The Better Chip

Update Review, May 2020 Given that I never really want tortilla chips, I did not seek out more of the veggie forward versions from The Better Chip, but, they wound up in my snack cabinet when my partner was gifted a snack box.   I still tried a few bags (one new flavor for me, one repeat, see my earlier review), since it had been 6 years since my last try of the product. Conclusion?  Yup, I still don't ever want tortilla chips!  That...

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Dinner @ Perbacco

Update Review, May 2020 Back in 2012 (!), I visited Perbacco, a well known Italian restaurant in the Financial District.  It was largely not memorable (besides dessert!), which surprised me, given just how many accolades it has received over the years the pasta.  I was interested in trying their casual, next-door establishment, barbacco sometime, and, well, after 8 years, I finally did.  You can start with my original review though for background. During...

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Chanoma Cafe, Sydney

Update Review, 2019 Visit It had been years since I went to Chanoma Cafe in Sydney, as we weren't particularly impressed on our original visit.  There are too many good places to go in town to waste time repeating somewhere lackluster.  Yet ... I walk by all the time, it is always swarming with people, and, well, they have good flavors of soft serve.  Eventually I decided I needed to try the soft serve again at least. I had major decision paralysis...

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85°C Bakery Cafe, United States

85°C is a Taiwanese based chain of asian bakery cafes, with 1,000+ locations worldwide, including a slew of locations around the Los Angeles area (the first US location opened in Irvine).  Sadly, there are none in San Francisco.  It is a fairly impressive company, founded only in 2003, first US location in 2008, and now seemingly everywhere around there. This is no American style bakery and cafe though, they feature predominantly Japanese and Taiwanese...

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