SF continued. | 舊金山 續. | 旧金山续.

Ok, so I meant to blog more on this trip but things were much busier than expected both in SF and LA. Now I'm back in the BAY catching up on some much needed sleep, rest and blogging! I must say the SF Asian American Film Festival was very good and exciting this year! There were so many great films from so many from different places. I saw Wayne Wang's "A Thousad Years of Good Prayers" which had a really stellar performance by actor Henry O. I also saw "Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay", this film was hilarious, Kal Penn is such a great comedian! And finally I saw the documentary on one of my favorite artists, Yoshitomo Nara. Congratulations to festival director Chi-Hui Huang and asst director Taro Goto for all their great work. Very professional and well organized. Bravo.(and yes that's an Obama pin)

Dan "the automator" Nakamura and his cousin Eric @ Yoshi's SF.

On one night of the festival Eric Nakamura(from Giant Robot), Dan The Automator and I went for a meal down at the new Yoshi's in SF. Yoshi's is a Bay Area establishment that started in Berkeley. Their idea is simple Jazz and Sushi. Although all the great Jazz people come thru there their sushi has always been soso. However, the new joint on Filmore St really did it right on the sushi front. They look bummed in the photo but those expresions don't really reflect how good the food was. Dan knows the manager Andrew and the sushi chef Sho, so we got special seats right at the sushi counter so we could watch the action.

Baby Squid was the best thing we had. Tender but not too chewy.

I'm not normally an Uni fan and I almost didn't eat it but I'm glad I did. It tasted like sweet natural spring water which made me realize most of the Uni in HK is low quality.

Sho and his personal knife collection. Apparently one knife in there cost 50,000usd!

After sushi it was time for Sho and his crew to eat so we walked down the street for Korean and continued to eat until 1:30am! As you guessed, we love to eat and when Dan, Eric and I get together...we really eat!

Ok，本想多記一記這次旅程，但在舊金山和洛杉磯的日子比想象中忙碌得多。我現在回到了灣區，極需補覺、休息和寫博客!我得說今年的舊金山亞裔美籍電影節辦得很成功，令人興奮!有那麽多來自不同地區的精彩電影。我看了王穎的《千年敬祈》，演員Henry O一如既往奉獻了精彩演出；《哈羅德和卡瑪再遇險》非常有趣，Kal Penn是超級優秀的喜劇演員!還欣賞了拍攝我最愛藝術家之一奈良美智的紀錄片。在此恭賀電影節導演Chi-Hui Huang和助理導演Taro Goto的完美工作，相當專業、組織得很好。妙! (沒錯，這是奧巴馬用語)。Dan "the automator" Nakamura和他表弟Eric在舊金山Yoshi料理店。

電影節某晚，Eric Nakamura(Giant Robot成員)、Dan The Automator和我到舊金山新開的Yoshi料理店享用晚餐。Yoshi料理是從伯克萊開始的連鎖店，他們的想法就是很簡單的爵士加壽司。雖然收納了最厲害的爵士人，但壽司總是一般般。Filmore街新開這間店的壽司卻很對路，照片上看起來沒有特別之處，但並不影響它們其實非常好吃。Dan認識那兒的經理Andrew和壽司師傅Sho，所以我們被安排在壽司臺的特別座位上，可以觀賞整個制作過程。小魷魚最美味。很嫩，不難嚼。 我一般不吃海膽，還好這次吃了。那味道就象甜美自然的春天之水，讓我意識到香港的大部分海膽品質不高。 Sho和他的個人刀具展示，其中有把刀價值5萬美金 吃完壽司，Sho和他的徒弟們該吃飯了。於是我們沿著街走到韓國餐廳繼續吃，直到淩晨1點半!如你所料，我們愛吃，每當Dan、Eric和我在一起時…非常能吃!

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Ok，本想多记一记这次旅程，但在旧金山和洛杉矶的日子比想象中忙碌得多。我现在回到了湾区，极需补觉、休息和写博客!我得说今年的旧金山亚裔美籍电影节办得很成功，令人兴奋!有那么多来自不同地区的精彩电影。我看了王颖的《千年敬祈》，演员Henry O一如既往奉献了精彩演出；《哈罗德和卡玛再遇险》非常有趣，Kal Penn是超级优秀的喜剧演员!还欣赏了拍摄我最爱艺术家之一奈良美智的纪录片。在此恭贺电影节导演Chi-Hui Huang和助理导演Taro Goto的完美工作，相当专业、组织得很好。妙! (没错，这是奥巴马用语)。

Dan "the automator" Nakamura和他表弟Eric在旧金山Yoshi料理店。

电影节某晚，Eric Nakamura(Giant Robot成员)、Dan The Automator和我到旧金山新开的Yoshi料理店享用晚餐。Yoshi料理是从伯克莱开始的连锁店，他们的想法就是很简单的爵士加寿司。虽然收纳了最厉害的爵士人，但寿司总是一般般。Filmore街新开这间店的寿司却很对路，照片上看起来没有特别之处，但并不影响它们其实非常好吃。Dan认识那儿的经理Andrew和寿司师傅Sho，所以我们被安排在寿司台的特别座位上，可以观赏整个制作过程。

小鱿鱼最美味。很嫩，不难嚼。

我一般不吃海胆，还好这次吃了。那味道就象甜美自然的春天之水，让我意识到香港的大部分海胆品质不高。

Sho和他的个人刀具展示，其中有把刀价值5万美金!

吃完寿司，Sho和他的徒弟们该吃饭了。于是我们沿着街走到韩国餐厅继续吃，直到凌晨1点半!如你所料，我们爱吃，每当Dan、Eric和我在一起时…非常能吃!