GrubGirl.

Hing Lung Restaurant
674 Broadway St. (at Stockton)
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-398-8838

Finally, a true grubgirl-confirmed value find. If you can make it here on a weekday between 8-11am, you can order jook specials for $2.50 a pop. That’s right.

K-dub and I happened to have a Friday “work from home” morning and ventured out here. Upon entering, you’ll walk down a short hallway with the kitchen directly visible through greasy glass panes on your right. There are lots of steaming pots of jook, and several deep fryers, and I noticed at least 3-4 cooks. (They weren’t waiters, that’s for sure.).

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El Zocalo
3230 Mission St
(between 29th St & Valencia St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 282-2572

This place is on the border of the Mission and Bernal Heights, and it’s open pretty darn late. If you’ve got a hankering for some El Salvadorean pupusas, this is the place that locals know about.

What are pupusas? Wikipedia says:

The Salvadoran pupusa (from Pipil pupusawa) is a thick, hand-made corn tortilla (made using masa de maíz, a maize flour dough used in Latin American cuisine) that is stuffed with one or more of the following: cheese (queso) (usually a soft Salvadoran cheese called Quesillo), fried pork rind (chicharrón), chicken (pollo), refried beans (frijoles refritos), or queso con loroco (loroco is a vine flower bud from Central America).

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This must’ve been a fun project for the authors at the New York Times: suggest 101 easy meals that can be ready in about 10 minutes. Hey, it gets eyeballs and has a catchy title, so I’m sharing it here.

Some examples:

“Put a few slices of chopped prosciutto in a skillet with olive oil, a couple of cloves of crushed garlic and a bit of butter; a minute later, toss in about half a cup bread crumbs and red chili flakes to taste. Serve over pasta with chopped parsley.”

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TCBY is thanking Glamour Magazine readers by giving them a coupon good for one free junior hand-scooped yogurt cup or cone. The offer is good until August 31, 2007, at participating TCBY locations. Which locations are participating? I have no idea, but you can check out their store locator to find out. Download a copy here: TCBY Free Yogurt Coupon

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