Rose Cantine

I just returned from a one-week trip to Israel (March 16-23, 2007) where I attended Kinnernet 2007. I also spoke at The Marker’s annual tech event and at a Digital Policy symposium in Jerusalem. Apart from the lovely beach weather, one of the things I appreciated most about this trip was the food. They [...]

Who serves the best chocolate eclairs in Paris? According to Le Figaro:

1 - Carette (4 place du Trocadéro XVIe)
2 - Jean-paul Hevin (23 bis avenue de la Motte-Piquet VIIe)
3 - Stohrer (51 rue Montorgueil IIe)
4 - Ladurée (16 rue Royale VIIIe)
5 - Vandermeersch (278 av. Daumesnil XIIe)
6 - La Maison du Chocolat (8 bd. de [...]

Here’s a short video clip I took with my new Nokia N93 video phone at Kim Thanh, a Vietnamese restaurant on Geary and Jones in San Francisco. My friends, Gabriel Amaya and Glen Bolosan, are raving about the seafood (baked salted crab). Kim Thanh is one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in the San Francisco [...]

Cafe Maritime on Lombard Street (between Divisadero and Scott) is not part of the San Francisco brunch routine . . . yet. Perhaps it’s because they only started serving brunch. Unlike other breakfast places in the city, it’s not loud and does not make your head spin with menus featuring 30 items.
I went there [...]

On my last evening in San Francisco, Carol and I went to Maverick on 17th at Mission Street. The San Francisco Chronicle reviewed Maverick and liked the food, but found the place unbearably loud (it got the “bomb” designation under noise levels). When we went for an early dinner it was quiet so we had [...]

I’m on a roll here. Every restaurant I have been to over the past few weeks in San Francisco has been outstanding — thanks to recommendations from foodie friends (Carol Singh and Andy Abramson, in particular), who I am sure lived through the awful ones long enough to provide me with an edited version of [...]

Located next to the Commodore Hotel on Sutter Street near downtown San Francisco, Canteen is one of the best places to eat in the city - very good food in a tiny space that looks like a diner. There are four booths that each seat four, and a long bar, also for dining. Given the [...]