Henry’s is a Santa Clara University favorite. They have the greatest breakfast burrito around. After trying many others about town, we fell back on Henry’s great tasting, awesome tater-tot filled breaky burrito!
Henry’s Fresh Mexican Grill
787 Franklin Street Santa Clara, CA 95050-4930 - (408) 249-2922
A friend works at La Farine in the Dimond District in Oakland and suggested that I try the Morning Bun, a savory ham, Gruyere, onion pastry with a touch of dill. It was out of this world good. There was a slight crunch on the outside of the buttery pastry shell with moist, savory ham and a bit of dill on the inside. Decadent and delicious. I have to say it is just quality and is better than Bouchon Bakery, ah crap, did I say that?
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If you drive HWY 88 to get to Kirkwood in the winter for some skiing, stop by Tasty Maid Bakery in Pioneer, CA and pick up a warm homemade cinnamon roll for the road! They don’t have the best coffee in the world, but their pastries are great and really old fashion, homemade style.
She also has: donuts, danish, muffins, pies, ham&cheese; Kolaches, and a famous Texas Rum Cake. Their pies are beautiful and are about $8.
Open 7 days a week from 5am-12noon.
Tasty Maid Bakery
24140 State Highway 88
Pioneer, CA 95666
(209) 295-4100
These brownies are sinful. They are dense and decadent. We found them to be a brownie and fudge-like combo! People will go nuts for them at a party! Unfortunately, three of us ate them over a span of a week at our house.
Makayla Feathers’ Award-Winning Peanut Butter Cup Brownies Recipe
From: Serious Eats
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Pearl of the Ocean in Santa Cruz serves natural Sri Lankan organic cuisine. The organic cuisine part gave us the clue that it would be a bit more pricey than a lunch buffet. None the less, this a great place for vegetarian and vegan meals or a great lunch spot for those of us who love taking meat ‘home’ for dinner. We did become very informed about the jackfruit, of South East Asia by our waitress, who turned out to be the owner and chef. She described the jackfruit as being very much filling like meat, very starchy and fibrous!
Do you want a fast breakfast recipe? This is a good one for when friends crash at your place and you don’t want to go to the store to buy ingredients. A baked pancake recipe also known as a Dutch Baby. It is similar to a pancake, but hybridized with french toast.
HOWEVER, you will need a cast iron skillet or other pan that can go into the oven. If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, GO BUY ONE!
Sunset Magazine rocks it with some of the best recipes ever! Do you find it hard to get rid of one Sunset Magazine or 100 Sunset Magazines? Join the club!
Sunset Magazine Baked Sunday Pancake with Raspberry Sauce (topping optional)
Michelle, a SF foodie friend, and I were talking about this and decided that the first food maker that we can remember who mixed spices and various combinations of flavors was Vosges Haut Chocolat. Vosges does make ice cream as well with their creative concoctions. We are now lucky enough to live in the Bay Area where folks are constantly coming up with creative food combinations. Michelle said she could remember lobster ice cream and corn on the cob ice cream from summers spent on the east coast. My favorite ice cream has always been Graeters, a Cincinnati, OH original. But now there are creative ice cream shops in every major city such as Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream (Chocolate w/ Cornflakes, Queen City Cayenne, Thai Chili) in Columbus, OH and Humphry Slocombe in SF.
Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream is sold at their shop and at a gourmet food market in SF by the scoop ($2.50 a scoop) or pint ($8).
Humphry Slocombe Creative Flavors
I tried the Morning Secret that consists of Jim Beam, flour, corn flakes, vanilla, and butter. Boy was it buttery and the Beam was subtle! It actually reminded me of a fancier version of a superman ice cream! Michelle tried the Pepper-Mint Chip that was a combination of fresh chopped mint with Cubeb Pepper, and Valhrona Chocolate Chips. She said that the Pepper-Mint Chip was surprisingly a great combination that she expected to fail, but it just didn’t!
Shop:
2790 Harrison St
San Francisco, CA 94110
$15 for three drink tokens & a great big Drake’s glass Mug ($3.50 for extra tokens)
$5 donation to a charity (usually a local school)
Roli Roti Porchetta Sandwiches! DJ, all ages but you obviously have to be 21 or older to drink. Bring a DD for sure! (the food changes, so check their site for the vendor of day)
It is in a crazy location between a Walmart and Sports Authority in San Leandro, CA.
This past Friday evening: 4pm-8pm (That part was a bit hard to get to because of it being a work day and everything.)
Vishal (Special Bi0tF Guest): The Imperial IPA was good (10%). I was familiar with the Quasar from Jupiter in Berkeley and didn’t realize it was a Drake’s beverage. The music was nice and it made me think the summer events at Drakes will be great when the weather warms up.
John: The beer was great and so was the food. It was a really good atmosphere. It was hard to get there with enough time to fully enjoy the even coming from work in the South Bay. So I was only there from 6:30pm-8. It makes me really appreciate the Bay Area because of all of the good beers!
Zach: What they said. My favorite was the Denogginizer and the Stout was also very tasty.
Les: I tried some of the lighter beers, not just the 10% alcohol brews, such as the blonde, amber, and hefe. But I have to say the Imperial (Double) IPA was also my favorite out of them all!