We saw JTTD on Lisa Ling’s Take Out, and it looked wonderful. On the other hand, Jewish deli food is hard to find in our neck of the woods - north of San Francisco.
Thoughts? Recommendations? Unfortunately we only have room for one lunch!
My vote is to bring an ice chest: get a sandwich plus stuff to go from the deli and then a second stop for a few dumplings, plus a purchase of frozen ones if they’re available.
Well, I think we’ll file this field trip in the “it seemed like a good idea at the time” folder. Missed the turn off in Sacramento and ended up going quite a ways in the wrong direction. There was lots of traffic. Had a mini-meltdown in the car. Finally found Journey to the Dumpling in a shopping center with lots of Asian restaurants, and got to watch the local high schoolers on their lunch promenade which was entertaining. The food was okay but not great. We had siu mai which were excellent, pan fried pork buns (the filling was good but the wrappers were tough), and new-to-us beef rolls which fell apart the minute you touched them. Flavors were good though. Prices seemed on the higher side. Drove back to Marin in a tired silence. Onward and upward!
Marin? I lived on Mt Tam (Mill Valley and Tiburon) for many years. You are in a beautiful county. But anywhere near the shoreline in Northern California is gorgeous.