Last night, instead of yoga’ing or hitting the gym after work, I decided to extend the gluttony for one more day.  (All this Giant’s celebrating and game watching has been detrimental to my practice.  Next week, crunch time.)

Sissie and I hit Upper Haight for the Thursday Night edition of SF’s Off The Grid.  It was still early and we got to beat the after work rush.  Although, we were still too late for Curry Up Now’s samosas.   Fail.

We DID get to eat the following:

Senor Sisig:

I’ve heard a lot of good things about Senor Sisig, but have yet to try them.   Imagine my excitement to find out they were there, and had no line.  As I’m scoping out the menu, this guy greets me by name.  Turns out my old time friend Gil is Mr. Senor Sisig himself!   He hooked me up with 2 sisig tacos (one pork and one tofu) and MAN that shit was as good as advertised.  Right on, homie!

Chairman Bao

At my last visit to the Fort Mason Off The Grid, the line for the Bun Truck wrapped around the corner.  Plus, they were out of duck!   This time, I made sure it was the first thing I ordered.   You’re lookin’ at the new loves of my life.   Duck Confit Bun with Mango salad and Pork Belly Bun with pickled Daikon.   How do they make this shitso good?  Oh I know….  ancient Chinese secret. 

Hapa SF

I am REALLY picky about my Filipino food. Why? Because no one cooks as well as my (insert family member here).   I have to admit though, Hapa SF’s organic take on traditional favorites are good.   Free range chicken adobo?  With the option of brown rice?  Adobo Banh Mi?   Wowowee, home cookin’ is gettin’ fancy.

CupKates:

Oh the perfect way to end the day. At $3 per cupcake, they were a little pricey, but I’m used to paying just as much at other boutique bakeries.  You’re lookin’ at a perfect Salted Caramel Cupcake and a S’More cupcake, complete with graham cracker crust.   That one was my favorite, I ended up buying 3 more.  

Off The Grid will be doing lunch today at Civic Center, and tonight at Fort Mason.  If you haven’t had a chance to roll through, I suggest you do so.  Bring your friends, your wallet, and an empty stomach

Just came back from twitter stalking food trucks and I just HAD to.   Lunch with Heather in Redwood City and had some crackin’ ass BBQ.

SOUTHERN SANDWICH is the bizness.  Peep game.

 

i hate doing new years resolutions because i can never seem to stick to them.   EVER.  i’ll say i’m gonna do something, drastically change my life around..  and i start… but usually go back to being old, fat, and unhealthy.  or spending too much money.  idk, people don’t change for, or because of, the new year.  they change for themselves, at any given time, at their own time. 

or, if there’s a large sum of money involved.  

case in point, my friends and i have decided to do a DUBBLOCK BIGGEST LOSER CHALLENGE.   below is a copy of the email i sent out a couple days ago….   wish me luck and wish  me skinny.  =)

[for the record, i in no way believe that i am FAT. i do, however, believe that i have a lot to work on, and that is what i intend to do.  so pls dont try n preach that you “hate how skinny girls complain about how fat they are” or tell me i’m not “fat.”  i know i’m not.     but i’m not perfect either.    but its about PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION]

From:  Raaachem
Date:  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:40:39-0800
To: Dubblock (32)
Subject: DUBBLOCK BIGGEST LOSER CHALLENGE!

Think like the TV show, but brought into our real lives. With the Start of 2010, we all have different goals… Some of us have a little to lose, some a little more. But we are all here to help encourage and motivate each other to reach those healthy goals!

What: This is a 15 week individual weight-loss contest. The purpose of the contest is to be healthy and (of course) look good by the time summer comes around.
When: Initial weigh-in is on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6. The contest officially starts on January 10 and ends APRIL 25 … Just in time for our Dubb Summer Kick Off! (and kickball!)
How to win: This contest is based on percentage lost, not pounds lost. The winner will be determined at the official final weigh-in. The final weigh-in will be on April 25
Winnings: BL contestant entry fee is $50. Skinny people’s side bet entry fee is $25. Winner takes all. (Entry fee is due by Sunday, February 7, Superbowl Sunday)
“Skinny People Side Bet” — Skinny People have a chance to participate too in a side bet. The Skinny people pick a “fat” person to coach and motivate. Should their “fat” person win, they take home the side pot.

All BL correspondence will go up on the blog. Weigh Ins will be EVERY OTHER SUNDAY and the top three names will be placed on the blog.

Are you strong enough to take the challenge? Or will you let the rolls, double chins, and fat jokes take over ur life? Diabetes vs Diet Cokes. The Battle of the Buldge continues…The choice is up to you…

Sunday Funday.    Sundays are usually lazy days, but when I can summon up enough energy to shower and put on some denim, I make my way out to EAT.   Sunday brunches are the  bizness.

yesterday, we hit up one of my favorite brunch spots – Mercury Lounge.   since Jess was in town, i had to give her  a taste of sisig nachos right?    Lets break it down.

The Place – Mercury Lounge, San Francisco.   Folsom x 12th

The Hype – I’ve heard of this place only thru my friends who work the bar there late night.     My girl Kat works the bar, and the owner of Mercury is good friends w/ my sister-in-law so I was familiar with the name, and the bar.. but not the food.    My girls and I wanted to brunch it one day and we checked out the brunch menu here…  two words – ENDLESS MIMOSAS.   we were set. 

The Review – first of all, i’m a big fan of anyplace that serves endless mimosas.  ever.   thats really all i needed to hear… but!   it turned out too also serve a couple of my favorite things.  SISIG NACHOS for instance.   if you’re not filipino and dont know what sisig is, its like… a party in ur mouth.   grilled pork with onions and jalapeno, perfect over rice and apparently over nachos and drizzled with nacho cheese sauce as well.   For this one dish alone, Lawrence (the owner) is my hero.  

Also, please order the sweet potato fries!    AND the Adobo fried rice (with 2 over easy eggs on top, of course)

The Verdict –  although they serve staples like Joe’s Specials, and Chicken and Waffles, I really recommend the nachos.    like REALLY.   paired with endless mimosas, its perfect pulutan for a morning of gossip with ur favorite gals.  =)    Brunch is from 11-3 on Sundays.    Holla!

can i just say.. WOW. yesterday was absolutely-positively-gloriously gluttonous. i met up with my best girlfriends for the BEST FOOD TOUR ever. seriously, you’ll gain 5 lbs just reading this post.

for brunch, we thought we’d stray from our usual (Stacks or Millbrae Pancake House) and hit up Peter’s Cafe in Millbrae.

we feelin hella hawaii right now since we just got our tickets to the rock, and we just couldnt fight the feeling.

the special over here is this German Baby Pancake which takes 30 min to cook so we thought wed try the cinnamon apple one..

we then headed over to the mall for some froyo at planet yogurt. Adonis LOVED IT!

so as we sat there and ate froyo, michelle complained that she was gettin hungry again…. so we leave the mall and head to the avenue’s for some muthafuckin Coco’s Crawfish.

aaaand after all that salty, garlicy, buttery goodness we decided to head to Kowloon Tong to satisfy our sweet tooth. if you dont know, this place is fucking amazing. whoever had the idea to have a dessert cafe with all the fatty goodness is officially my hero.

and as we went home and sat on my couch wondering when we should watch The Hangover, we realize that i’m out of La Victoria’s famous Orange Sauce. so we packed the chevy and drove to san jose. if u dont know what would cause rational people to drive 45 minutes for some sauce.. then educate yourself on this shit!

and finally, to not waste our trip into san jose, we drove over to santana row to hit up pinkberry. cuz even tho we had a knock off earlier in the day, it STILL WASNT PINKBERRY.

and TA-MUTHAFUCKIN-DA. 6 food stops in the span of 8 hours. gotta love being friends with fatasses. =)