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A reminder that the 50 Years of Stories from Chinatown Dinner that we wrote about earlier is tonight!

Barb and I will be there! And we hope to see you there too!

Well, we didn't get to the French Laundry but our trip to San Francisco was still great! Great food, great farmers market, great restaurants and great people combine to make San Francisco a great city.

Watch for our full report soon!

We're in San Francisco for a week and updates, if any, will be sporadic!

It figures!

My Dad (who was visiting all too briefly) and I tried out Galing-Galing yesterday and really enjoyed it.

It is a large, cafeteria style restaurant, that serves home-style Filipino food.

Dad chatted briefly with the staff in Filipino. We learned that "Galing-Galing" is slang for "magaling" which means good or excellent which the food is! And business must be good because they are expanding.

The food isn't overly pretentious or sophisticated but it works because it is tasty, the portions are ample and the prices while not cheap are fair.

If you are looking for a restaurant with a view, Seasons in the Park has fabulous views of downtown and North Vancouver.

The food is high quality but not inexpensive. Dinner for five with five mains and four starters and two desserts was about $225 without tip.

I really enjoyed my starter which was spot prawn spring rolls with goat cheese and greens ($12). The prawns were spot :-) on: sweet and tender. Very tasty.

The highlight of my evening was the Chocolate Fudge Cake with Glazed Bananas.

Barring a last minute cancellation, it looks like we will NOT be going to the French Laundry. Thanks to everybody for the support and help!

Life goes on and so we are going back to our first love: hole in the wall restaurants.

It's the perfect time of the year for tomatoes. The locally grown ones are in season and absolutely delicious. Here's one way to enjoy them:

Take a local heirloom tomato, cut it in two, rub it on a piece of good Tuscan bread (e.g. from Pane e Formaggio), sprinkle a bit of olive oil on (the best you have which will be extra virgin of course!) and add salt to taste. A perfect treat: quick, easy and delicious.

We have been to Boleto many times for their awesome bread and lemon tarts fresh from their onsite bakery. Highly recommended!

We have also been a couple of times for lunch but never bothered for some unfathomable reason to report on it here.

According to the article, His Own Private Island, and a Simple Chopper, from the New York Times, hipster Tyler Brûlé, style maven and ex-editor of over the top Wallpaper magazine, loves his Zyliss Chopper.

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