GrubGirl.

Powell’s Place, home of some good fried chicken in San Francisco, is possibly closing its Fillmore ‘hood location.

Granted, I’ve only eaten at the old location in Hayes Valley (and it’s mid-grub-range) and the new place looks a little too fancy for when I wanna get my grub on.

But Eater SF mentions that this old school restaurant could be closing soon.

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For those of you meat-eaters looking for a more unique menu item to order at your local Indian/Pakistani restaurant in the Tandoor-loin, make sure you get the Haleem ($6.00) at Shalimar.

Haleem is a Pakistani-based, porridge-like blend of lentils, barley, kick-in-the-pants spices, and crock-pot tenderized roast beef. Believe me, this takes hours to prepare (been to Pakistan, ate it, tried it at home, won’t ever again…well maybe…). Once the meat has been crockpotted to tenderness, it’s then pulled apart (like shredded chicken). Some of the meat is blended with the lentils and the fresh beef stock, which creates that porridge-like texture and the rich taste. The remainder of the shredded beef is left as is, so you vegetarians can tell that some beast comprises the ingredients. Give it a try, let us know what you think!

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The State Fair of Texas has been going on for almost a month, and Mr. S. recently submitted a list of some tasty food entrants from last year’s competition.

The dishes that really caught my eye:

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The Cheese School of San Francisco
2155 Powell St., 2nd Floor
415-346-7530

In the “Why Didn’t I Think Of That and Get Off My Butt To Actually Do It” category, I learned of this school and concept from a timely Chronicle article.

A few friends and I have definitely attempted the informal and/or impromptu cheese sampling sessions, that somehow just go on and on and on. Eating cheese for us grubgals is like eating dim sum but instead of little bites of assorted dumpling heaven, it’s little bites of dairy heaven. Throw in some vino and a pack of Lactaid pills and we’ve got ourselves a rightful shindig. (Too much information perhaps?)

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