Fun times with Friends in SFO

It was a lovely day Sunday Oct 13. Throughout the day, the sky was clear and bright. No fog for a typical SFO weather. It was a bit chilly morning. It reminded me that fall is already here and the cold season will be here soon.

New Krung Thai Restaurant

Well well well it is great! Just happen to visit this place last Saturday. Indeed, it was a good choice.

 I am not fun of Thai Iced Tea. But this one changed my mind. 

Faz Restaurant - Sunnyvale

Recently, I attended a birthday party for my friend which was held at this affordable and homey restaurant. It was my third day and I am a little disappointed.

I don't know what, but I think the food tasted different than the previous occasion I went there. Maybe change owner or cook perhaps. I can't tell but definitely I noticed a change. But the overall experience was nice. I still would want to come back.

Photo of the day - Barbecue

I am way too much about bad food these days. Forgive me but I want to taste all these yummy bad stuff before I will go back in getting fit.

"No Stock Mam, Sir"

Well, I didn’t really know about this until I’ve heard it one day in Mcdonald’s beside Gaisano Fiesta Mall while I was on vacation in Cebu Philippines.

There was this guy, his Filipina wife and a child who sat behind me. I didn’t eavesdrop at their conversation but there's no way for me to avoid it. The chairs were too tiny I had no room to give them privacy. While hubby was in front of me, he couldn’t get away with it as well. So we listened. :)

Hobees - Sunnyvale

My hubby took me to this place twice and sure I did like the experience. Somewhat healthy breakfast. My very first to try turkey bacon too. I like it and by that I bought some turkey bacon at home to try but haven't cooked it yet.

Chili's, El Camino

Pretty much live close to this place. Not to talk about it so much since this is just an ordinary place to go to. What I got fascinated only about this dinner was how to be able to capture food photography without using a flash. Many professional doesn't used flash and avoid to used it. But shooting at night is hard so you either raise you ISO and hoping for the best sharp photos. Following all the rules and everything, my photos was not really good but it's okay. Here it goes:

Happy Hour @ Pedro's

This is a late post from April's event. My friend invited me to get together to a happy hour at Pedro's. It's somewhere near our job and it's very accessible to mostly of our friends. It was a cool place. I ate their twice at my company's get together but didn't capture any of it.

Though at my friend's get together, I didn't get so much pictures since I was a little tipsy hahaha! 3 drinks of Margarita with 1 shot of another tequila. A good buzz but able to control.

Morroco Restaurant, Mountain View

Just a week ago, I had spent an evening at Morroco. I reserved a seat there online but when I told the hostess she said it doesn't matter. The restaurant was not crowded but I liked it. The square footage of the place is small. Decor got the feel of the country. Food was absolutely delicious. Service from staff and owner was good too. Overall, it was nice to dine there.

A Bellagio, Campbell

It was nice of my hubby to reserved a seat for our valentines evening. Glad he was able to booked for the day though it was kind of late in doing reservation. He had us reserved at 5pm which was too early but it was a perfect time because after work we were both starved.

Dusita - Thai Place

Hubby and I tried this little Thai place in El Camino. The name of the place is Dusita's. I am not too familiar with the restaurant though I always see it every time I drive El Camino. Hubby was looking for spicy food. He got tired of bland food.

Dimsum Craving Satisfied

Hubby took me to ABC restaurant in Milpitas for Dimsum. My very first in the restaurant and I would say the Siomai tasted good. It depends on each individual about their preference but I loved it. Now I know where to go and eat Dimsum. Though I haven't tried others that they offer. I saw a few that I recognized when the cart was passing our table. I saw chicken feet and so many dumplings I am not very familiar with. I also had pork bun it was good for me. I still like eating Siopao in the philippines if to compare it but the bun they have was closer to taste.

Emil Villa's San Leandro

After a quick glance in Oakland Hills when we did our site seeing a few weeks ago, we dropped to this restaurant. It has the same aura like in Campbell. We were the last customer for the night. It looked empty and so quite. The waitress was very patient and our meals was cook good. We were happy to get a decent meal.

Gombei, Santa Clara Ca

What can I say? I love this place. I just discovered this restaurant this year since Midori in Sunnyvale was no longer in business. But good thing to know, it's near where I live, prices are reasonable and the restaurant itself provides good service and the staff are very nice. I would like to take some of my friends in here some time in the future.

As you can see from the above picture, the price is pretty reasonable.


Beef teriyaki


It comes with salad, soup and rice.

Beef teriyaki with fried calamari. It comes with salad, miso soup and white rice.

Forbes Mill Steakhouse Los Gatos

I took my husband to this place. It's located at downtown Los Gatos. Tiny little quite town. But pretty nice. It was the day of his birthday and it was my treat. I had my reservations weeks prior so arriving at the place was no problem. Our table was ready and my request to seated by the window was granted. That's nice of them to make notes to that. I liked it.

Cheese Steak Shop - Sunnyvale

I went to this place earlier and had a taste for the first time of their philly cheese steak. Price is reasonable but the serving is a little bit small. But the taste is good enough. I love the bread. It is soft and a little bit crunchy. It is close to eating the cheese steak in Philadelphia. It's good to know there is a good cheese steak place near home.

My Loco Moco

This is none other than a good salisbury steak. It is covered with a delicious gravy then an over medium eggs on top with some rice at the bottom. Simple dish but very very good. This is one of my favorite go to food every time I visit the islands of Hawaii. I love it.

I discovered how good loco Moco was when I dined at Tiki lounge in Oahu. I think it was the best Loco moco I've tasted. Since Oahu is very popular with so many restaurants around, I was browsing other restaurants and got to fall in love with Lulu's. I tasted their Loco Moco and it was good.

This was at Lahaina town in Maui. Big huge place.

Last Dinner Date in Maui

Well, the very last night that I spent in Maui. Just a cool day doing less but to dine at a good place. There was a deliberation whether to drive far from our hotel or find somewhere near Kihie. Instead, we went to Buzz's Wharf Restaurant. It's located in a harbor at Ma'aleae Bay. It's a little drive from South Kihie. I called the restaurant prior checking if the place is packed. Good thing it wasn't and we got there in a perfect time. The restaurant closes at 9pm and we got there at 8:20pm. Good I called beforehand.

Ambiance of the place is cool, clean, and a little different kind of aura. I don't know maybe I was expecting too much of the place. Too glad I wasn't really wearing formal or anything like that. I was too casual infact. I just didn't mind to be myself, without worrying about what clothes to wear and just hit and go. It was not a stressful evening to eat dinner.

The setting arrangement. It's not a table of white cloth but a shiny table top with candle top lit. It doesn't show the candlelit in here since the staff were cleaning the place ready to close down the restaurant for the night.

The front page of the menu.

The food was too pricey. For me, it is overpriced. Taste wise, it is good but not really enchanting enough that I could think of it when I get out of the place. It didn't create a drama for me. It's not the same like I had the feeling when I dine at Roy's. In comparison with their molten lava cake, Roy's won over the battle and a dollar cheaper too. If I go to Maui again, definitely it's a good place to dine maybe for sunset or lunch but for dinner maybe find someplace else. It's overprice. That's just my 2 cents for this restaurant.

I forgot exactly the name of the entree. The taste is sweet. I got a chicken with pineapple on top.
It was good. Tender and juicy. Nothing magical but it was good.

Molten lava cake. It's a $10 dollar dessert. It was good. To compare Roy's lava cake is more powerful than this. Also, a dollar less. Out of curiosity, I got this for dessert. It was not bad.

Last Saturday Date

It's good to come up with a quick thought to dine out and go to a very good restaurant. Hubby suggested Red Lobster in Milpitas. I right away said yes. With a big Yes of course. It's one of my favorite place.

We arrived at the place almost 9pm and we were greeted by the hosts. It's nice to get seated right away. We were starving to death and hubby requested the waiter if he could brought us the bread as fast as he can and so did he. It was a relief and we got to eat a sumptuous dinner.

i love the aura with this kind of light. warm and subtle.

Garlic bread

clam chowder - not as good but it's okay just add a pinch of salt it will be fine

this is very good. stuffed mushroom..

caesar salad

Ultimate feast entree

Emil Villa's Original Hick'ry Pit - Campbell

This is the continuation on my last post. Since I had a good experience with the restaurant, I will post some pictures here so you could see how the food looks like and some idea on the price. To dine there is cheaper. The serving is big. You have more food for the money that you paid. It's worth to spend your time.