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Eating from one end of San Francisco to the other

I took a much needed break from the norm today and headed to San Francisco with my mom and the girls.  We went to the Rotunda at Neiman-Marcus for lunch and there we met up with my sister and Aunty Cat. Please to enjoy my cell phone documentary, click to make photos larger.

Little ladies who lunch (they love dining out, just like their Mamma):

We started with lobster club sandwiches and glasses of chilled Prosecco. A match made in heaven...

And then after a day a shopping, we stopped at my favorite Russian market in all of San Francisco, New World Market:

That is only one third of the deli case. Not shown: the fish/caviar case and the large case with all the veggie salads and pickles.  Also not shown, the hot bar with the stuffed cabbage, meatballs, and other good stuff. On top of the case you can see two giant platters of sausage and cured meat samples. It's like a party in there. 

I came home with chopped chicken livers, Russian potato salad, three kinds of sausage (one a freebie from the lady at the cash register), and rye bread. We had this for dinner and mmmmm. I might need to start making a monthly trek to New World. Bunny asked when we could move back to San Francisco.

Dinner in 15: Siberian Pelmeni

These veal pelmeni came from New World Market (one of my most favorite markets ever) in San Francisco. I boiled them and tossed them with vinagered plain yogurt (traditionally sour cream, but I didn't have it on hand), chopped green onions, and a little parsley.

They taste like a cross between Chinese potstickers and Italian tortellini, which makes sense if you think about where they come from.

I served them along side a simple salad of frisée, radicchio, baby watercress, and breakfast radishes. Simple. Quick.