Elephant Bar

Came here on a Friday night at the end of a long day with the CLS folk. Yes, it's a chain restaurant, and yes it's in a mall, but really, this wasn't bad at all. For a group of 8, they seated us pretty quickly. I wasn't feeling the Asian food, pasta or burgers, so I ordered the lamb shanks, and I'm pretty happy that I did. Everyone had gotten their food for 5 minutes already, but still hadn't brought my dinner out. I wanted to attribute it the fact that it takes more time to make mine, but it turned out someone just plain forgot about it. =/

Braised Lamb Shanks with mashed potatoes and peas, carrots and zucchini

The lamb was pretty decent! Not as good as Aziza, of course, though I'm not sure it's fair to make that comparison. The lamb shank here wasn't gamy at all, and was fairly tender. If anything, it was a bit dry and could have used a bit more seasoning, but I guess that's what the sauce is for. (Not complaining at all here, the sauce was pretty good.) Portions were decent, and I was definitely full at the end.

Wonder why all the Yelp folk insist on bashing this place. I guess I'm not too picky about service.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/elephant-bar-restaurant-daly-city

75 Serramonte Ctr

Daly City, CA 94015

Dim sum!

Dim sum at Hong Kong Lounge with Romina, Mark and Mark's friend Jonathan on a lazy Sunday morning. Though of course the place is already packed with a 40 minute wait by 11am. Oh well, it was one of the few sunny days we had in February, so it's hard to complain about waiting outside.

Can't do dim sum without tea.

One of our first dishes comes out. I think Romina's really happy.

Shrimp dumplings. Nom nom nom.

Shumai. Nom nom.

Shrimp rolls, my favorite. Just look at that thing glisten.

Their turnip cake is pretty good too!

Rice noodles in XO sauce.

Shrimp Potstickers

Sesame balls

Sweet tofu soup/dessert thing.

Hong Kong Lounge

http://www.yelp.com/biz/hong-kong-lounge-san-francisco
5322 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94121