Boudin Bakery - Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco

The thing is - I'm a bit of a tourist.

Finding myself in San Francisco for a long weekend last March, my wife and I decided to spend some time at Fisherman's Wharf:

Being a tourist at Fisherman's Wharf, I feel obliged to eat chowder from a bowl made from sourdough bread (full disclosure - I find the notion of eating chowder and sourdough bread appealing even when I'm not in San Francisco).

So where can an out-of-towner find sourdough bread on Fisherman's Wharf? The Boudin Bakery, of course:

According to their web site,  Boudin sourdough bread began in San Francisco:

"In 1849, the Boudin family struck culinary gold. Wild yeasts in the San Francisco air had imparted a unique tang to their traditional French bread, giving rise to 'San Francisco sourdough French bread.' "

Stepping inside the bakery, we find ourselves in a bustling cafe, but then we remember the sign on the outside said "Restaurant and Bar Upstairs", and sure enough there's a sign at the back of the cafe promising better things for those who climb the steps...

Upstairs we find a more refined setting:

And better still - since we're there on the early side, there's a table by the window:

Let's see what the menu has to offer:

True to form, I order the "Boudin Sourdough Breadbowl" (with the traditional clam chowder).  My wife decides to try the "Dungeness Crab Mac & Cheese", which the menu describes as:

"Aged Vermont cheddar cheese, fresh cream and freshly picked Dingeness crab with buttered sourdough bread crumbs"

Add a nice bottle of California chardonnay, and here's the result:

The chowder and sourdough were delightful.  The chowder was wonderfully creamy without being heavy, and the bread didn't disappoint either.  I recall the Mac & Cheese being decent, but the dish which still resonates in my mind eight months later is the chowder.  Highly recommended.

There's so much wonderful food in San Francisco.  (I wrote about two other great meals previously). And I know we barely scratched the surface during our visit.

Do you have any favorite foods (or food spots) in The City?  If so, I'd love to hear about them.

Until next time,

- Chris.

A Day in San Francisco

Back in March, my wife and I spent an extended weekend in San Francisco and points North.

It made for a great trip. San Francisco is a pretty amazing place.

One of the highlights was the day we spent in the company of our friends that live in The City.  We started by strolling from the Fillmore district down to Fort Mason:

Where we browsed the shops and had a lovely lunch at a place called "greens"

Then more strolling down by the water:

Later we drove to Golden Gate Park

Where we sipped tea in a lovely (but cold) Japanese Tea Garden

Eventually we ended up the day with some wonderful food at North Beach, including the charming and tasty Caffe Sport:

Thanks again to our friends Kyle and Yolande for spending the day with us - it was fantastic.
 
You can see a few more pictures from that day on flickr.

Until next time,

- Chris 

P.S. - If you followed me here from my other blog, then thanks.

Beginnings

Herein is proposed an experiment.

When I started my Disney Blog back in 2008 I had a few goals in mind: 

• To give something back to the Disney online community, from which I continue to derive so much enjoyment 
• To encourage me to begin writing again - something which I enjoyed very much during my school days, but had let fall by the wayside.

Almost two years later, Yet Another Disney Blog is plugging along at a modest pace.  And although I have more to say there, there are other things I would like to share with my friends, family, and random Internet strangers. 

Hence, Still Yet Another (non-Disney) Blog.

How will this blog be different from my other one?  Well, I will strive to minimize my mentions of The Mouse, but I'm hoping the differences will be deeper than that.  On my Disney blog I try to achieve an economy of words.  I also hope to avoid re-creating content which is already being done (better) by others.  On these pages I will pay less attention to those concerns -- in the exposed obscurity of the blogosphere. 

Well, dear reader, if you've made it this far, then thanks.  You are welcome to come along with me, run away screaming, or anything in between.  They say you should dance as if no one is watching.  In similar spirit, I shall try to blog as if no one's reading (which could very well turn out to be the case). 

Let's see what happens next. 

- Chris