[Dine With Me] Espetus Churrascaria Brazillian Steak House

Darrin and I have been wanting to try out Espetus for quite a while. We finally tried it for the first time yesterday!! Birthday dinner for my Mr. ^^ We decided to go to the one in San Mateo because parking was much easier than San Francisco.

We went on a Sunday, the day after Darrin's birthday because the restaurant was fully booked on his birthday (a day after Valentines).

Interior was spacious

Customer service in the restaurant was efficient and energetic. Within a few moments, we were taken to our table. The place was already very packed by 6:40pm (we arrived early). Ordered a nice drink after we sat down and enjoyed our dinner.

Red and white Sangria (very strong) ><

The appettizer

Green = "Stuff Me Up"

Red = "Taking a Break" / "I'm Full"

Happy Birthday to u ^^

If you are not aware, Espetus Churrascaria was actually an "all you can eat meat" and salad bar. The price for dinner was $54.95 and the price includes all food that comes around and the salad bar, except for drinks. Lunch happens to be around $28 on weekdays and $36 on weekends.

First plate of food from salad bar

I love the chicken hearts!!! Ate 9 of them... soooo good!!!

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This was the first time we tried a Brazilian Steakhouse and we loved it. There's so much to eat and you are in control of what you want, how much you want. I highly recommend Espetus for couples, families, friends, or basically anyone who likes meat. It was a very fun experience. Glad Darrin liked it too.

Fat Wong's Kitchen Millbrae

Recently, 2 people I worked with took me to Fat Wong's Kitchen for lunch after our shift. I heard about the restaurant but never went before. Surprisingly, this place have good Chinese food. Picture could not tell it's justice... Trust me!! It's very flavorful!! That week, I went to this place 3 times. Once with my coworker for lunch, then once with Darrin also for lunch, and once with my parents for dinner. The picture's are of food that I ate in those days. I didn't include dupe pictures of the food I reordered. Hahahhahah!!!!!!

The menu cover

Iced red bean drink ~ $1.75!! 

Beef noodle soup

Love this!! Ngo jap!

Salt pepper chicken wings! Flavorful!

Curry squid

"Tang zai jok"

Yang zi gum lo dessert

And these are the food I ate with my parent at night for dinner^^

Porridge, cha siu rice roll, n ngo jap

House fried noodle

Go try it! Great place for quick lunch. This place is quite popular, so expect around 10 minutes wait. Service is fast too. Oh yea... they only accept CASH!! And, there is a mini parking lot for the restaurant.

Roka Akor San Francisco

Chow time to celebrate Vivian's birthday! Time flew by so quickly! I could still remember her birthday parties from the last 2 years. Anyways, the restaurant for the occasion was Roka Akor which was located in the Financial District of San Francisco (address: 801 Montgomery Street)!!! The restaurant was rated the "Top 10 sushi spot in the US" by Bon Appetit and is one of the newly opened restaurant in San Francisco. (Some pictures were taken from my friends' camera^^)

First 3 to arrive^^

The ambiance of the restaurant was sophisticated... More suited for business meeting or small get together. Roka Akor is located in the Financial District so I'm assuming it's target is mainly business people. We had a party of 10, but I find this place and portion of food very suitable for groups of 2-4. Food from the restaurant was a mixture of Japanese and steakhouse style. Roka Akor have a open sushi bar on the main floor and a lounge downstairs. Take a look at some of our food:

Butterfish tataki with white asparagus n yuzu

Whole crab!

Sushi rolls^^

Spot prawn with uni and caviar

Beef O.O (forgot which one it was)

Lamb chop with Korean spices

A group pic (missing Wendy n Jig tho)

Already 5 years friendship!

Birthday girl and her dessert

Since everyone is so busy with work and school, we rarely see each other. Definitely nice to get together and catch up. In my opinion, the food in the restaurant was not worth it's price... Portion is not big enough to accommodate the price, as well as how the meats were prepared. Both the lamb chop and beef were too dry for me (requested for medium rare). Taste-wise and service does not amaze me, so I probably won't be coming back for another try. 

Yakiniku at Gyu Kaku San Mateo

Hey all!! Finished my finals and I just had an amazing dinner with a few friends of mine. Can't wait to share my experience with you. Just imported pictures from my new Canon ELPH 330 to my laptop too!!! Got the camera last month around Black Friday! (Random thing is that I got pulled over today by a cop... for not signaling!! I was heading to school to take my final too...) Anyways, I know it's getting late now (have work @ 9:00am), but Mr. Darrin Wu is still in his little corner watching his movie, so I'll just write a quick post!

My lovely companions and me^^

There are promotions and "TOP" picks

Testing out no flash

Interior! Pretty big restuarant O.O

Service was excellent and portions of the food was great for the price! On top of that, they serve good quality meat!!

Cheers to get together^^

Picture with Elata

Wendy and Kenneth

Kalbi short rib

Delicious beef tongue (lemon on the side)

Toro! Love it!!

Yup, we ordered onions^^

I like onions!!

Duck breast

Corn + sweet potato + butter fish + mushroom medley

Lettuce and dip

Wasabi shrimp

Red bean teriyaki with lychee ice cream

Sesame ice cream + red bean taiyaki

We requested to grill it ourselves

Really like the restaurant and casual ambiance. I told Darrin about it and he thought the name sounded familiar... We actually went to one in Japan!! Gyu Kaku is the largest Japanese BBQ chain. Try it out!!

Alrighty! I have to remove my makeup and get ready for bed!! 

Good night ...zzZ