Neighbor Bakehouse just opened up a store front recently in the Dogpatch neighborhood and of course I was all over that. The seem to run out of things so depending on when you get there the choices could be more or less. On my recent foray they were starting to run low but I managed to zero in on what would normally be called a kouign amain, though when I said that, the girl behind the counter would call it that directly, she said it was more a variation on it and different from that other famous one you can get here in town. At $3.50 a pop my first thought was it's a little on the pricey side but once I got it, I completely changed my mind. It's a very heavy, dense, fried-like pastry bun full of caramelized sugar. It kind of reminded me of those apple fritter things you find at Happy Donuts and for me, that's a good thing. You can peel off flaky bits that are sweet, buttery and yummy to the tongue. While there is a possibility it was next to or baked with something that had rosemary ginger in it, I was almost sure I could taste hints of that in the dough. Again, for me, not really a bad thing. It was very light and and seemed to compliment the sweetness of the bun. Who knows? Maybe my taste buds were just imagining it, either way, I did like the small notes of whatever it was. The only small thing was some of the sugar had hardened so much around parts of the bottom that it was a little too sticky, crunchy and hard to chew. Other than that I really liked this sweet bun and it could become one of my favorite go to desserts whenever I'm in the Dogpatch hood. Though seems like I'd have to go early to make sure I get one and sometimes laziness can prevent that. But if I'm near and I can then I will.
- It's a bad week for vegan restaurants both high end and low end.
- Coffee Review--it's some guy in Rockridge of all places.
- The $40 main course entree is the new new thing in SF. Maybe everything doesn't have to be organic people.
- Ike's has the sandwiches, now they are thinking about having the burgers. Plus he seems to think $8-$10 burgers are affordable for that part of the Mission?
- Here's that Market thing in that Twitter building.
- LihoLiho Yacht Club is almost at its final brick and mortar destination.
- Ugh Lazy Bear. It's just so pricey, but if SFWeekly likes it, I probably need to suck it up and spend the dough.
- So long to another McD's, though it was time for this one to go.
- Coffee, coffee, coffee--get 'yer coffee! At these7! new places in town.
- Here's where to get your bibimbap fill in the Bay Area. If you don't know what that is--you really should try it.
- French Laundry's wines were found 3,000 miles away. They just needed a vacation.
