Escape To The Coast: San Francisco's Food Fantasy San Francisco’s Food Fantasy I love living in the Duke City, but like many Burqueños, there are times I need to stretch my brain and see what [...] Mina Yamashita \ Sep 19, 2013 Read More
Foodies You Can Trust Local Voices Advise On Local Dining My mom wielded a chef’s knife with startling skill having worked in her uncle’s diner in LA’s Little Tokyo where she waited tables [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jun 27, 2013 Read More
Have Fork, Will Travel: Dining At The Plaza Hotel And Charlie’s In Las Vegas, N.m. The first time I drove through Las Vegas, I had no idea what lay hidden beyond the freeway exits. I remember a Chinese [...] Mina Yamashita \ Aug 09, 2012 Read More
Have Fork, Will Travel: Eating Up A Long Weekend In The Mile High City Eating Up A Long Weekend In The Mile High City Denver is a big city with the easy-going personality of the mountain states. While it’s not much bigger than Albuquerque in square miles, [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jul 19, 2012 Read More
Have Fork, Will Travel: The Curious Kumquat Is A Surprising Little Nugget In Silver City A Surprising Little Nugget In Silver City I’ve wanted to visit Silver City since a serious foodie told me about Rob Connoley and the Curious Kumquat two years ago. The [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jun 28, 2012 Read More
Mina's Dish: Underground Dinner Clubs Pop Up Around Albuquerque Underground Dinner Clubs Pop Up Around Albuquerque At 6 p.m., the September sun cast a rosy glow on the building across the street. I parked and my friend Mike checked [...] Mina Yamashita \ Jan 19, 2012 Read More
Have Fork, Will Travel: A Foodie’s Pilgrimage To New York A Foodie’s Pilgrimage To Prune And Masa There’s a lot you can cram into two days in New York City. Over one weekend this fall, my friend Mike and I [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 29, 2011 Read More
Mina's Dish: The Best Food Of 2011 Mina's Dish: The Best Food Of 2011 No contest—my choice for No. 1 meal in 2011 is Masa’s omakase in New York City, and Prune is certainly in the top [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 29, 2011 Read More Bouillabasse at P’tit Louis Bistro, Nob Hill (Mina Yamashita)
Mina's Dish: There’s A Party In Your Mouth, And Everyone’s Invited Mina's Dish: There’s A Party In Your Mouth, And Everyone’s Invited We’re in the homestretch before the new year caps the 2011 party season. Office potlucks and impromptu festivities crowd the calendar—and at some [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 22, 2011 Read More Chicken liver pâté with gribenes and green tomato pickles (Mina Yamashita)
Mina's Dish: Piggy’s, Plum And Pizza 9 Piggy’s, Plum And Pizza 9 Hacienda Express, on the corner of Central and Washington, is gone. Piggy’s opened in its place on Nov. 7, a drive-through and walk-up [...] Mina Yamashita \ Dec 15, 2011 Read More
