Homemade Brunch & Schulzies

January 27, 2013

On Sunday, Will and I headed over to Cindy and Adam's for brunch and to check out their newly renovated home and see how big the twins are getting! Wendy, Eric, Alex and Shane joined us too.

After brunch, we headed to Hayes Valley to check out the new bread pudding place, Schulzies, which we had been waiting for quite some time to open.

Verdict: tasty but pretty "pudding"-y bread pudding. Will, the expert of bread pudding, was not a fan, he likes warm bread pudding.

Tahoe!

January 12, 2012

Will and I spent the weekend in Tahoe with Whitney, Jon, Ashley and Paul. We had the pleasure of staying at Whit's family house close to Squaw Valley. It was the chilliest that I've ever experienced in Tahoe, and even though there was no new snow, there cold temps maintained the snow quite well.

We skiied Northstar on the Saturday and Squaw Valley on the Sunday. And all I've got for photo evidence of the weekend is the picture of this awesome hot coffee drink at the Northstar Ritz-Carlton to show for it:

Good times!

Vancouver!

January 22, 2012

On our way back to Vancouver from Whistler, Will and I stopped in at AAA+L's new home in North Vancouver to say hi (at least to Arissa, Aisha and Lulu, Adam's on the road...again!).

And then to Will's bro's house to see the family, the boys are getting so big! And Dexter is a mobile monster!

On Tuesday, Will and I squeezed in an awesome sushi lunch at Sushi Yama before heading to the airport to fly back to SF...I heart Vancouver cheap sushi!

Thanks to family and friends for the good times over quick visits!!

Whistler!

January 21, 2012

Will and I headed up to Whistler for the MLK Jr long weekend. Yay, skiing! With ski dad, Kenny!

Kenny has become quite the foodie chef...he made us some pretty awesome meals!

Ham and cream cheese-stuffed french toast with bacon and fruit for brunch:

Plaid BFFs!

Sushi dinner with sake strawberry margaritas:

Some ski racing by the ex-ski racers:

Skiing with Dr. Dave!

Kenny's molten chocolate cakes:

Thanks so much for Kenny for being such an amazing host! We love Whistler!

Central Kitchen

January 4, 2012

On Friday, Will and I met up with Ian and Catherine for dinner at Central Kitchen. This restaurant opened in 2012 and had good reviews, and comes from the group who also created flour + water and Salumeria.

Some snacks to start, radishes with sea salt and cultured butter to start:

Crispy rutabaga with curry emulsion:

As a starter, I had the flash-cured perch with grapefruit, avocado & salsify:

For dinner, I had the roasted pork with pumpkin, persimmon and candy cap mushroom:

Some desserts to share, starting with the "milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate":

Apple confit, spiced bread and vanilla ice cream:

Overall, a fantastic meal, one of the better ones at a new resto that I've had in quite some time. A new fave!

NYE 2012

December 31, 2012

We aren't big "new year's eve" people, and in the past couple years, we've gone for the low-key options. This year, we didn't make any plans, and we decided to have an impromptu potluck NYE party. Turns out some others hadn't made plans either, we had a great turnout!

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2013!