Sushi Sam’s. San Mateo. 7 girls. Seven omakase. Stars tonight: seared beef, baby lobster, uni. Note: Sushi Sam’s puts fancy gray salt & lemon on the majority of their sushi. Exciting at first; a little too much after the first two doses. Eleven bottles of sake. Mama gotta get a job. Girls food club is costing us an arm & a leg. Here’s everything we ate. Enjoy. Panna cotta & green tea tiramisu for…
No, I’m not. But 10-year-old me desperately wanted to be. Growing up with Filipino friends, you just wanted So-En underwear from the Philippines & be one of the pinays. Laughable now when I am comfortably in my own skin. But that doesn’t mean that Filipino food doesn’t still hold a dear place in my heart. Exploring SSF, at Goldilocks I drooled over their baked goods until finally deciding on their savory options. Pinakbet, a vegetable…