Saturday, June 28, 2014
Breakfast: huevos rancheros variation, spanish rice. Laundry and housecleaning. Lunch: leftovers. Nap. Rode UberX to Kitchen Story where after being seated we watched the Dyke March pass festively. For an appetizer we split a warm wagyu beef salad. Patrick's entree: short rib tacos (kimchi pico de gallo, mango salsa, crispy yam, spicy guacamole, corn tortilla). My entree: POP Belly (overnight slow cooked kurobuta pork in five spices, turmeric curry rice, brussels sprouts with fermented beans sauce, $19). Entree portions were large; we each ate about half then took the rest to go. Too full for dessert. Food was excellent; particularly the flavors in the wagyu salad. Service was excellent for the first half then middling for the second. After dinner we went to Blush Party at Montecito North, met lots of people, had a very nice time. Had trouble getting a ride home. UberX was 2.0x the normal rate, so I switched to Uber black car but two black car requests failed (one due to "a mix-up" the other because the "driver had to cancel") before I returned to UberX and we got a ride in about 6 minutes.