bi rite re-runs

So it's been a while...a really, really long while.
And I'm just going to apologize for that right here and now. With all of our summer laziness, also came with the neglect of this beautiful food blog. What did our blog do to deserve such neglect?! Nothing, I tell you, but it's time for me to give it a little refreshment.
With all this neglect of updating our blog, there was another thing I was neglecting---visiting bi rite. yes, thats rite folks (ha), I probably hadn't been to bi rite since the last bi rite post I made on the blog!!


But I finally had a relapse; yesterday, after a long excruciating gymnastics workout, I made my way over there. Unsurprisingly, the line was incredibly long, but I had no hesitation to jump right in there.
After having my mind set on ordering the good ol' brownie sundae, my mind was forever changed when I got closer to the front. I saw they had a new sundae in store; "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Sounds rather elegant, yes? Not sure how an ice cream sundae can sound elegant and dainty, but bi rite was somehow able to do just that.
It was composed of ricanelas ice cream (one of my faves: cinnamon and snikerdoodle bits!!), chunks of home made coffee cake (sensing the elegance yet?), drizzled with caramel sauce and topped off with their house made whipped cream. YUM.

I'm pretty sure that if i hadn't just worked out for 4 hours, it would have been much more difficult to finish this thing. What confirmed this belief, was that the cashier asked if i wanted a second spoon. Like, he thought that I was planning on sharing a bi rite sundae with someone else. He didn't know that my true plan was to eat it on my own. I gave him a laugh and said no (awwwkward for him!!) And then went on my merry way to finish the sundae. In fact, I polished it off to the very melting parts at the bottom. 

It was very satisfying.

giving back

Gifts for the kind people of the world. Its certainly not christmas but I was in the mood to give back today and so i made an angelfoodcake for one of my friends fathers. This man is so great. He drives us everywhere (more than my own parents) and is always making us food and sining along to the radio and GETTING ME MY WRIST GUARDS. 
He drove for a total of an hour and a half to save me from getting stress fractures on my wrists and allowing me to compete beam last friday at gymnastics finals. The man is a saint.
In conclusion, I made him this cake. Angel food, his favorite kind. And my least favorite to make because egg whites take SO LONG to whip up into nice foamy peaks. But I did, and it turned out well...I hope.




Updates on the taste as well as some nice photos of it being served to come, after I give it to him that is.

mission beach cafe

Last night we had a little GNO with Heather's mom! (my mom would've gone too, but she was out seeing a Prince concert...ha!) The three of us decided that we were in the mood for a gourmet burger, and Heather's mom suggested a restaurant in the Mission district called Mission Beach Cafe (http://www.missionbeachcafesf.com/). The restaurant was cute and welcoming, and we got a table right next to the desserts! 
After drooling over the large dessert selection and debating on what we were going to get, we were handed the dinner menus. It was a jam-packed menu! And by that, I mean that each dish was obviously very well thought out. From the appetizers, to the sides, to the entrees, we knew that between the three of us, we had to try as much food as possible. 
Appetizers:
First, we ordered a flavorful salad and their soup of the day. We were deciding between either the soup or the brussels sprouts, and then decided to just order it all. The salad's ingredients worked AMAZINGLY together. The super vinaigrette-y dressing on the lettuce was super good when eaten with the super sweet radishes/parsnips/...?, and the crunchy things on top. It was the combination of bitter, sweet, salty, cruncy, tangy that made it all work together. The best part was that we couldn't really identify what these colorful, sweet, radish-type things were and we actually ended up asking the waiter. But I don't really remember what it ended up being! Must be the food coma I went into a few hours later. The soup was "jerusalem artichoke", and tasted JUST like artichoke hearts! I believe there was truffle oil to add a little kick too. 
 The brussels sprouts were brussels sprouts, and they always will be. But Mission Beach managed to incorporate ingredients such as garlic and lemon to make at least the outsides taste amazing! Heather's mom graciously offered to eat the centers, while our taste buds are still a little to immature to appreciate the bitter taste of a brussel sprout.
Entrees:
Oh man. Since we were in a burger mood, me and Heather both had to order the burger. It came complete with garlic aioli, sauteed mushrooms and aged gouda cheese. The wait between the brussels sprouts and the burger coming to our table was a little long...and since we were hungry, it felt UNBEARABLY long. But once it came, it was a delicious, juicy, salty burger. IT WAS SO FLAVORFUL. I can't get over  how much heaven my taste buds were in. 

look at how well that bun soaked up the burger juices!

Instead of the default kennebec fries, we ordered the burgers with their parmesan TRUFFLE FRIES! This was my first time having truffle fries, and this was an excellent place to start. Just as the burger, these fries had MASSIVE FLAVOR. THEY WERE DELICIOUS, and really, really salty. Maybe a little too salty to order with the burger, though (which is probably why the burger is normally served with the kennebec fries). Sadly enough, I couldn't even finish the burger OR the fries because 1) I was really, really full, and 2) I had to save room for dessert. If this place didn't have dessert, I would've definitely finished the burger because it was too good to stop eating. 

Dessert:

YAY time for the best part of all meals! dessert! This is where deciding what to order got really stressful. We knew we had to order the chocolate cake because it was sitting there, staring at us throughout our dinner. They are known for their pies, so we decided we had to order a pie as well. And they had cream pies! But there was also an angel food cake covered in chocolate! We decided that the best way to do this between the three of us was to order a cake, a fruity pie, and a cream pie. But the angel food cake was calling our name as well. The final decision was that we would order the angel food cake afterwards if there was still room--let's just say that we're gonna have to go back to try the angel food cake another time.

we got the brooklyn blackout cake (of course), the cherry pie, and the chocolate cream pie (which, compared to the chocolate cake, tasted like chocolate milk! the chocolate flavor wasn't super overbearing. in a good way). Each was served with a dollop of whipped cream, and let me tell you--THESE DESSERTS WERE SO GOOD. but even us sweet-toothed monsters WEREN'T ABLE TO FINISH. by this time our food babies were forming, and you have no idea how badly i wanted to finish the chocolate cake. 

This was man versus food, and today folks, food won.