo. You can order a bowl of noodles and have them in 5 minutes, making this a good alternative to fast food. Read the rest of this entry »

11 Sep
2009

KFC Egg Custard Tart Restaurant Review, Beijing, China

Posted by Food Nut, September 11th, 2009

More Foodie delights from our  recent trip to China.

What is a fast food place doing on the Foodnut.com? Eating fast food on a vacation? Sacrilegious! We visited KFC in a Beijing shopping mall when we wanted a small snack. We noticed some Egg Custard tarts on the menu and gave them a try. Read the rest of this entry »

10 Sep
2009

Beijing Dong Hua Men Night Market Wangfujing Food Market Review, Beijing, China

Posted by Food Nut, September 10th, 2009

More Foodie delights from our  recent trip to China.

Street food is starting to sweep the US, see what street food looks like in Beijing, China.

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