San Francisco Radius Restaurant

"Locally sourced French California Cuisine"

At first glance at Radius motto, "Locally sourced French California Cuisine", I thought that this would be a food match made in heaven. First of all they are in SOMA. Anywhere I can walk to to get good food, I get excited about. I love staying in my SOMA  zipcode. On top of that they support local growers. All the ingredients are from 100 mile radius, hence the name Radius (ah huh!). So many reasons to love it... but I recently went for dinner and I didn't love it. The food was very fresh, and the combinations of ingredients were good. The rockfish I had was served with fennel and potatoes. So, why wasn't this a food match? Something was missing from the dishes I spotted and it was the spices. The dishes were bland. Maybe they had an off night because the Yelp reviews are mostly 4 stars. I noticed the good reviews are for lunch so I will give Radius another try because it is local.

Te Gusto Tacolicious

I am probably late to the fiesta but I am happy that I finally arrived because I love Tacolicious. I didn't expect delicious tacos and for a "reasonable price," outside of the Mission. $12 for 4 tacos is reasonable to me. I especially loved every bite of the carnitas taco except when I accidentally added a big helping of the yellow salsa on it. For some reason, I thought yellow is suppose to be mild. WOW! was I wrong.

Sugar & All The Fixins: Chocolate Dipped Pumpkin Biscotti

These biscottis by Shirin are on the top of my dessert list. Check out her blog for more sweets recipes.

Sugar & All The Fixins: Chocolate Dipped Pumpkin Biscotti: "The nice thing about making cookies is that you can make one batch that feeds many. So I brought some to my parents and grandparents, sent s..."

The Brass Monkey at Little Star

I went back to Little Star Pizza tonight for off course some pizza and was introduced to a hidden gem- the Brass Monkey pizza. This is one of SF secret menu items because it's not on the menu! The Brass Monkey is basically the Little Star pizza, which is spinach blended with ricotta, feta, mushrooms, onions and garlic, with something special - sausage. I am actually not a big fan of sausage on my pizza but time it made a lot of sense. This pizza is delicious. After just one bite, I realized why they call it the Brass Monkey. One taste and you'll become a junkie. I had 3 slices tonight and would have had more if I hadn't O.D on the stuff. 

Bushi-tei Lunch

My friend had mentioned a few times how she loves Bushi-tei restaurant. Finally after a few mouth watering descriptions of the place, we made it to Japantown, where the restaurant is hidden, for a Saturday lunch. 

Bushi-tei describes its food as French California fusion and I would add some Japanese seasoning to the description. For lunch, I had an open faced croque wagyu sandwich and a complimentary carrot soup. Both were good. The ambiance was really nice too. I actually really enjoyed the simple decor. 


Although the food was good, and the ambiance nice, I don't think I will be going back there soon. There just wasn't a wow factor that made me think I will crave it to go back anytime soon. With so many places to eat in the city, its hard to go back somewhere for seconds if there isn't a wow ingredient in the dinning experience.