Day 1: Chinatown and Union Square
We had lunch in this hole-in-the-wall dim sum restaurant. Felt like we were back in China. No one spoke English and no one, apart from us, was under the age of 65. Good thing Louie can communicate fairly well in Chinese and good thing I know my Chinese food terms. Dim sum here is 3 for $1.60 and each piece was very big (like a tennis ball). We ended up spending about $11 on a lunch for two (box of dim sum and platter of chicken, veggies, and rice).
We were really jet-lagged, so we didn't do much sightseeing that day. Went to the marina then went to the Exploratorium (kind of like a hybrid of the Franklin Institute and the Please Touch Museum). The museum was okay, but there were too many screaming children running around to really enjoy all of the exhibits. Next time, we'll spend the money and go to the California Academy of Sciences, which is supposedly WAAAAY better.
Dinner was at this Union Square restaurant called Fish & Farm. Very fancy-schmantzy and romantic. We had a $20 Open Table voucher, so we thought we'd use it on this meal and splurge. We ended up getting the famous bacon cheeseburger ($14!), gnocchi, and the market veggies. The portions here are large, which I guess justifies the more expensive price-tag. The burger was really really good.
Day 2: Golden Gate Park, Sutro Baths, Lands End
This was a jam-packed day of food...and walking. We started out with breakfast at Brenda's French Soul Food. Had the flight of beignets (plain, chocolate, apple, and crawfish), eggs, and the watermelon sweet tea. Everything was really good and super filling. The crawfish beignet was savory and had a cheese and crawfish filling and was covered in cajun spices. Very unique. I'd start with this one first and work towards the sweeter beignets next.
After breakfast we walked around GG park and saw the Japanese Tea Garden. Went at the one hour everyday that they don't charge admission...score!
Next, we made our way over to the Sutro Bath ruins. Very eerie but pretty cool. We thought we'd take a walk from here to get a better view of the bridge. Little did we know this would turn into a 5 mile hike uphill. By the time we got to the bridge we were famished and ate at this little cafe (Crissy Field Warming Hut) which was surprisingly pretty good.
After our day of activity, we went over to Thanh Long to try out some dungeness crab. We ordered the roasted garlic crab and the garlic noodles. The crab was really really flavorful, and I suppose a decent price ($39.95), although I don't really know my market crab prices well. The garlic noodles tasted exactly like garlic bread in noodle form. In hindsight, we probably didn't need the garlic overload and should've ordered a different noodle dish.
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