Yay! My first iPhone app is in the app store! Actually it’s been in the app store for a while now, but I wanted to fix a bug before telling anyone and well, the app store process being what it is…it took a while. Anyways, it’s finally up! I’m happy because I finally learned to make an iPhone app on my own, which is why it’s such a simple app…and free :).

I didn’t, however, use Obj C for the app, but decided to use javascript, jQTouch, and PhoneGap…so it’s essentially a web app in an Obj C wrapper. I think I will try to make a native app next…although I’m still struggling with the idea of the app store and the submission process.

On the one hand, I think it’s great that Apple is giving developers a place to be rewarded for the things they make…but the length of time it takes for them to “approve” an app and the approval process in general is hard to get used to (especially when you’re used to the speed and freedom of the web). The bug I fixed took 1 line of code and 2 seconds to update on the web (this being a web app, you can also access it here but you’ll have to save it to your home screen for it to work properly) – it took them a week and a half. I know that’s probably a short amount of time compared to how long others have had to wait but 2 seconds compared to a week and a half is a big difference! While I’m not likely to make something that they reject based on content alone, I love that no one can tell me what I can or can’t make for the web….and that whatever I make will likely work on other phones without having to rewrite a lot of code (I think…I’ve yet to package it for Android phones). I also have to say that working in XCode sort of reminds me a little of Eclipse and Flash (there are lots of things that seem weird and arbitrary).

But whining aside, I’m happy that I can now recognize the characters for most meat and vegetable dishes now! (a side benefit of doing this project :)

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Edible Paradise is a blog about cooking seasonally from farmer’s markets in Monterey and Santa Cruz that I just added to my RSS Reader.

One of my favorite things about living in Bernal is that I can walk or ride my bike to the Alemany Farmer’s Market every Saturday morning. For less than $20 I can stock up on food for the week! I have my favorite vendors for various things. Like the mushroom stand…and the egg stand…the jumbo eggs from Alemany are so big that they have to wrap rubber bands around the recycled cartons they use to keep the eggs from falling out. I don’t know really know where these eggs come from though and was just thinking today that it would be nice if there were a site for Alemany where you could find out about all the different vendors and farms at the market. Some of them I think have been selling at Alemany for several generations!

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new bakery coming to bernal!!, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

Someone sent me this info about it

Introducing Sandbox Bakery, the latest sliver of a corner spot bringing together the best of a Japanese deli and French bakery, opening next Monday in Bernal Heights.

Brought to you by ex-Slanted Door pastry chef Mutsumi Takehara (who also baked at La Farine and Chez Panisse), Sandbox brings an East meets West, morning-to-afternoon, bakery-and-deli lineup, complete with Ritual Roasters and De La Paz coffee that’s extracted through a cone-shaped single drip filter-the way they do it in Japan.

Once a motorcycle repair shop, this crisp take-out counter in front of the sizable working kitchen has a vague likening to Mt. Fuji, with a flinty stone wall and gleaming white subway tiles. And from the crack of dawn, the fresh-baked aromas of buttery chocolate croissants and Swiss dill biscuits wafting through the neighborhood will lure you to the automatic sliding-glass doors at the corner of Cortland and Gates.

In case French pastries get you in the mood for a little Japanese street food (when don’t they?), the Yuzu-Sage Tart and the deli-style Teriyaki Chicken Rice Burger (that’s two pieces of griddled sticky rice instead of a traditional bun) will be yours for the taking.

may

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Cupcakes via Nokia 900, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

this is a macro test shot taken from a Nokia n900! Cupcakes from Cako. N900 from Finland.

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Dahi Vada, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

Dosa in japntown

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Bollywood Hills, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

At Dosa, having yummy drinks!

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today’s food find at the alemany farmer’s market, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

squash blossoms and some kind of japanese mushroom. the mushroom lady
said they’re called nematodes but I think I must have heard wrong
because the internet tells me that nematodes are worms.

may

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These are teh cuuuutest sandwiches I’ve ever seen. The creators are hoping to publish a book showing you how to incorporate new foods into a child’s meal by distracting them from what they’re actually eating.

I dunno, I think I’d be a little afraid to eat winnie-the-pooh. That could lead to years of bad karma.

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We switched to Blue Bottle beans at work. Just look at this giant bag of Giant Steps!

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brunch!!, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

heart shaped like a panini…

chez maman brunch, recommended!

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Yummy Sunday pre-Phil’s diversion, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

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Rico Pan, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

I stopped by this bakery on Mission and Leese on my way home today.
Got something that looked like angel food cake for 85 cents and it was
yummy with tea. Also got a disc shaped pastry with sesame seeds on top
(they told me it was a quesadilla, but it didn’t look or taste
anything like a quesadilla i’ve had before). I didn’t like that one as
much, but I’m definitely going back to try all the other pastries!

may

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IMG_1022, originally uploaded by hopbot.

My friend michelangelo and his family are in New Zealand for two months. This is what’s for breakfast…

An ostrich egg apparently equals 30 chicken eggs!

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TikiRobot is donating $100 to the SF Food Bank this winter. They feed 132,000 people every year, and this year their dry good supplies are down 15%. If you are in town over the holidays, they need volunteers.

Every time we get a check from Amazon for having their widget in our sidebar, we’re rounding it up to $100 and donating to a worthy cause.

cc by-nc picture by Veronica Belmont

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No human or god can match Nature’s simultaneous 4 flavor revolution in 1 Earth plant.

Thyme Cube would make a great Halloween Costume, but no one would get it. I wouldn’t get it, because I am seasoned stupid.

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I’m pretty sure I could have come up with a better name for this, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

may

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I sorta wish tofu-d2 had a more prominent role in this, but nonetheless, I give it 4 ****, 2 thumbs up!!!

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A few weeks ago, we hosted wine tasting at our house.
50 bottles of wine were consumed.
This is the only picture I took:

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We made some FAIL mugs:

You might be able to order your own here.

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Dosa envy, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

Erin at udupi palace, Valencia st., sf

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Samovar!, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

Its chai:30!

-bob

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Spam Onigiri, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

This is what my friend walt is having for lunch. A humongo piece of
spam sushi! I never even knew such a thing existed!

may

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We don’t have a tandoor, so when we have a craving for fresh-baked naan, we have to improvise. Here is some video showing how we made naan using a pizza stone in our regular oven.

(click play to start) (link to other sizes)

The next step is to build a tandoor in the backyard.

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The Silver Crest is so sketchy. It’s like Sketch Central. I’ve lived next to it for six years and had never been inside. But look at all that great neon! Their sign proclaims: “We Never Close”. We decide we have to go.

Friday night Sam was driving us back from the spaz party at the Li Po Lounge, and we pass the Silver Crest. We’re full of Mai Tais and thumpy beats, but Bob and I have the same thought. We have to go.

We walk in and transported fifty years into the past. There is a bar in the back with a crowded pool table, but it’s 2am and the bar is just closing. We grab a booth in the front. These jukebox things on every table:

It doesn’t work and and eats Bob’s quarter. That probably for the best, since the jukebox is full of with Greek waltzes.

The menu is written on the wall. The food isn’t cheap, but we hope it’s good. The coffee is a ridiculous $2.75. Even for diner coffee, it tastes like crap.

They have these old pinball machines, which mang decides to check out while we wait for the food. There is a sign saying you have to be over 21 to play. We ask the server why, and she says they don’t want to encourage the kids to gamble. Whatever. The kids are all at Li Po, anyway, playing dice for drinks.

The food comes out. I’m surprised by how bad it is, but I don’t know why. I guess I expect shitty diners to have great food. That is not the case tonight. My hotcakes arrive with an entire stick of “butter” on top, which promptly slides off onto the table as soon as the server sets them down.

I’m disgusted but Bob thinks we need to come back. The Silver Crest has donuts, and they might actually be good. Maybe we’ll bring our own coffee next time.

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