As a lot of you know, I really like food, too much so. A little over a year ago, a few Oxygen members went on a tour of Berkeley's gourmet ghetto (home of Chez Panisse) with Lisa Rogovin who runs "In the Kitchen with Lisa" Culinary Excursions. It was a fantastic tour!
Lisa is so much fun to be with and she knows everything about the San Francisco Bay Area food scene.
Last week, a friend and I went on her new "Taste the Mission" tour . I know the part of the Mission with Bi-Rite, Tartine, and Delfina on 18th Street, but I didn't know the area Lisa showed us. Here are some places we visited and foods we tried:
Mission Minis is a storefront with mini cupcakes baked fresh daily. Flavors may include: cinnamon horchata, Aztec chocolate, pink lemonade, ruby red velvet, and more.
Humphry Slocombe's award winning (and one of a kind) ice cream, as well as a maple bacon donut from Dynamo Donuts.
Mexican delicacies from El Farolito (taco), La Palma Foods (huarache and fresh salsa) and La Victoria (pan dulce).
I also loved a new restaurant we visited called the Local Mission Eatery on 24th Street.
We also had a short guided tour of some of the beautiful murals in the Mission. The tours run about three hours and I promise you won't be hungry afterwards. Lisa does tours of the Ferry Building, the Gourmet Ghetto in Berkeley, and a food and wine tour in West Marin County. The Mission tour runs $75, but if you mention the Oxygen network or the EntreNous blog to Lisa, she will give you $10 off.
To get more information, go to Lisa's website:
Denise
