554798 Thu Sep 04 17:19:24 -0700 2008 5 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 4009555 Did a quick stop by The Mixing Bowl which is in the former location of Temescal Cafe. I just had lunch so only tried the strawberry lemonade. They also had green tea-pear iced tea. That might have been the better choice. The lemonade wasn't tart, sweet or strawberry-ish enough. Pretty pink color though. It was pleasant, but I'd order something else next time. Here's a blog with photos http://singleguychef.blogspot.com/2008/08/mini-dish-mixing-bowl.html SF Chronicle review http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/10/NSD611GMDG.DTL For breakfast there are sandwiches, pastries, granola and oatmeal. Lunch includes rotating soups, sandwiches (one vegan), salads. Some have Asian accents like grilled hangar steak salad with sweet soy dressing. I thought the list of soups on the menu was the most interesting. Every day there are 2-3 (served with house-made bagel chips) Googling around, the coffee seems to get favorable mentions. Beer and wine available. Too bad they close early (7pm). Otherwise it might be a good place to wait while going to some of the other restaurants on that block. The website is a work in progress, so I'll put some of the menu in the first reply http://www.eastarrow.com/mixingbowl/ Thu Sep 04 17:19:24 -0700 2008 10264 rworange 1 4009621 Breakfast Breakfast burrito (scrambled eggs, avocado,black beans, salsa, flour tortilla) Breakfast torta (scrambled eggs, avocado,black beans, salsa, kaiser roll) Egg and croissant Egg and bagel Egg on Kaiser roll (can add cheese, bacon, ham for extra charge) Bagel & butter Bagel & cream cheese Bagel and smoked salmon plate granola & yogurt & fresh fruit & organic honey Steel cut oatmeal fresh fruit Baked in-house croissants (plain or chocolate) scones (cheddar-chive, chocolate chip, maple-pecan) chocolate-peanut butter crumble coffee cake carrot-zucchini bread banana bread bread pudding & caramel sauce cookies (chocolate,chocolate chip, triple chocolate chip) Mitchell's ice cream & ice cream sandwiches made with house cookies and Mitchell's. Agua frescas - watermelon, fresh sweet plum, pineapple, cantelope, strawberry, honeydew soups gazpacho roasted bell pepper corn chowder chicken gumbo mushroom turkey turkey chili tomato beef stew potato leek yucatan chicken Thai coconut chicken chicken noodle minestrone black bean andouille sausage-white bean carrot-apple jambalaya Greek chicken stew tortilla soup clam chowder Salads served with Acme wheat bread All meats can be substituted for house-marinated soy-ginger tofu Cobb Nicoise Grilled hangar steak with sweet soy dressing honey-soy marinated hangar steak with mango, jicama, tomato, avocado, and crispy shallots served on a mix of seasonnal greens Tamarind chicken Tamarind chicken with carrots, green papaya, cilantro, mint, shallots, toasted coconut and honey peanuts tossed with a spicy-sweet tamarind-date dressing Grilled chicken with miso dressing Marinated chicken breast served with carrots, cucumbers, mint, cilantro, mung bean sprouts on a mix of cabbage and romaine lettuce Soba noodle & tofu salad with yuzu dressing. Soba noodles served with marinated tofu, green onions, mint, cilantro, napa cabbage, carrots, daikon radish, shitake mushrooms and toasted honey peanuts Sandwiches Served with side of home grown greens and house vinagrette the mixing bowl chicken sandwich Chicken marinated with Chinese 5-spice, topped with pickled carrots and daikon radishes with cilantro mayo on a soft roll Pulled pork Six hour slow-roasted pork seasoned with sweet, spicy bbq sauce on a hamburger bun Hangar steak and carmelized onion honey-soy marinated hangar steak with and carmelized onion with cilantro mayo on a sweet deli roll Classic BLT Mozzarella/tomato/pesto. Mama's tofu burger (vegetarian) Tofu patties with shitake mushrooms and onions topped with cucumbers, pickled carrots, daikon radishes and mayo served on a hamburger bun. For vegan version substitute soy-ginger tofu and omit mayo) Grilled veggie sandwich (vegan) Portabella mushroom, zucchini, yellow squash, roasted peppers and edame-garlic puree on a sweet deli roll Thu Sep 04 17:52:55 -0700 2008 4009555 10264 rworange 2 4139233 Thanks RWorange for posting my blog post! :) I've been back a couple of times to the Mixing Bowl, sometimes to just order a salad for lunch to take home since I live nearby. Last time I tried the soba noodle salad and it was a lot of food, but I have to say I wasn't that thrilled about the dressing, a bit on the tart side. Still, it was fresh and I think reasonable for a healthy lunch. Service is always nice when I go. Thu Oct 30 14:17:03 -0700 2008 4009621 43882 singleguychef 1 4009944 I did have mocha there, it was quite good and the space was very airy and nice. Will try to go back to try the food some time tho... Thu Sep 04 20:30:59 -0700 2008 4009555 77836 liujenny 1 4137806 Just checked it out and i must say it left a very delicious first impression. I ordered the hangar steak salad - the steak is extraordinarily tender, with a delicious glaze and a tangy asian-style salad dressing. We also tried the pulled pork sandwich - hearty and rich, it BURSTS with flavor. Our friend had the tomato/mozz/pesto sandwich -- this is a classic dish that always tastes good, but there's something about the way they toast the ciabatta that makes it taste REALLY good. For dessert we had bread pudding which was fluffy and creamy at the same time, i love biting into all that vanilla bean flavor. We also polished off a half-dozen chocolate chip cookies...which is harder to do than it sounds: they are pretty big, very rich, the chocolate chips are more like large morsels...but they are really inexpensive, which is why we ate as many as we did! Wed Oct 29 20:40:58 -0700 2008 4009555 236134 JoeThePlumber 2 4137943 Yum! I HAVE to go there after reading your description. JoeThePlumber? More like JoeTheGourmet! Wed Oct 29 23:52:08 -0700 2008 4137806 143097 klyeoh