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This week's tablehopper: think pink.                     The salty lassi cobbler at Dosa, with peaches and cucumbers. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang! You still feeling relaxed from the long weekend? Did you get a little sun on your arms and maybe some rosé in your system? Good work. Speaking of…

This week's tablehopper: tempurrrrrrrrrra.                     Tempura master chef Hitoshi Arai from Tenko in Tokyo, cooking last night at Air Restaurant’s second Bay Area event. Here, he is preparing uni in shiso maki. Have you ever had uni tempura? I hadn’t. (Yes, it was amazing.) Photo: © tablehopper.com.…

This week's tablehopper: time to party.                     Just GUESS how I felt about these colors! (Hot pink and green is totally my jam right now.) This is the rich A5 tri-tip tataki nigiri with a squid ink tuile on the latest tasting menu at Hitachino Beer & Wagyu. Photo:…

This week's tablehopper: I need a drink.                     I really wish this cocktail from The Beehive was back in front of me, like, right now. Actually, make that two. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang! Greetings from the bunker, where I have been mostly hunkered down working overtime on my…

This week's tablehopper: a microdose.                     One of the 32 neon pieces we got to enjoy while feasting at the She Bends salon dinner last week at The Midway Gallery. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy folks! I’m baaaaack! Finally healthy again. I have been a busy bee over here,…

This week's tablehopper: jooked around.                     May I rest my head upon these potato croquettes? These golden osetra–topped little wonders were made by Nancy Oakes for The Women of Food dinner at Petit Crenn last week. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi, peeps. (Did you have plenty of those this…

This week's tablehopper: slow hop.                     One thing I was not going to miss was the opportunity to try chef Tomita-san’s tsukemen at a special lunch at Ramen Shop last Friday. You can read more on my Instagram post (at @tablehopper). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi there. Greetings from…

This week's tablehopper: kinda soggy.                     My bowl of chicken soup with kluski. And eggs. And vegetable juice pulp. And fennel fronds. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy first day of spring—yeah, and it’s raining and I’m on day four of a really stupid cold that decided to…

This week's tablehopper: spring forward, fall down.                     It was a luxe hot pot party at Mister Jiu’s for the return of The Family Meal. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy Pi Day. Which is why I decided it’s totally okay and actually a fabulous thing to be eating…

This week's tablehopper: the restaurant stars were out on Sunday.                     That’s one way to get handed a glass of bubbles. Cheers, darlings! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Whoooooosh, well, that was an action-packed weekend. Sunday was the 38th annual Academy of Friends gala and Oscar party (there are five…