Super Duper, San Francisco

Delicious burger place where you can custom make your burgers! YAAY!

Super Duper is located across Neimann Marcus and very close to Union Square. It’s basically in the middle of the city; a very strategic place.

My friend was really excited to show me the place. I pretty much understand why; cool place, humorous signs, cute cashiers, cool decor, organic and cute cashiers.

This is the front of the brochure (sorry for the quality):

As you can see, everything’s supposed to be all natural and that good stuff.

I decided to order a burger with bacon, tomato, lettuce and caramelized onion, with fries and garlic on the side. For those of you on a diet, BEWARE!

Here’s a better quality picture I posted on Instagram:

Everything was served on a tin serve plate, as shown above, which may make it look barbaric when you eat it, but I don’t mind :)

The burger was good, but the fries were especially delicious! Other than garlic, I think it also has a little cheese. Although I’m not sure.

Another fatty order was the vanilla/oreo milkshake. Very creamy and fresh!

That was a really good day for my stomach!

Try it out!

Indita

16 July 1 Permalink

Belly Good Cafe & Crepes, San Francisco

You know how sometimes a simple piece of food can make you feel so happy? Well this is one of them.

If the name already makes you giddy, wait until you see the food!

After a very filling lunch, my friend and I decided to eat some more, just to see if our stomachs would explode. We were in Japan Town in San Francisco, so we decided to just walk around the area to see if there is a dessert place we could go to. We entered the mall and we saw this place.

I found out that, even though there were so many choices in the menu, we are allowed to make our own topping combinations. So I decided to order a sweet crepe with Nutella, strawberries and whipped cream.

After waiting for about five minutes, this is what I got:

SO CUTE!

The crepe tasted just like a normal crepe, but the fact that it looks so cute compensates for the lack of amazingness in the food.

Indita

25 March 1 Permalink

The Rotunda, San Francisco

One afternoon, my friend Nina and I decided to spend our money and have a fancy late lunch, so we went to The Rotunda at the Neiman Marcus building in Union Square, San Francisco.

The restaurant was really pretty! It’s basically an indoor balcony, so the tables were surrounding the hole which overlooks the Neiman Marcus lobby. If you’re facing the other way, then you would look at the Union Square.

First we got a complementary chicken broth soup with a cheese scone. Very light and delicious!

Then we got popovers served with strawberry butter! It was sooo good. The strawberry made the butter slightly sweet, which was very refreshing. I might just attempt to make one myself.

I ordered the lobster sandwich, which had rocket (I don’t know what this is called in American terms) and avocado. This was surprisingly light!

For dessert: Pistachio creme brulee. OMG SO DELICIOUS! We were supposed to share this but I ended up eating most of it.

In conclusion, if you wanna eat real fancy at a pretty place and you happen to be in San Francisco, you should go to The Rotunda!

Indita

24 March 3 Permalink

Prospect, San Francisco

Hi!

So Prospect is the sister chain of Boulevard, the San Francisco restaurant that basically highlighted my trip. This was a while ago, so I forgot the taste of the individual dishes, however, I remember that they were good overall. The price was a little bit more expensive than Boulevard ($55 for 3 courses and a drink) and the portion was definitely smaller, but it was still good.

Here are the pictures:

Chilled tomato puree with pesto and olive oil

Quail

Scallops

Pork meat with spinach

Peach cobbler

Smores

Indita

9 November 1 Permalink

Boulevard, San Francisco

I went here, I think, the first night of my San Francisco trip. I have to tell you, it was… Enchanting… *cue enchanting music here*

The enchantment started with the table location, which was right in front of the chefs! So my friends and I sat by a bar-style table which faced the kitchen - we basically saw how the chefs made the dinner. Since I was there with 3 culinary students (from the California Culinary Academy) I get to understand the food-making process a little bit more. My friends also talked to some of the working chefs, which was really fun! And the reason why they talked is enchanting reason no. 2.

So the delight continues as I found out that my friend, Gloria (shout out!), knew some of the chefs at Boulevard. Since she was going to work as an extern in the restaurant, she got to know some of the people, and so I was introduced. I have to tell you, not only it’s fun to actually be engaged in a conversation with the people who make your uber-super-delicious food, its also fun because you get to be given… ENCHANTING REASON NO.3!

Well, we got complementary food! Haha! This was seriously one of the best eating experiences I’ve ever had! Seriously, even more than when I actually eat with my parents. Because I have to tell you, my parents have brought me to really nice restaurants and introduced me to their owners and all that jazz, but I feel like it’s just more interesting this way, because it’s nice to actually have decent conversations with the chefs and see the process and ask questions about it.

Anyway, here are some of the food we had. Enjoy! 

Lamb with some ravioli pasta.

Quail with fig.

Quail with fig 2.0

Dessert!

Sorry for the weird coloring. It was pretty dark in Boulevard, and the food would look bad if I used flash - hence, the reddish effect.

Indita

28 October 2 Permalink