OUT: Sacramento Taco Truck Party!

My dear friends, Jineui and Joshua, got the most awesomest taco truck to park in their driveway and cater a joint birthday party on Saturday, August 8th! There were four kinds of tacos on the menu - Carne Asada, Pollo, Carnitas and Lengua. First, I tried the chicken and pork tacos, with cilantro, lime and guacamole. YUM! I was kind of full but my friend Sherry kept raving about the lengua. I'm not a huge fan of beef tongue but was willing to give it a try. It was pretty good once I got over the idea of chewing on tongue - it was very tender and had a nice flavor.

After the belly was full of three tacos...someone else started going on and on about how good the carne asada was. I had to draw the line - nothing else would fit in the container! Especially since there were cupcakes and these wonderful little pretzel/marshmellow/chocolate balls from Freeport Bakery...and I, ahem, had partaken in the temptation earlier.


Thanks to J+J for hosting a great party and feeding me taco delishousness!!


Here are some pics

OUT: On the Road to Sacramento

I have been fortunate enough to be invited to a joint birthday party in Sacramento tonight where there will be taco truck awesomeness parked outside the house at our disposal! I'm so excited! There will be much to report (and photos to post) when I return. Have a great weekend!

OUT: Vamos a Contigo Kitchen + Cava

This blog will now feature brief reviews of our food outings in San Francisco, hope you don't think they suck!

I am so happy that we decided to re-start our monthly supper club. On July 30th we ventured down to Contigo Kitchen + Cava located in Noe Valley. There were six of us so we were able to make a reservation, which was key to starting the evening off right. We all are impatient and get cranky when we have to wait and watch other people eat!! I've heard that Contigo is so popular that waits on a Friday night for a two top are over an hour. Unfortunately, they only accept reservations for 6+

As for ambiance, it was nice and comfortable inside. The decor is kind of modern industrial but not cold and dull in the slightest. As for food, we decided to eat the tapas family style. My favorites were the calamari dish and the octopus salad. They were both perfectly seasoned and very flavorful. I liked the less flavorful flatbread large plate (with manchego and sausage) as a balance to the other dishes. I also had the sardines and eggplant small plate, which I'd recommend skipping and ended with butter cake. The butter cake was great and reminded me of the ginger cake at Chow for some reason (even though they don't taste similar, maybe because I group any non-chocolate cakes all in the same category!).

We all had a great time - the service was good and attentive (wine list recs worked out great). The six of us ended up paying about $60 each for two bottles of wine and enough food to roll out of there full and happy. I'd defintely go back to Contigo, maybe with the boyfriend since the place has a good date night kind of feel to it.

Enjoy!

Contigo Kitchen + Cava
1320 Castro Street(between 24th St & Jersey St)
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 285-0250
www.contigosf.com