The Pink Spoon

Lunch at Jai Yun

In celebration of the upcoming move to our very own Foodbuzz offices, we indulged in a final Lazy Susan meal at Jai Yun, which recently opened their doors for lunch. You walk in, let the server know how much you want to spend per person ($20 it was today), and let the foods begin!

No menu, just dish, after dish of deliciousness…mostly traditional Chinese food dishes you won’t find on an Americanized menu. I don't know what was in anything...but it was home run the entire meal.

Cucumber-light, tangy

Tofu-hoisin glazey

Smoked Fish-smoky spicey


cabbage mixture (w/jellyfish, I think)-squishy/crunchy sweet and soury

lotus root-palette cleansy fresh

Green beans-a little crunchy sweet

Radishes-spicy crisp clean

"vegetables"-very pretty

abalone -salty scrambled eggy

shrimp - delicate creamy

 Tsingtao - le refreshment!

 Fried baby mushrooms-earthy perfect

Fish with peas and carrots and corn- hot/sweet and comforty

Noodles with edamame- green and scrumptious

Carrots, celery and tofu-healthy umami

Pork-falling off the bone amazingness

Epic lunch. Jai Yun is on Clay and Kearny. Go, soon.

Foodbuzz Featured Publisher Friday #5

Technically, it was Featured Publisher Thursday, but I'm posting today. Giff Constable of Constables Larder was here yesterday for a conference. The entire edit team was cooped up inside during a fairly epic spring day for San Francisco, so we jumped at the chance to sit in the sun for a leisurely lunch. We headed to La Mar. The patio is the perfect place to sit on a sunny day when you want to feel like you’re on vacation (why did we pass on the pisco sours again?)

It was awesome meeting Giff. Always such a treat to put faces to names and enjoy the good company of our Featured Publishers offline, too! It was too bright for the photos of the food, but we have some previous pics here. After lunch, we walked Giff over to the Ferry Building with instructions to try Cowgirl Creamery Cheese and the Truffle Salt at the mushroom/truffle shop before he left town…