Suppenkuche

We finally made it to Suppenkuche, San Francisco's German style restaurant and beer hall. Like all German restaurants, it was rowdy and crowded. The food was heavy, the beer was free flowing, and everyone was having a good time.

It was too dark for a lot of photos, but we had to take one of the meat appetizer sampler. I've seen pictures of this on yelp.com, but I honestly did not expect such a huge variety of German cured meats, including what can only be described as a really good Slim Jim. I wish they'd given us a few more of the super tasty cherry tomatoes to balance out all that salty goodness, but really I have no complaints. The potato pancakes were also a hit, really crunchy on the outside and hot on the inside. The short ribs we had and the entrees we saw at everyone else's table were standard: meaty, heavy, and served with sauerkraut, red cabbage, and/or spaetzle. The black forest cake was good but not exceptional. We'll definitely be back, but we'll definitely bring helpful eaters or be more conservative in ordering. We were done in after the platter of meat and potato pancakes!

I finished another pair of button earrings. I'm really starting to enjoy this. Also, look at me with my fancy re-potted orchid. The plant was starting to droop to one side from the weight of its own leaves, so I uprighted it and gave it a supporting stick (aka. old wooden chopstick).

I'll be in Seattle for a week: happy eating for everyone with Thanksgiving plans. Hopefully I'll be doing some fun Blackberry blogging from the Evergreen State.