Food Porn: San Francisco (Part 1)

This is the second part in a three-part series showing off all the wonderful food I had the opportunity to eat while on vacation.

As mentioned in my post last week, I had a 9-day vacation scheduled in October, right around the time the government went kaput. I spent the first few days in Arizona, but after, I traveled to San Francisco. I ate so much in San Francisco, and the food is just so good, that this warrants two posts on the food porn of San Francisco. After looking at what I ate over the course of 3 1/2 days, you too may feel much like I did by the end of it...kind of like these sea lions.

I arrived on a Sunday and proceeded to have a great meal at the hotel I was staying in with my sister-in-law for the first two nights of my stay. I don't have photos of that great meal because my phone died, and it's just as well, really, because this blog just can't handle any more food goodness than I'm already posting.

On my second day, my first stop was to visit the Mission District, where I would be staying (and let's be real, EATING, for the second half of my visit. This dynamic and colorful neighborhood is full of great food and artwork. I was given one recommendation by several people...to get a pork carnitas taco from La Taqueria. The neighborhood is full of these types of eateries, but this one is listed among the best bargains. I'll

give them that...this meaty treat was only $3 and kept me full for a few hours until I made the next stop on my food tour de force (after walking several miles): the Ghirardelli chocolate store at Fisherman's Wharf.

This beauty on the right is a sea salt caramel ice cream sundae. The name pretty much says it all, but to top it off, there was actual caramel grain sea salt on top of the whipped cream, which while over the top, was ridiculously wonderful. I definitely ate the whole thing. And I enjoyed every single bite of it.

During much of my trip, I tried to try as many places to eat as possible, opting for small appetizers and snacks in many cases. I received so many recommendations from so many people both before the trip, and during my excursions from people I met along the way. I was rarely steered wrong.

Two recommendations that were particularly awesome were these chile lime wings at an upscale Korean food place in the Mission District and the illustrious desserts at "Hot Cookie" a Castro neighborhood sweet spot where you can get all sorts of sexy shaped cookies, or if you're not feeling as adventurous, a basic toffee chocolate chip cookie, which was my poison for that night.

While I was in San Francisco, I also had the opportunity to meet up with one of my Sunday family dinner companions who recently left DC to move to San Francisco...but that's a post for later this week.

 

Until then...have your hot cookie and eat it too.