What's for lunch? (2025)

Yep!

Kimchi fried rice with bacon

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Where do you get your gunciale in SF and what was the price (Eataly is the only place which seems to have always but at a quite (too) high price - so always looking for alternative places) ?

Sigh! That look wonderful! My lunch was plain….and dessert was purchased chocolate cookies. :face_holding_back_tears:

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Berkeley Bowl has it, if you’re visiting this side of the Bay. I don’t know the price.

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It’s pretty widely available in SF. This one was from a piece I got from Molinari deli in North Beach. I don’t remember how much it was per pound but it was an Italian import. I’ve also seen it at Luke’s Local in North Beach IIRC. Recently I got some imported Italian guanciale from Guerra Quality Meats in the Parkside, and another place that has it is is Golden Natural Foods in Duboce Triangle. The ones I saw at Golden Natural Foods were domestic IIRC. The Fatted Calf in the Ferry Building should have it as well.

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Thanks, both of you - very helpful information

We need to change this! Looking at real estate!

All my bags are packed!:rofl:

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Our beloved fish griller was completely sold out by the time we got to the market, so we had to pivot. Our PGH guest desired a proper döner kebab with all the fixins & trio of sauces, and he was very satisfied with Hasir’s döner, a small local chain that started off in Kreuzberg (the hood we’re staying in this summer) in 1970, and has since expanded to 6 locations around the city since. It’s a reliable place for Turkish food.

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We felt like a gyros pita, and since one of Berlin’s best Greek restos happens to be just around the corner, we got ourselves one. I asked for no fries, and instead was given a ginormous sandwich with a generous amount of lahanosalata. The meat was fantastic quality: no gristle, no fat, juicy and very well seasoned, and the pita had just the right amount of tzatziki. We were happy :slight_smile:

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Coconut roasted haddock tacos with salsa macha, adapted from:

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