SF Restaurant Adventure - ASHA

ASHA is one of the Thai restaurant that is very close to the SF Museum of Modern Arts in 3rd Street.  I would not have stepped in by myself, but with a group of friends who are restaurant foodies, I didn't mind tagging along.  Wow! the food were presented attractively and in a fair portion size.  Services are great.  I didn't have my Canon camera, so, I did my bests with my iPhone in a dim lit seating area.
What I really enjoyed the most and appreciated was the actual contrast in each dish's taste and ingredients used.  I have been to Thai restaurant where the vegetable ingredients in the fish dish is exactly the same one in the 'vegetarian' dish - how boring is that and a waste of our time.   I would like to visit ASHA again some day.

We were so full, it was difficult to stroll back to the hotel.

SF Restaurant Adventure - Urban Tavern

It's Super Bowl day, and I had to be at a conference in San Francisco.  What a way to enjoy the evening with 49er's fan at the Urban Tavern, Hilton SF Union Square.  Their hamburger is delicious, and I think their French fries are quite good as well.  With the crowd cheering and food and spirit, it was a great night at the Urban Tavern.

 It was a great half time show.  Wished we had won, but it was a good game.

Anytime Snowball Cookies

 The snowball cookies is actually good at any time.

Asian Egg Tarts

This is my first adventure in making this Asian Egg Tarts.  

Don't have Custard Powder, so I used instant vanilla pudding mix.  (I found out that the Custard Powder is basically a mixture of cornstarch with flavorings - so,.. same-o-same-o as pudding mix is what I concluded.)

Mix with butter.

I worked / handled the dough too much.  I will try again and try to make it 'light' the next time.

MITARASHI DANGO 2013

Wanted to finished posting these and a few others back in January, but here it is.  Our favorites of the family - the MITARASHI DANGO.  This one is not 'roasted' -- so, not "YAKI" DANGO.