We eat out almost every weekend - since we had a long weekend this time around, we did more eating out! Below are my very mini Yelp reviews!
Friday night (9/4): Mayflower Seafood Restaurant on Geary Blvd.
Although we pass by this restaurant on Geary at least a few times each month, we never end up eating there. The last time I've been there was for a dinner, at least 10 years ago. I remember I had just been laid off from my 1st job and I treated my family a nice dinner at this restaurant with my bonus/severance package money. So we went on Friday with my parents. The meal was decent although service was horrible. 3 tasty dishes and 1 miss. The waitress was very arrogant and plainly just has an attitude. With so many restaurants offering both good food and service, it'll probably be another 10 yrs before I go back there again!
Saturday night (9/5): Parkside Tavern on Taraval St.
This place used to be a run-down bar and grill place called Rick's. Since Nov 08, Rick's closed down and after months of renovation, Parkside Tavern popped up. This restaurant is the owned by Larry Doyle, who also owns Johnny Foley's, Beckett's of Berkeley, etc). Every night taking the MUNI L-Taraval back home, we pass by this restaurant so I want to try out their food. It's a great sports bar, and a relaxing place for some good food and live music. We shared a mussels appetitzer and then ordered a couple of pot pies for entrees. We also later shared a peach blueberry crumble. All 3 dishes were good - we would come back again to try some of their other dishes. Perhaps also just order some drinks & listen to their live performances.
Sunday night (9/6): Pagan Burmese Restaurant on Clement St.
This place is fairly new - it used to be a Hawaiian BBQ place, which went under a few months ago. It's quite sad to see how many businesses go under, but on the flip side, it's exciting to see how many businesses come up. We came here to celebrate our 6 year wedding anniversary! We ordered a noodle salad dish, a chicken curry, and beef bariyani rice. I was only impressed with the noodle salad dish. The other two dishes are kinda dry. The beef bariyani rice was the worst of the 3. Also disappointed that they didn't have mango sticky rice that night though they have it on the menu. I guess I was expecting to see a similar menu to Mandalay, but surprised to see that they are not similar at all! It's not bad to the point that I wouldn't go back, but it wouldn't be my first choice.Monday night (9/7): Park Chow on Irving St.
We have been to Park Chow many, many times before and I love this place. Speaking about businesses going under, I didn't realize that 2 Pasta Pomodoro's have been closed down in the SF (the one next to Kabuki Theater and the one on Irving). I was craving pastas so wanted to go to Pasta Pomodoro for a quick fix but sad to see that the one on Irving was already closed. So we ended up going to Park Chow. I ordered one of my favorites - Fusilli with Italian sausage, mushroom with a creamy tomato sauce. Love it! I got my pasta fix! Best off, I ended my weekend-long dinner dates with an absoluely delicious ginger cake with pumpkin ice cream. It is still soooo delicious! Yumm!!!