food photo log – thu, sep 18, 2008 – dinner

place: market bar
location: san francisco, CA
companionship: solo (assuming iPhone doesn’t count)

the food:
- appetizer: n/a
- main course: seared ahi tuna tonnato w/ helga beans, tomato, & shallots
- sides: spinach & forest mushrooms
- drink: 1-pint/750mL of Pellegrino
- dessert: n/a

restaurant décor: 2
restaurant chatter/scene: 2
restaurant service: 1
meal taste: 2
meal presentation: 1

price before tip: $38.00

rating scale: 1 – fantastic, 2 – just OK, 3 – horrible

food photo log – wed, sep 17, 2008 – dinner

place: the slanted door
location: san francisco, CA
companionship: trevor, karthik, & neil (nick met us at the bar after dinner)

the food:
- appetizer: dozen oysters, alaskan black cod roll, daikon rice cakes with shitake mushrooms & shallots, & a green papaya salad w/ tofu, rau ram, & roasted peanuts
- main course: niman ranch shaking beef, chicken claypot, & oven roasted alaskan halibut
- sides: see dinner menu
- drink: zinfandel, dashe, mcfadden farms, potter valley, 2007 & blue bottle pressed coffee
- dessert: ruby port poached figs w/ hazelnuts & spicy chocolate & house made ginger ice cream

restaurant décor: 1
restaurant chatter/scene: 1
restaurant service: 2
meal taste: 1
meal presentation: 1

price before tip: $200+ but i don’t know the exact price

rating scale: 1 – fantastic, 2 – just OK, 3 – horrible

brian is beginning a food photo log

i enjoy really good food for fueling the body & the heart. i’m not sure why, but for years now i’ve been taking pics of a good number of my meals. every now & then i’ll post a pic online, but the good majority of them just end up on my PC & after some number of months pass i can’t remember when i had the meal, who i was with, or whether or not i even enjoyed the meal. so in an effort to give a little love back to radarhill (given my absence since starting our corporate blog) i am going to take a simplistic approach of posting my food photos & providing a quick blurb about the meal.

the layout of each food photo log will read something like:

title of post: food photo log – day of week, month, date, year – (breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack)

place: where i was
location: city & state
the companionship: who i was with

the food:
- appetizer: usually soup, salad, or some tiny portion of food that costs a lot
- main course: usually the most exciting part of the meal
- sides: ya know, the things that come on the side
- drink: what i was drinking beyond standard tap water
- dessert: the sweet stuff

restaurant décor: the feel & setup of the restaurant
restaurant chatter/scene: evaluating the other diners, the vibe, & the noise level
restaurant service: usually focusing on the waiter
meal taste: self explanatory (as if the ones from above weren’t)
meal presentation: everything from the stem ware to how the meal looked

price before tip: i figure why not include how much it costs to eat these meals

rating scale: 1 – fantastic, 2 – just OK, 3 – horrible

i hope you enjoy my food pics as much as i enjoy taking them. i’ll kick this food photo log of with my next post from dinner at the slanted door.