New Morning Cafe

In Tiburon there is a place that has great food but very slow service. It takes about ten minutes to order and then twenty more for them to make it. A family sitting next to us got their food 5 minutes after us and they ordered ten minutes before us. Their hamburgers are juicy, and soft. The food is just the right size not so big that you feel like your going to explode, but not so small that your still hungry afterwards. I would give the New Morning Cafe three forks up because of the great food, but take away one because of the bad service. So it gets two forks up in all. I think you should go there for the great food but be prepared to wait.

Thep Lela

Do you like Thai food? well, I sure do.

There is a place in the Strawberry village called Thep Lela and they sell Thai food. And it's really good Thai food.
I would suggest the chicken sewers, yellow chicken curry, tom ka (coconut soap), Thai ice tea, and for desert the fried banana with coconut ice cream or black rice pudding. yum, even thinking about it makes my mouth water. If your a vegetarian then I would have the green salad, tom ka (vegetarian kind), fired tofu, then for desert have anything! Really, just try anything. I'm almost positive that you will like all there food, unless your a person that doesn't like Thai food.
Here is the link to their website. So go and check it out!http://www.theplela.com/menu_appetizer.html

Indian Palace

Indian Palace is a great place to go if you want something spicy or something from India. India is in Asia. My favorite food there are samosas. They are as big as your dinner but are only appetizers. They are full of potatoes and peas. They are about a pound and are about three inches wide and two inches high. It is sometimes empty and sometimes full to the brim. You can make it really spicy or not spicy at all. It doesn't have a very good view because it is right next to the highway but it still has the best food around. I would rate this a three forks up for it's good food.

Tommy's Wok

A few words to start it off are I love Tommy's Wok. It is a restaurant that serves authentic Chinese food. You can find it in Sausalito, California and the food is fantastic. As soon as you walk into the door two things hit you, one your eyes feast on the colorful exotic fish tank that is right along the door. And two, the sweet, tangy, aroma that fills the air. Then you hear the crackeling and sizzling of the kitchen you can see into. That is three of your five senses and you can't wait to fulfill the other two, feel and taste. Those are some of the reasons why I love Tommy's Wok but we haven't even gotten to the menu yet. On the menu there are a lot of assorted things that all seem good. Underneath the name it tells you what it is like in lemon chicken (oh yum that sounds good!) it says deep fried chicken in sweet, tangy lemon sauce. You see them make it and it looks so fantastic! Then a few minutes later they bring it to you and you see it and you just stare, at the mouth watering goodness. Then you take a bite into it and you feel the breaded outside in your mouth and then you taste the warm chicken along with the sweet and tangy lemon sauce. Tommy's Wok has fulfilled your five senses and if you go there I hope it fulfilled your senses and I hope you enjoy!

Lemon Bars

These are my brother's favorite dessert.

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup Meyer lemon juice
1/4 all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
sifted powdered sugar

Directions:
Beat butter until soft. Add 1/2 powdered sugar and beat until combined. Mix in 2 cups of flour until crumbly. Press mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 13"x9"x2" baking pan. Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes or until lightly brown.

Beat together eggs, granulated sugar and lemon juice. Combine 1/4 cup flour and the baking powder, stir into egg mixture. Pour over baked crust.

Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes or until lightly browned around edges and center appears set. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar. Cut into squares or diamonds.

Makes approximately 24 bars.

I like the tangy lemony taste and the way there is a lot of the lemon part. The way it melts in your mouth is delicious too.

Spectacular Banana Bread!!

This recipe is delish. Its a must try. Its...its...SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!

BANANA BREAD 

Mix Together: 

2/3 cups sugar

1/3 cup butter

2 eggs

Stir In: 

3 table spoons buttermilk or milk 

1 cup mashed bananas  

Sift Together & add: 

2 cups all purpose flour

1 tea spoon baking powder

1/2 tea spoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Blend In: 1/2 cup chopped walnuts(optional)

1/2 cup chocolate chips(optional)

Bake at 350 degrees in a loaf pan for 60 min.

Enjoy!! 

Tommy's Wok

Tommy's Wok is in Sausalito, it is a Chinese restaurant and it has fantastic food. I like the lemon chicken but I like everything there because it is all so tasty. I like eating there more then taking it home but it is good either way. When you go to Tommy's Wok I like all of the delicious (warm) food because it just makes your mouth water. And when you go there and smell all the different things you just stand there in a sort of trans type of thing that you love. I just can't wait to go there again and you want to eat a lot of the food because it tastes so good so you eat a lot and you just love it. I would give this restaurant three forks up. I like eating here because the food is always hot and always tasty I love the authentic chinese taste that just makes my tongue tickle (the good feeling) and I can't say anything more than I love it! It is so tasty and I hope if you go there you like it too!

Avatar's Punjab Burritos

Want to try something really different? Then how about a curried lamb...burrito? This is the kind of food you will find at Avatar's Punjab Burritos, which serves Indian food, Mexican style.

Here, instead of refried beans, spanish rice, salsa, guacamole and sour cream, burritos are filled with curried garbanzo beans, basmati rice, seasonal fruit chutney, homemade tamarind sauce and yogurt.

Varieties include curry chicken, jamaican drunk chicken, blackened rock shrimp or salmon and several vegetarian choices such as smoked egg plant and curried pumpkin.

All burrito fillings are also available as rice plates and they sell several salads as well.

Everything I've tried here is quite good. If you've never had Indian food, this is a good place to start. The ingredients seem very fresh and homemade. My vegetarian friends really enjoy coming here because of the large variety of choices available to them.

The Mill Valley Avatar's is a take out version of a larger, and very popular, full service restaurant, named Avatar's, in Sausalito. The Mill Valley place is the owner's (named Avatar, in case you haven't guessed) way of providing customers with a fast, portable, healthy meal.

Three forks.

Avatar's Punjab Burritos, 15 Madrona St., a couple of blocks away from downtown Mill Valley.

Happy Bakery

Happy Bakery I'd have to say I'd give four forks because there is refreshing foods, and there is greasey foods :). These chinese foods are so tasty that I don't know how your alive with out it. They have cusards, chicken (very good), spring rolls, egg rolls, chowmain, and, chowfun.There are other things, but these are the best. But there is one bad thing, and one another good thing. The bad thing is that the foods aren't the healthiest foods, but the good thing is that it is in San Fransisco so you probebly won't get fat because it's far away so you probebly won't go that often.

The custards (down) is a verry yummy choice. They are a jello-y creamy, yummy tart with bread around it. The chicken is wonderfly yummy, and would be discribed: scrumcias-tasty-yummy. The spring rolls and egg rolls are delishish, tasty and the spring roll is also refrshing (sometimes). The chow mian and fun are supream. I hope you will agree with me if you go some time.

Yummy!

My Favorite Pizza

My favorite pizza is from a resturaunt called Tony Tutto's. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. I also like Amicis for its pizza. Those are my two favorite pizza resturaunts by far. Stefano's is pretty good to. Sometimes it's too greasy though. I like Tony Tutto's the most because their cheese pizza has different types of cheese on it, and doesn't have tomato sauce. It might sound kind of weird, but it's actually really good. They have two types of cheese pizza. One is called a whiter shade of pale which is the one that has different types of cheese on it, and is tomato sauce free. The other type is called a love supreme, and has tomato sauce and basil leaves. They are both extremely delicious. I like Amicis pizza because the pieces are small and easy to eat. I especially like the peperoni pizza because the peperonies are shaped like bowls, and I like them that way. Overall, if I could describe the pizza from Tony Tutto's and Amicis with two words, I'd say it was extrordinarilly delicious. For more information;

Tony Tutto Pizza
www.tonytuttopizza.com

246 E Blithedale Ave
Mill Valley, CA 94941
(415) 383-8646

Ambrosia Pizza and Pasta

This restaurant is great. It is a bit fancy but you can dress it up or down. I like this restaurant because there is a variety of  Italian foods. For instance, pizza, design your own pizza, salads, pasta, and many, many more. It is on 1159 Magnolia in Larkspur. I would give it tree forks up. The owner is always there and sits down and talks or if he doesn't know you he does quickly. They also have excellent desserts. I would know because I LOVE DESSERT! What my parents would say they like about the place is the wine. They have many rare wines and lots to taste. There is even a wine that a guy my dad knows made. Anyway, this is a great restaurant and I hope you try it. Enjoy!!

Samurai

My favorite restaurant that I have been to is Samurai the Japanese place across the street from Whole Foods. When I go there I love to order, the special soda. It is like a 7up but it is in a cool shaped bottle with a marble that sometimes clogs up up the drinking hole. When we go there we order A LOT. My favorite dishes here are the vegetable tempura, terriyaki chicken and sticky rice, though I like a lot of food here. After you eat your amazing dinner you can have a dessert there or you can go to the conveniently located Lollipop, the candy, ice cream and cupcake shop. This is such a good restaurant if you like seafood, vegetables, or chicken. I recommend sitting at the "bar," which is not even really a bar at all. You can watch the workers make the food. It is really cool!!!
When you're there you see many people, and every time we go we see a couple that my parents call "buddies." Sometimes I even see friends of mine there including Courtney.
I give this restaurant 3 forks for its really yummy food.

MMM Pizza

One of my favorite restaurants is Pizza Hut. Okay, maybe the closest one is in San Francisco, but it's worth the drive.

If you like cheese pizza, like me, I would recommend the cheese lovers with extra (double) cheese and stuffed crust, I can't resist it. That's what I normally order.  If you would like something else, you could order the Pizza Hut P'zone it's like a pizza sandwich with meat and melted cheese, it weighs over one pound. Or you could order the great breadsticks.

I would recommend Pizza Hut to anybody who likes pizza, breadsticks, or of course, dessert. I would definitely give Pizza Hut a three forks, and if you're deciding where to go for dinner or lunch choose Pizza Hut

The San Francisco Yacht Club

My favorite restaurant that I have ever been to is The San Fransisco Yacht Club. It is a great place to hang out, and you meet lots of people there. It also has a great view of the San Fransisco bay, with lots of boats in it. It is a club for sailing.

As for my favorite dish there, well, that's very hard to choose from. Since they serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, there are a lot of choices. But out of them all, I would have to say that my favorite dish there is their macaroni and cheese casseraole. It's the best macaroni and cheese that I've ever tasted. I have tasted a lot of macaroni and cheese, but theirs is creamy, hearty, cheesy, and just all around delicios! I would give their restaurant a whole three forks! They also make a mean Shirley Temple........

The Cheesecake Factory (this is my assignment)

I'm not saying that this is a bad restaurant but it would probably win the award for the restaurant that has the most waste! You see this restaurant gives huge portions, I mean really big! Most people cannot eat this amount of food so its all get thrown away. I can't eat this much food but I love the cheesecake factory, because even though there is a lot of it its all delicious to me! The favorite things I like in the cheesecake factory are: the nachos, the tamale cakes, the 30th anniversary cheesecake, the chicken sliders, the Godiva cheesecake, the birthday Sunday ( you can have it when its not your birthday though), which is quite small, but good for when you don't want much, and of course their bread is amazing! Its warm and they have two kinds that I really do like. I would recommend all these things if you went and a couple others. This is a great reastaurant and I hope you go!

McDonald's

I really like one of the restaurants near my house in Mill Valley, Strawberry. I pick McDonald's and I think it is the best restaurant in my life. The hamburgers are juicy, tasty and makes your mouth water. This restaurant has always been and will stay my favorite restaurant, until I grow out of it. My favorite food there are cheeseburgers and don't forget the fries and ketchup. You should go to McDonald's if you like hamburgers and desserts they even sell salad you don't see that every day at McDonald's. You can just get your size of hamburger, pay and then eat in peace with friends or family and enjoy. And if the kids don't want a hamburger then McDonald's has extra for the kids chicken nuggets in a kids meal. You should taste the food and when you go in to the place, you can smell the sweet smell of good food and it is delicious, that's one of the things I like about McDonald's.

I would give it a three forks up. Go there it is so good!

Chevy's

Chevy's is one of my favorite restaurants. It not the absolute best restaurant in the world, but it's one of the best places I've gone since the beginning of the school year. They serve Mexican food, and I am pretty sure they have salad also. My favorite thing to get there are their burritos, and to help that go down, I like to get a coke. There are burritos that are so hot when you get them, that they sizzle, burritos with anything you want in them(okay, maybe not anything), and there are more kinds of burritos too. 

Chevy's has a very excellent selection of taco's too. In my opinion. They make the tacos taste yummy in my tummy by having different kinds of meats, cheeses, spices, and vegetables. Some people will put hot sauce on their taco, but I prefer not to have any hot sauce. Hot sauce is way too spicy for me! Even pepper will be a bit to spicy for me every once in a while.

My favorite Chevy's is located in San Ramon, because there is a good place to play outside, right next to the Chevy's, there is a hotel, and there is a huge minimart, Whole Foods, and Jamba Juice not too far away.

 The first time I went to the Chevy's in San Ramon, I was with my soccer team, and after we ate there, we played really well in our soccer championship and got second place. Now my whole entire soccer team including me, thinks that Chevy's is our good luck charm. I think we should eat at Chevy's more often before a game. I would give Chevy's three forks up!

Chili's

Chili's is a fabulous restaurant with great food, desserts, and more. I didn't know about Chili's until Daisy Colburn took me to it before we watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Daisy's family had already gone to Chili's a bunch but this was my very first time. When we walked into Chili's I could just feel the cool air conditioning on my skin. Brr. Daisy's mom, Jacqueline, asked the waitress for a booth for four. (Daisy's brother, Franklin, was also there). When the waitress sat us down at a smooth table with three lights hanging down low, she handed the three children, Daisy, Franklin, and me, a cool coloring book. The ones that come with little crayons in a box that has the restaurant's logo on it.

After me and Daisy colored, we started choosing what we wanted. I chose a grilled cheese sandwich.  She did to. I had to wait such a long time for our food-but it made since, it was crowded.

When our food finally came I gobbled it up. The grilled cheese was fantastic! After the delicious meal, we had desert. The desert was so good! Then, because it was my birthday, they sang:

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday to you!

Happy birthday from Chili's!

Happy Birthday to you! 

It was so much fun! I think I give Chili's two forks because it was good and all, but the side potatoes were cold, mushy, and didn't taste that great. Also, it took a really long time to make our food. But other than that, it was delicious! 

Ocean

My all time 5 star restaurant is called Ocean, in San Francisco it's seafood kind of restaurant.

I'm always crazy for the dumplings, they are called ha gow, it has shrimp in the middle and a rice

coding. to tell the truth they had closed up a few weeks ago I'm still very devastated but, on the other hand there is much more then one place that will serve the dim sum in the city, so when me Courtney my mom Diane my sister Trisha and finally my dad Gary, we go to my mom's mom AKA grandma and grandpa's House also to be in the city, so we all go to their house for brunch. Since your supposed to have a restaurant that hasn't closed there is another place that is just as good ( it's take out) It's called Wing Lee on Clement Street in San Francisco easy enough for me because Clement Street is the same street as Ocean.

Outback Steak House

Is a chain restaurant. There is a Outback Steak House in Marin City it has a selection of American food it says it is Australian but tons of the food is American. It has tons of options like for younger children the Mac and Cheese . For your Dad you would want Ribs the barbecue sauce on the steak. They have Cesar Salad and if you like normal Salad your going to like this one the dressing is creamy and pale. For a appetisers there are the onion ring ball it is a lot of Small onion rings in a pit in the middle there is sauce of any choice. Now the Dessert there are allot of Cheesecakes like strawberry's and Cinnamon topped. There is also a cake as in Chocolate and the thunder from down under it is a big brownie with Ice Cream, Wiped Cream and hot sauce.
This is Two forks up.

AMBER JACK sushi

        Amber Jack Sushi is my all time favorite restaurant. It only has four tables, but that doesn't matter. It's the food that counts. Amber Jack Sushi is this hole in the wall sushi store that also sells rice, fish, seaweed salad, and tons of other Japanese food. It is in Mill Valley Here is a picture of it:

     One of the best things about Amber Jack is that it's so warm in there. All of the tables are snug and cozy. It is also very nicely decorated in there. It seems more like a kitchen than a restaurant. As soon as you walk through the door your nose gets flooded with these great smells of sushi and miso soup. Another great thing about Amber Jack is that they have really great waiter service. If it's because they only have four tables I'm not sure, but all in all you get your food in about eight minuets instead of fifteen.

There is still one thing I haven't talked about, and it's the most important thing. THE FOOD! Amber Jack has some of the best food I have ever tasted.They have all the classics in the sushi department, and then plus some. My two favorite kinds of sushi there are called the California roll, and the cherry blossom roll. The California is a normal roll filled with shrimp, avocado, and cucumber. The cherry blossom roll has two kinds of raw fish on the outside, and has avocado, carrot and cucumber in the inside. If you're not in the mood for sushi they have tons of other stuff. Like vegetable tempura which is grilled vegetables. You could also get a teriyaki dinner which is fried chicken cut into strips with sauce on the side. It also comes with rice, salad, and soup. There is another kind of salad I like called seaweed salad it is basically a bowl of seaweed. My favorite thing at Amber Jack is called Beef Negi Magi. It is thin strips of beef wrapped around green onion, and boy is it good.

Amber Jack Sushi is one of the best sushi places I have ever been to, and I hope you will like it too.   

Molasses Sugar Cookies

This is the irresistible recipe of my mom's mouthwatering molasses sugar cookies:

Molasses Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:

3/4 c. shortening or butter 2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. sugar 2 c. sifted flour
1/4 c. molasses 1/2 tsp. ginger
1 egg 1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:

Melt shortening/butter in saucepan. Remove and cool. Add sugar,molasses and egg. Beat well. Add combined flour, spices and salt. Mix well. Chill dough. Form into 1 inch balls. Roll in sugar. Bake @ 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes. For extra chewy cookies, remove from oven when almost done and let set on cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes.


If you decide to make these cookies I hope you enjoy them and I hope they appeal to your liking. I heard a lot of people liked them and I hope you do too!

The November Restaurant Assignment -- Due 11-10

Write about your favorite restaurant that you have visited since the beginning of 5th grade.  Tell what you like about eating there what your favorite dish is, and where the restaurant is located. Be sure to use the rating scale found on the blog to rate it.  The restaurant does not need to be in Mill Valley, but it needs to be in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Proofread your work before posting it.  If there is already a first post for the restaurant, please make a major comment.  It would be great to have many different restaurants reviewed, instead of only a few.

If you haven't gone to a restaurant since the beginning of the school year, please see the blog editors for an alternative assignment.