...Finally the end of our foodie inspired San Francisco trip!
We were doing Chinese for lunch so that meant that we were just having coffee for breakfast. Kirk is OBSESSED with any Asian food but specifically loves Chinese. I had read so much about Mission Chinese (they call their cuisine Americanized Chinese) literally everywhere that it was a must try for us. The company started as a food truck, turned into a pop-up, and now shares restaurant space with another Chinese restaurant, Luan Shan, where both menus are offered. The Chef/Owner Danny Bowien has a great background working all over NYC and California, and was even nominated in this years Food and Wine The People's Best New Chef, California category.
I wanted to make sure we were there just at opening since we were on a little bit of a tight schedule, and there was already a little line growing. When we got in, Kirk described it as his perfect Chinese restaurant atmosphere. It had icicle lights, a dragon that took up the entire room, and was playing loud music from Jay-Z/Kanye's album. I also didn't notice that amazing horse picture on the wall until now.
When we share food, Kirk will just start listing what sounds good to him, and I will usually agree on a couple so luckily it all works out. We decided on three dishes.
1.Hainam Chicken Rice: dressed in Shaoxing wine and duck fat, cilantro, & roasted peanuts
2. Thrice Cooked Bacon: rice cakes, tofu skin, bitter melon, scallions, black bean, and chili oil
3. Slow Cooked Pork Belly with pineapple & plum sauce (this was a dine in only option so we figured we had to try it)
Top: Thrice Cooked Bacon Bottom: Slow Cooked Pork Belly with Pineapple and Plum Sauce
The Thrice Cooked Bacon dish was delicious! I love rice cakes so that was an extra bonus. I think we liked it so much because literally every bite took on a different flavor. Yum. The pork belly was plated beautifully and was HUGE. It was really good but definitely too much for two people, so very rich. The chicken rice, which I didn't picture, was also tasty, it came out looking basically like white rice with the added cilantro and roasted peanuts, but OMG does the wine and duck fat add crazy flavor. We ate the whole thing. If we lived in the area, we would be going back!
Later on in the day, we stopped by Bi-Rite Creamery. I had like three ice cream shops on our list but this is the only one we got to (I think because we already had way too many sweets haha). I recently read a review on their ice cream book they put out which had all great reviews so I was excited. We each got a single scoop which we split into two flavors and no cone... we had already indulged way too much this weekend. I got the malted vanilla with peanut brittle, and roasted banana. Kirk got the coffee toffee and brown sugar ginger swirl or something crazy like that. It was awesome, and I loved it. I am pretty sure it beats out Molly Moon's in Seattle by a mile.
Note: Kirk is wearing his 21st Amendment T-Shirt. He got asked by the Bi-Rite cashier if he worked there haha.
After this we limped around to a few other spots in the area before making our way to the airport and back home with Maxie & Bell. Now this week has been all about eating clean and getting back on track... I actually don't think I can even think about going out to a restaurant this weekend.
...Get ready for an exciting announcement soon!
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