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Greens and GGF

We went to Greens Restaurant for dinner last night with our good friend Shan Shan. Wonderful starters, really great desserts,...but my curry main dish I considered so-so. Other folks really liked their main courses, so I may have chosen poorly. Technical site(s) of the day: The Global Grid Forum, DRMAA, and BOINC (been aware of these for a while, but need to get them into a bookmarks list). Two fun outings (Jayson Wechter's San Francisco Treasure Hunt and the Reduced Shakespeare Company suggested by my friend Ryan Vartio. Collected futurists.

Le Papillon

We went to Le Papillon for a taste test/preview for catering our wedding ceremony later this year. Mike (the owner) impressed us - cordial, friendly, and obviously educated in the palate, we were treated to a very special evening. Thanks Mike!

Pho Dac Biet

We ate pho dac biet for dinner. yum! Also, we released a new Grub home page that, hopefully, gets some of the message across a little better.

The House

We ate at The House with Luanne, who was in Sacramento for business for a day.

E&O Trading Company

We ate at the E&O trading company with Plato Wang, one of our favorite friends.

Cosentino's

We had a lovely dinner of tritip steak at Frank and Luanne's place, marination courtesy of Cosentino's. Rice and artichokes on the side made for a lovely meal. Paired with a nice Berringer pinot noir, followed by a French Muscat and Marie Callendar's German Chocolate pie (chocolate mousse, coconut, walnuts, with a meringue topping).

Be careful out there...we were in about five separate dangerous car situations today - first was in San Jose where we watched the guy in front of us turn left despite the red left turn light while waiting for the traffic signal to change...fortunately, there was a cop right next to us who immediately pulled him over. On the freeway there were two separate folks who were barely able to stay in their own lane at speed. Third, a car pulled over on the side of the road distracted us from another car about 100 yards ahead which was going maybe 10 miles per hour on the freeway. We came very close to hitting that car because we let ourselves get distracted :-(. Finally, some guy turned backwards onto a one way street and despite my flashing high beams, my trying to turn toward him to cut him off, and yelling "one way!" out of my window, this guy proceeding to drive backwards for about half a mile. Again, fortunately, a cop happened to be driving by and pulled the guy over. Officers, tonight we thank you for getting these nutty people off the street and hopefully home safe so no one gets hurt...

Cosentino's, by the way, is the best market in San Jose. The closest thing I'm aware of in SF is Whole Foods Market or maybe the Rainbow Grocery.

Leftovers

Leftovers after a tough day at work. We're both pretty down today -- looking forward to skiing this weekend.

Acme Chop House

We ate at the Acme Chop House at the Pac Bell ball park because it was going to be a long evening of work. Natsuko had the butcher steak with green peppercorn sauce and I had the double cut porkchop. Both of which were absolutely wonderful -- the double cut porkchop, however, is probably more aptly title a quadruple cut pork chop...no kidding, this thing is a wall of meat (imagine a pork chop about 5 inches high). The chop was delivered on the rib which made it even more appetizing. It was lightly sweet, giving it the taste of ham on a stick :-).

Bitter Melon

Pork loin with bitter melon and tofu for dinner.

Bulgogi Casserole

Flying home after vacation -- had to get up very early for early flight. Had nice lunch at Seoul Garden in Japantown: Kimchee chige, Korean potato pancakes, and a "bulgogi casserole" which was basically bulgogi on a sukiyaki cooking iron.