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I was here for a weekend trip. My boss recommended Vito's pizza, it is well known locally. We were here around 3pm, still a few tables eating. Service was good.
We ordered salad and a medium pizza to share.
Mango Shrimp Salad - 3 pieces seasoned jumbo shrimp, shrimp was flavorful and fresh, loved the tangy fresh mangoes.

Finally finished my 2 months work project, got it all done and uploaded last week. Yeah, no more deadline project until October - November.
I am back home in St. Louis, working and catching up with friends.
Anyhow, I went out with my brother to lunch today to Korean Cafe. I've ate here before and liked this place. It is a small cafeteria style, self served restaurant inside a Korean grocery. Food is pretty good and as authentic as we can get in St. Louis.

It has been a long while, I am travelling for work ... so not enough time for any updates. Anyhow, I have one today --- PASTARIA by Niche in St. Louis, MO. This restaurant is pretty new, a very nice cozy decor bricks and woods, and open kitchen.
It was crowded even for a Wednesday evening. The wait wasn't bad, about 20 minutes. They will take down your name and phone number; and text you when your table is ready, very convenient. Menu was one simple page and our focus was the Pasta!
Just two girls, so we didn't order a lot. Food was good, but service was bland.

Finally another update! This time lets visit KungFu Kitchen 功夫廚房 in Fremont, CA. This is probably one of the better Cantonese Cuisine restaurant in Fremont, CA; it has a modern and clean design.
Place can be busy and packed at night, food was good, service was ok.
[caption id="attachment_1232" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Kung Fu Kitchen[/caption]

We were craving for some Korean food and wanted to try a new place. We decided to try Manna Restaurant, restaurant is pretty good and plenty of parking.
Service was good, food could be better. We ordered couple items.
Seafood Tofu Soup Mild - hmmm ... it was good, but not excellent. Not as much seafood as other Tofu house.

This is your typical family style Cantonese restaurant. We were here on a weekend around 8pm, place was half full and very loud. Don't expect much decor, service was ok and prompt. There were 3 of us, so we ordered 3 dishes and surprisingly we finished everything ... portion not very big I guess.
Mango Pork - deep fried crispy pork cooked with sweet & sour Mango sauce. Mango was a bit sour, the pork was nice and crispy.
Tea Flavor Chicken (recommended by waiter) - half tea flavor chicken, more like soy sauce chicken, I didn't taste any tea flavor. Chicken was tender.

Whenever we are in SF area, we tend to like to stop by Outer Sunset for dinner. This past weekend we were around the Ocean Beach area, and craving for Pho for dinner.
After a little browsing around, decided to try out Pho Huynh Hiep 2 AKA Kevin's Noodle House. This place was clean and fully packed. Turn around time was pretty good, we only waited 10mins for a table.
We ordered:

What to do with lots grapefruit? Here is what I did - Grapefruit Marmalade! End result was excellent! Sweet & Tangy. I spread it on some homemade toast for breakfast. Super yummy breakfast and excellent source of Vitamin C.
[caption id="attachment_1201" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Homemade Grapefruit Marmalade Spread on Homemade Toast - super yummy breakfast![/caption]
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Homemade Japanese Mochi Cheese Ball QQ芝士波波, super soft and chewy, extra cheese added :)
Great snacking!
[caption id="attachment_1197" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Japanese Mochi Cheese Ball QQ芝士波波[/caption]

Tried out Penang Garden after the SF Lunar New Year Parade.
Menu has mixture of Thai, Singapore, and Malaysian Cuisine. Price was a little on the upper side considering its in Chinatown. We were here around 8pm, place was pretty packed, prompt service.
Thai Ice Tea - little too sweet for me, but hubby likes it.