Pisces

The other night I went to Pisces, a restaurant in the Sunset district that was reviewed on the PBS show "Check, Please."  Here are pictures of the food we had.

Fried calamari and asparagus 

Raw Oysters

Smoked salmon and asparagus rolls

Seared shrimp with aioli

Beef short ribs with caramelized onions, spinach and mashed potatoes

Brownie

Taqueria

Beef and chicken tacos with different salsas from a Taqueria in SF.  Delicious

Banana Cupcakes

I baked these the other day.  Banana cupcakes with chocolate ganache and cream cheese frosting.  The recipe was found in the newspaper and it's from Kara's Cupcakes, a bay area cupcake chain, my favorite.

Haight

A beautiful wall mural in the Haight District near my clinical sight.

Raspberry Cheesecake

Made with my new 7 inch springform pan.

Japanese

Dinner from Hotaru in San Mateo.  Not as large portions as Old Town Sushi, but high quality food.  Tempura and chicken teriyaki diner

Telephone Booths

Back in the olden days before people used cell phones, they used these.  They're called telephone booths.  You have to insert a coin to make a call that only lasts a few minutes.  And they aren't portable

Lobster Sandwich

The family and I went to a seafood in San Francisco on Fillmore St.  I don't recall the name of the restaurant.  It started with Wood--------.  The calamari was good, but unfortunately the lobster roll was only alright.

Fried calamari

Lobster roll

Hawaii food I missed

My mom enjoyed a vacation in Hawaii without me. =(  She did bring home some nice pictures of the food she enjoyed.  The first is of the food at the Korean fair she went to.  The second is of some cupcakes from the Hokulani bakeshop.  She says the lilikoi cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting was amazing.  I've got to try to make some of those.

Some food from the fair my mom went to

Lilikoi cupcakes from Hokulani bakeshop

Special Needs

Yesterday some nursing student and I visited a Parenting place for those with special needs children.  It was really interesting learning about all the different equipment and techniques they use to help these children.  This is a picture of a physical therapist and a chair that facilitates walking practice and muscle tone for a child with quadriplegia.

Banana Nut Muffins

A closeup of the banana nut muffins I made tonight for school tomorrow.  First time I've made them, but it's my mom's old recipe from a while ago.  Turned out nice.

Lemons & bananas

Fresh lemons and ripe bananas on the table at my friend's house.  Looks delicious.  I could make something tasty with those.

Avatars are real!

This is us at night.  We are the Na vi.  We are tall, blue and things glow at night in Pandora.  Just kidding.  We are inside a toy shop with black lights.

Kara's Karrot Cupcakes

Friends and I went to Kara's Cupcake shop in Palo Alto.  Their cupcakes really are better than those at Sprinkles.  The frosting is very soft, smooth, and creamy.  The cake was soft and moist, but at $3.25, these babies aren't cheap.

Pasta

Spaghetti with meat sauce from the Cheesecake Factory in Palo Alto.  The lunch portion was just enough.

Cantaloupe

Fresh cut cantaloupe and my friend's house.  Yummy and healthy.

Sad Fish

This is the dragon roll my friends and I shared from Ni-mo's Japanese restaurant in San Mateo.  I must say that I like Old town Sushi better.  Ni-mo's did not give as much unagi, and it was mostly avocado on top.  Their bento dinner wasn't as big either.

A Good Catch

Today I went with my family and grandmother to Pacific Catch Seafood Restaurant.  It's in San Francisco. I got three tacos, one grilled mahi mahi, fried fish, and fried shrimp.  They came with sweet potato fries.

Quickly

I went to Quickly in downtown San Mateo with friends.  Above is the peach snowball with tapioca, which was quite tasty.  I'm definitely going to get that again.

This is the fried octopus.  It's a little different tasting than squid, or fried calamari.  I can now say that I've tried octopus.

Lumpia

I went over to my friend's house to make traditional Phillipino lumpia.  We used ground pork, shredded carrots, chopped celery, onion, garlic, some salt and pepper, and bean sprouts.

Mixing the filling

Frying the lumpia

The final product.  Nice and golden brown.  They were delicious.

Old Town Sushi

I ordered the combination dinner, which included a Dragon Roll which has crab meat, unagi, avocado, tempura shrimp, and salmon roe.

The huge plate of chicken teriyaki that also came with the dinner.  Old Town Sushi is the Japanese restaurant to go to if you want large portions and good tasting food.  Right in Downtown San Mateo on B Street.

Teacake Cupcakes

So friends and I went to Teacake Cupcakes store on Burlingame Ave.  and I got pink velvet and chocolate cupcakes.  A little disappointed.  Not as good as Sprinkles.

Little Lucca's

Roast Beef on a soft roll from Little Lucca's in Burlingame.  One of the best sandwich shops, ever.

Pizzawhat?

The pizookie from BJ's restaurant.  We got 2 chocolate chip and one OREOs one.

Sad Curry

Curry seafood from Gold Island restaurant in San Mateo.  It was disappointing because it was way too spicy, and they didn't give much seafood.

Naked What?

Friends and I went to Naked Fish Japanese restaurant in Millbrae for lunch.  We had a coupon for this free soft shell crab appetizer, which was alright.  Overall though, the food was subpar, and they even charge for to-go boxes, which is crazy.  Oh, by the way, their Happy house bento boxes aren't so happy when you can't do substitutions.

Last Day of Whites!

Monday was our last day of wearing all white scrubs, as well as the last clinical day for our second semester.  I'll be wearing colored scrubs during the summer for pediatrics and maternity.  So excited!

Mother's Day Dinner

Rack of lamb, roasted potatoes with rosemary, and roasted asparagus for Mother's Day.  Chocolate cupcakes for dessert.

Egg Puffs

Warm, soft, crispy, cakey egg puffs from Dessert Republic in San Mateo.

Grilled Chicken Pesto

Grilled chicken breast with mozzarella cheese, pesto sauce and roasted tomatoes on a focaccia roll.  Yum, straight from the Elephant Bar.

Scones

These are the scones I made today to go with the lemon curd I made the other day.  They look great.  I hope they taste as good as they look.

Katsu

Chicken katsu with rice from L & L Hawaiian BBQ.

Lemon curd

The lemon curd I just made with lemons from my friend's tree.  Turned out great, and easier than last time, now that I have a sieve.

Brownies

So I made brownies to bring to dinner with friends.  2 dozen brownies.  I think I need to put them a little lower in the oven.  The tops got done before the rest of the brownies, but they turned out alright.

One expensive burger

That's either one expensive burger, or a really expensive bottle of Dom Perignon.  Must be delicious alcohol, although I'm not a big fan of alcohol.  click to enlarge

Whatever it takes

The book I am reading for my Child Development class.  Whatever It Takes.  Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture sadly.  The book is about education and child development.

Fro Yo!

Went to Nubi in Millbrae with friends.  This is my cup of frozen yogurt.  There's original, french vanilla/chocolate swirl, and RED VELVET CUPCAKE flavored frozen yogurt, with cheesecake, cookie dough, and mochi toppings, and raspberry syrup.  Sorry, remembered to take a pic halfway through eating my fro yo.

Salvation Army

So today my friend and I went to the Cow Palace to help out with Salvation Army's effort to make 1 million meals for Haiti.

What the Pho?

so for lunch we went to Pho Saigon in San Mateo.  They have such good Vietnamese soups and other dishes.  I got pork and egg rolls with vermicelli and vegetables.  Yum!!  Good price too.