by David | Jan 10, 2009 | eating, urbanism
It’s like I’d spent my life enjoying potato skins and suddenly got offered a whole stuffed baked potato. If you know what I mean. As you may know, I like fried turnip cake. I liked it in Hong Kong. I liked it in San Francisco. I liked it in London. I...
by David | Aug 24, 2008 | culture, eating, urbanism
Intrepid museum buddy L (who has a shiny new Marketing Analytics blog!) joined me for brunch today in Chinatown and then we popped in at the new Hudson Street Gallery. We visited local favorite China Pearl, arriving just before the 11:00 rush to the among the first...
by David | Aug 14, 2008 | culture, eating, travel
Starting to fall behind on SF posts, sorry about that. I asked the concierge at the Hyatt where I could find the best dim sum. She swiftly disparaged all of Chinatown with some references to mystery meat and suggested Yank Sing in the Rincon Center. Dim sum in a food...
by David | Apr 14, 2008 | culture, eating
A while ago, I blogged about a comment I heard at a Photographic Resource Center lecture. Either Max Becher or Andrea Robbins said, “In order not to go blind, you have to travel.” Oddly enough, that post got picked up by Radio Barachois, which might or...
by David | Nov 24, 2007 | culture, eating
This might be the beginning of a new post-thanksgiving tradition. On this year’s black Friday, I met N for dim sum at Dim Sum Go Go near City Hall. DSGG has a funky mod color scheme, cartless service and quality generally a cut above that on offer at the giant...