My Mom Birthday Dinner at Serpentine

08/22/2011

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Quick Review of Serpentine: Love @ Fair Price

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We went to Serpentine with my parent and a friend of mine and we all ordered their burger. 

The burger was rated the best in San Francisco 2010 by SF Weekly.

These was the third time I've had it and it does no disappoint. Amazingly juicy, organic toppings, with great fries, its a fair price at $12 from a higher end joint.  

We capped off the meal with a coffee ice cream sandwich made with freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. 
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Friendly Portal Turrets in Bastion for Steam!

08/22/2011

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Bastion and its wised narrator  has been a uniquely great experience listen and play through. A similar to comparison can be made about Portal 2 with lively one sided dialogue from your AI companions and foes. 

Not surprisingly both games are in my top 3 video games for 2011, but was a surprise was that fact people the buy Bastion on Steam get friendly machine guns turrets from Portal. 

Almost wish I waited to buy it for the PC. 
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New Way to Eat Ketchup

08/19/2011

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Dip & Squeeze Ketchup
I was eating at a Jack in the Box a few weeks back. Somewhere during the usual social exchange of 
Small Talk > Order > $ > Food 
I was handed packets of ketchup that threw me off guard. 

Ketchup that can be squeezed out of a container that doubles as a dipping tray. Sauce pack that at the time sounded like the single greatest idea the Heinz has had in last 50 years. 

Dipping Ketchup is a true step to innovation when compared to the company's previous attempt to remain relevant and capture the X-Games crowd with "Xtreme" colored ketchup. 

The new package proved to be effective but I have suspicion that I had done this before. I soon realized I have been doing this for years! The only difference was instead of fries I dipped Chicken nuggets. 

Thank you Heinz for inventing nugget sauce containers (for fries)
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How I Plan to Review Meals and a Quick Review of Ganim in Potrero Hill

08/18/2011

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I was having a length discussion with friend back in April, who was visiting the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time.  Though he grew up in the States he is currently based out of Poland and we got on to the topic of comparing foods from the places we've lived. 
He brought of the notion of food tasting dramatically better from non-chain restaurants if the price was relatively cheap. 
He thought was one i had shared but never actually put into words, "Cheap Food Tastes Better." 
Its a feeling a satisfaction that is similar to enjoy a great home cooked meal because 
  1. You know (or are familiar) with the people who made it
  2. Its tastes great
  3. You save money compared to going somewhere else for the same meal 

When it comes to reviews on food I love sites and articles that break things down quickly. I hope to do the same here but with an added dimension to address cost. 

On the ratings for the quality of the food and the service the scale will be. 
  1. Love 
  2. Like
  3. Dislike

To reflect price:
  1. Great Price
  2. Fair Price
  3. Over Priced 

As an example I've been eating quite a bit at a place called Ganim's. 
It's a bit of a hole in the wall but its hard to beat the burgers that can be had there for the price. 
All burger are 1/2 a pound and come with fries or onion rings. The cheapest one is only $6 bucks. 
It's no Kobe Beef but you'd be hard pressed to find a better burger at the size in the city for the price. 
If your not feeling burgers you can also get fish and chips with the cheapest one starting at $4.
My personal favorite item is the Surf and Turf which combines the best of both worlds. A big piece of fried fish inside the burger. 

I give Ganim's :Like @ Great Price
Surf and Turf
A whole piece of fried fish in a giant burger
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Games I Keep Buying

08/18/2011

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I decided to keep a list of games I've bought over and over again because i love them and publishers know it. It a similar feeling to being a die hard Star Wars fan who watches every "new" release George Lucas offers of the same 6 movies. 
  • Puzzle Fighter
  • Street Fighter 2
  • Tetris
  • Sims
  • Monopoly
  • Oregon Trail
  • Mario Bros
  • Apples to Apples
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