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One of my favorite restaurants in Half Moon Bay! I love how close the ocean shore is and they offer and beautiful out door area with fire pits & heaters.

Starters:
🦀 Miramar Crab Cakes | Dungeness & Rock Crab Pan-Grilled w/ Creole Remoulade + Organic Field Baby Greens | $28
🥖 Cheesy Garlic Bread | Local Sourdough + Fresh Garlic Spread w/ Monterey Jack & Cheddar Cheese + Side of Spicy Marinara | $9

PLATES:
🥩 Filet Mignon | 8oz USDA Black Angus Beef Grilled & Garnished w/ Smoked Tomato Butter + Veggies + Mashed Potatoes | $45
🍝 Seafood Scampi | *Unsure if this is on the current menu*

🍽️ Miramar Beach Restaurant
🖤
📍 Half Moon Bay, CA

I really wanted a steak, so I went and bought myself one.
I love this restaurant and the bartender really helped with making the right decision on what sides to get. Typically this is the Steak Frites, but I wanted veggies or something else. I may make this a weekly tradition for myself. Thankfully it wasn’t busy so I was able to eat in peace.

➡️ Brebirousse D’Argental | France | Pear Jam + Pasteurized Sheep’s Milk | $7
➡️ Brandt Beef Prime Bavette | Med-Rare Steak + Arugula + Broccolini + Red Wine Butter

🥩 Revel Kitchen & Bar
🖤
📍 Danville, CA

This was an amazing dinner.
10/10 would definitely recommend.
The service was immaculate and the food - delicious. The waiter was hella helpful on what items to choose. We wanted one of their specials, but unfortunately was sold out so it shows how good it would have been. Everything we got was amazing tho. Check them out if you’re in Livermore!

🍅 Insalata Caprese | Sliced Tomato + Fresh Mozzarella + EVOO + Fresh Basil + Mixed Organic Greens | $13.5
🥔 Gnocchi Gorgonzola | Potato Dumplings + Imported Creamy Gorgonzola Cheese Sauce | 1/2 Order
🍝 Spaghetti Aglio Olio Peperoncino | Pasta Sautéed w/ Garlic + Red Hot Chili Pepper + Black Olives + EVOO + Sun-Dried Tomatoes + Chicken | $21
🥩 Top Sirloin Alla Griglia | Marinated & Grilles Sirloin | Mashed Potatoes + Mixed Wild Mushrooms + Broccoli + Horseradish Creme Fraiche | $32
🍨 Affogato Singolo | $8
🍾 Sparkling Water Lg | $7
🥖 Complimentary Bread + Oil + Balsamic

🍝 Terra Mia Ristorante Italiano
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📍 Livermore, CA

Anytime I’m in SD I always hit up this spot. They have a vegan menu, plus non alcoholic drinks & if you know my sober ass you know I’m a drink goblin. I need me caffeine and my NA spritzer to hold me down lol.

Service is always A1, I love the pink deco inside & the food is always sooo delicious. Right in the center of the Gaslamp District so there’s so many things to do after getting my grub on.

Featuring:
🍳 American Breakfast | 3 Eggs + House Potatoes + Bacon + Choice of Bread | $12.50
🥞 Tiramisu Pancakes | Espresso Syrup + Mascarpone Sabayon + Lady Finger Crumble | $11
🧇 Mashed Potato Waffle | Cheese Sauce + Spicy Sausage + Green Onion + 2 Eggs | $13

💁🏽‍♀️ The Food Brat Approved 12/10

🥚 The Breakfast Company
🖤
📍 San Diego, CA - Gaslamp District

I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to hit up Feng Cha at their newer location here in Dublin. They, legit, have the best boba, IMO & their cloud cake is soooo good!

🧋 Feng Cha
🖤
📍 Dublin, CA

Take me baaaaack 😩

I love the food at The View Lounge inside the Marriott Marquis. $$$ but so delicious, plus the view is amazing.

🍽️ The View Lounge
🖤
📍 San Francisco, CA

Soup season is coming up, so don’t forget to put ramen on that list of foods to eat!

🍜 Hiroshi Tonkotsu Ramen | $17 | Signature “Hakata Style” Tonkotsu (Pork Bone Broth) w/ Braised Berkshire Pork Belly Slices + Marinated Soft-Boiled Egg + Lotus Root + Black Mushroom + Bamboo Shoot + Green Onion + Pickled Red Ginger
🍜 Miso Ramen | $18 | Chicken & Pork Broth Combo Mixed w/ Variety of Miso + Topped w/ Pork Belly Slices + Marinated Soft-Boiled Egg + Lotus Root + Bamboo Shoot + Corn + Cabbage + Bean Sprouts + Chives + Green Onions
🍗 Chicken Karaage | $10
🥟 Hanetsuki Gyouza | $10 | House Made Pork Dumplings w/ Crispy Thin “Hane” Crust + Served w/ Soy-Chili Sauce

💁🏽‍♀️Food Brat Approved

🍜 Ramen Hiroshi
🖤 .sr
📍 San Ramon, CA | City Center

Good morning from this beautiful breaky sammie I made. I’m hella extra when I cook. Added all the things to make this delicious sandwich.

Bread w/ Garlic Aioli, Turkey Bacon, Muenster Cheese, Leafy Greens, Tomatoes, and Eggs w/ Onions, Serrano Peppers and Garlic mixed in.

Made by yours truly:

One of SFs best kept secrets! Full breakfast and lunch menu - plus a full coffee bar for your caffeine needs! The interior of this place is super cute & I don’t know how I’ve never been here, but I’ll definitely be back!

🍔 The Cheeseburger w/ Egg & Bacon | Substitute Hashbrowns
🌯 Breakfast Burrito

🍳 The Grove - Yerba Buena
🖤
📍 San Francisco, CA

The View Lounge is one of my favorite places to eat & see the SF lights and buildings at night.

They have one of the best cheese boards, but that’s just my personal opinion. 😉 I love everything about this lounge: the view, the ambiance, the food and the service.

🍽️ The View Lounge
🖤
📍 San Francisco, CA on the 39th Floor of the Marriott Marquis

Bamboo Sushi Photo Dump

Everything here is fire 🔥
Bamboo Sushi contributes 1% of their restaurants annual sales to environmental nonprofits and for that - I will gladly give them my money.

🍣 Bamboo Sushi
🖤
📍 San Ramon, CA (City Center)

Food Photo Dump from MaO

🍣 12pc Sashimi Combo | $43
🫛 Garlic Edamame | $7
🍣 Sake Toro (Salmon Belly) Nigiri | $10
🍣 Hamachi (Yellow Tail) Nigiri | $9
🦪 Oyster Cocktail | M/P
🫛 Garlic Edamame | $7
🥩 A5 Wagyu Nigiri | $24/ea

🍱 MaO Izakaya & Sushi
🖤
📍 Dublin, CA

I love when new eateries/restaurants open up in my area. This is a long overdue review, but better late than never.

I’ve eaten at this place a handful of times and every time I go the food is fresh and the service is amazing.

I’ll be posting more pics tomorrow of other stuff I got on another day. This is one of my favorite sushi restaurants in the tri valley area.

🍵 Miso Soup | $3
🥟 Fried Gyoza | $8
🍣 49er Roll | $17

Food Brat Approved 💁🏽‍♀️

🍱 Mao Izakaya & Sushi
🖤
📍 Dublin, CA

This place was fire 🔥. Definitely recommend! If you’re in the Tracy area, hit them up for some good eats. Plus, you can pile the food on the bowl & eat like royalty 🤤

🥩 Beef Bowl w/ Noodz & Veggies (1 Potsticker, Steamed White Rice & Egg Drop Soup) | $14.25

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🍜 GK Mongolian BBQ
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📍 Tracy, CA

I can’t tell you how addicting and delicious this udon spot is. I JUST had it and I’m already craving another bowl. I feel like I can eat here at least 3 times a week. If you have a Marugame Udon next to you, you’ll definitely need to check it out!

🍜 Beef Dashi (Sanuki Way) + Hard Boiled Egg + Bok Choy | $14.90 Reg

🍜 Tonkotsu (Sanuki Way) | $12.35 Reg

🍜 Marugame Udon
🖤
📍 San Ramon, CA (Bishop Ranch City Center)

Photo Dump of the foods we ate at the - todays the last day at the night market $5 entry & $15 parking.

Accompanied by my beautiful and crazy friends:

(6) Assorted Baos: $17
(6) Wontons: $17
(1) Spam Musubi: $10

Vendors:




🥟 626 Night Market Bay Area
🖤
📍 Pleasanton, CA
(Alameda County Fairgrounds)

This was some good breakfast after camping & being so completely exhausted from hiking and being out in nature lol.

🥩 Kennedy Meadows Restaurant
🖤
📍 Sonora, CA

Waffles on waffles on waffles.
Sweet breakfast bread towering over me; love to see it.

🧇 Crumbs
🖤
📍 Danville, CA

Downtown Bakersfield has some cool little cafe & eateries. I checked out Reset Bar & Cafe while I was in town visiting my sister and they did not disappoint. The service was great & the food was hella good.

☕️ Churro Cappuccino (Iced + Oatmilk) | $4+
🍕 Breakfast Flatbread | $8

👾 RESET
🖤 .bits.bytes.brews
📍 Bakersfield, CA

🧋Happy National Boba Day!🧋
April 30

Taro Pearl Milk Tea w/ extra boba is my go to non-caffeinated option.

What’s your favorite pearl milk tea?

🧋 T4
📍 Livermore, CA

Tuesdays are perfect for Avocado Toast! This is probably my go-to brunch option when it’s on any menu.

🥑 Avocado Toast
💲 $16.50

🍴 Chow
📍 San Ramon, CA

What are your favorite kind of tacos?

🌮 Cauliflower Tacos
💲 $9.50

🍴 Beer Baron Bar + Kitchen
📍 Pleasanton, CA

Robotic Barista. I have some mixed feeling about this since I was a barista off and on for 6 years. I LOVE doing latte art and knowing the science behind making a damn good cup of coffee. Everything from the size of the grounds to the temperature of the frothed milk and then doing my best to get that silky glossy milk look into a design atop the espresso. The robot does an okay job at creating a latte or cappuccino, but it doesn’t have the social skills to ask you how your day is or if you have anything planned out. Maybe one day, but definitely not now.

☕️ Artly Coffee
📍 Pleasanton, CA [Stoneridge Mall]

Lunch time. We got a Maple Bourbon Bacon bagged salad from Target and I added some Buffalo Chicken from Sprouts.

Full spread of pics from Ritz Carlton - HMB.

🍽️ Ritz Carlton
📍 Half Moon Bay, CA

I’m hella extra with my sandwich artistry 😂 just got home from the gym and I wanted something healthy & nutritious. So I made this sammie.
I made smashed avocado, but it’s not on the sandwich - I put it on each bite tho.

🥪: Buffalo Chicken + Yellow Bell Peppers + Butter Lettuce + Colby Cheese + Sprouts + Pickles + Tomatoes + Mayo & Mustard.
🥑 Smashed Avocado w/ Lemon Juice + Garlic Salt + Pepper + Paprika (not shown here)

12/10 will make again!

👩🏽‍🍳 Made by yours truly
📍 Mi Casita

Saturdays are for brunch sans alcohol (Day 6 Sober)

🍞 Brioche French Toast
🧇
🍳 Smoked Salmon Benedict
🌯 Breakfast Burrito

🖤 The Hideout Kitchen
📍 Lafayette, CA

Happy Family Day / Happy Turkey 🦃 Day / Happy Thanksgiving 🍽

This year I’m grateful for my sobriety, having multiple places to go for Thanksgiving Dinner, and supportive/loving friends in my life. I have a roof over my head, running water, a bed to sleep in and an amazing job to keep me financially stable.

Today I have a life I could have never imagined. Earlier this year my life was wrapped around drvgs & alcohol & toxic relationships. So where I am today is better than my best day high or drunk. Even my worse sober day is better than my best day high or drunk.

What are you grateful for today?

This was my breakfast at The Press in Pleasanton. I treated myself to some yummy avocado toast, breakfast quesadillas (which were more like tacos) and a hot oat milk latte.

I love that they have locations in Livermore & Pleasanton! Can’t get enough of their food. Hella healthy & yummy. Definitely check this place out if you’re in the area. They have so many other options for breakfast & lunch. I’ll need to try other things from here cause the food & customer service is amazing!

1️⃣ Avocado & Seed Toastini
2️⃣ Avo Toast & Bfast Quesadilla
3️⃣ Bacon Breakfast Quesadilla

🌮 The Press Cafe
🖤
📍 Pleasanton, CA

Who likes Mochi Donuts?
I do! Mmmmm yum! ☺️

I’m so happy I don’t have to drive far to get my Mochi Donut fix cause Paris Baguette released some great flavors!
I’ve gone there a few times to grab a couple for my night snacks. I’d also like to add that they have the most amazing cakes, great customer service, other tasty treats & yummy coffee/lattes.

They have Matcha, Raspberry, Passion Fruit & Cinnamon Sugar.
I’m not a fan of matcha flavored food, but I enjoy a Matcha Latte, for sure.

My favorite flavors of these donuts are definitely the fruity ones.

Donuts I Got: Cinnamon Sugar, Raspberry, and Passion Fruit.

🍩 Paris Baguette
🖤
📍 Dublin, CA