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Cari and I played hooky during BlogHer Food '09 for a bit and stumbled upon a Japanese sweet shop...

Japanese Sweet Shop in downtown SF.

Sweets that look delicious and most likely filled with sweet bean paste.

Follow up:

Cari regaled with me stories about Japanese food history (she lived in Japan for a spell). This is one of the only cakes they traditionally make, because sugar wasn't introduce into Japan until much much later than most Westernized countries.

Japanese cake.

Another kind of Japanese sweet that I can't pronounce.

Dinner that night came highly reccomended, and it was at a place on the water called The Slanted Door. This is sort of an upscale Asian restaurant. See Cari's blog if you want really detailed descriptions on this meal. I realized I was getting the flu by the time the first dish arrived, so I didn't do much more than take photos and whine a bit.

Oh yeah, and pose for awesome photos.

Myself and Cari at The Slanted Door

Fried bean curd cake with a savory sauce.

Spring rolls with peanut sauce.

I think this was a salt and pepper shrimp dish.

Tamarind rack of lamb.

Sauteed swiss chard

And this is the last thing I remember from the evening: my husband Adam and Cari enthusiastically chatting and eating. I vaguely remember them dragging me back to the room, throwing Nyquil down my throat, and thats about it.

This shot may be blurry, but it exactly how I saw them that night through my sickness.

And I proceeded to sick for the next two weeks. Thankfully, I did so much in my first three days of SF! And moving there helps too. More to come!

~LTG!