ASK STEVE SHASTA ANYTHING SERIOUSLY DUDES

NYC is my new home.

wherever you lay yr phone, man

The subway is a porno...

STEVEA SHASTER

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE AT UCSF? PULL SOME STRINGS, MAAAAAAN

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you trying to get into their med school or internship/residency program?

my best friend just finished his md/phd at columbia and is in residency at UCSF. another good friend went there for Pharmacy and i believe is teaching now.

med school---tho pops did some of his residency there, i think? all i know is that he lived in the haight during the 70s and the dope fiends called him "little dr cool."

rdubz:

which dept?

I'm just trying for med school, full-stop. Though my dad did some of his plastics residency there, I believe.

your dad will probably pull much more weight than any of my friends. jaxon's bf is currently in the program (as discussed). you should contact him for contact info.

maybe i will!

i mean, UCSF is basically the hardest school to get into in the country, so i'm not really holding my breath. tho i would like to do the MD/MPH program they have with Berkeley.

Also

Steve Shasta,

My friend lives in Japan and told me that if you and yr pals ride around on scooters and there's more than three of you, you are considered a "scooter club." Because of this, they got t-shirts made calling themselves the R0lling Pl4yer's Club, with nick names like "the R3verend L4rry L0ve" and "Fr3sh Fruit."

Is this true about scooter clubs and, if so, are my friends being sort of mean?

-RW

ps - what do you konw about Yellow Corn?

i have no idea about scooters, just trackyclers.

i would love to ride track bikes in $JAPANESE_CITY

ss do you like famima

edwin c/d?

depends what your expectations are really... basic quality, affordable prices...

uniqlo are a little better tho (the ones made near hiroshima at least).

wtf @ this image?

http://www.sternfannetwork.com/forum/images/custom_avatars/avatar91586_23.gif

it looks like 2 cats(?) wearing chicago baseball hats.

that pikachu, you fraud.

pls 2 direct all anime queries to JW. i can handle food and jeans.

I don't know shit about animé u weeabo fux

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JW asked me about some anime a couple times. either that or j-pop. and then when i gave him the shruggy ascii he proceeded to send me wikipages detailing the backstory.

I wrote those wikipages

SS, do you eat sushi with your fingers or use chopsticks?
got a holiday dinner at morimoto tonight

nigiri - always fingers... unless heavily sauced:
hikarimono - silver skinned fish that's usually been cured in vinegar (saba, aji, sayori, sawara, etc.) and dressed in ponzu or dashi-shoyu
eels - usually have kabayaki or eel sauce (unagi, anago)

use the pickled ginger to clean the tips of your fingers. also at more traditional places, an oshibori (wet cloth napkin) is provided at beginning of the meal, you may hang on to this for cleaning you fingertips during the meal.

maki rolls - depends
japanese style thin rolls (hosomaki) - usually fingers, these are fairly petite and clean (kappa maki, tekka maki, umeshisoyamaimo maki, etc.)
japanese style thick rolls (futomaki) - usually chopsticks
american style exotica rolls (henna gaijin maki) - usually chopsticks as not to brush against the cream cheese, mango-jalapeno chutney and what not.

sashimi - always chopsticks

katsuo (bonito) is another nigiri that is usually served dressed that you may choose to use your chopsticks to eat.

chaki, do you anything about foods/hangs in san mateo or palo alto?

-- Jordan, Thursday, April 3, 2008 1:57 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

OMG don't come here it sucks

Dear Shasta-san,

Have you been to O Izakaya? Did you enjoy it?

can't help it moonship, it's for work. btw shasta hooked me up over hurr

where? the link doesn't work.

facebook? azureus? google?

gabbneb's advice is bad

don't go to junoon, it's full of untucked shirt dudes

don't go to st michael's alley, it's bad food in a nice spot

don't go to junoon, it's full of untucked shirt dudes

-- moonship journey to baja, Friday, April 4, 2008 12:24 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

where do i find bamboo shoe dudes

you've made that joke twice but i have no idea what you're talking about

palo alto is actually pretty bad as far as food options go because it's like the venture capital center of the world. so everything is either on the expensive side (can't get out for less than $30/person) or just cheap junk food. theres also a lot of expensive mediocre food.

i don't know, cambodia maybe?

another important consideration is being on foot vs having a car

all i want is cheap good food ;_;

no car, but i could cab it for something really decent.

indian food under $10 = hyderabad house, at 448 university avenue. entrees are like $8.95 but you order at a counter so you don't have to tip. i'm not an expert on indian food the way shasta's an expert on japanese stuff but i know it's always full of indian people. actually in silicon valley that's not saying much, all sorts of places are full of indian people.

there's a "50s diner" type place at the corner of emerson and hamilton called palo alto creamery. i'm sure at this point every city in america has a fancy 50s diner restaurant that serves $10 burgers and $5 shakes. anyway, this is the place. they make their hamburger buns and all of their bread in-house (even hot dog buns) they also make their ice cream in-house. make sure you get a burger and a shake. i highly recommend their mint oreo (i think they call it mint cookies and cream) shake too. you'll spend $20 but again it's worth it.

for a quick italian lunch there's a small chain italian fancy-food store called "a.g. ferrari" also at the corner of hamilton & emerson. you can get something called a "piadina" for around $6, it's like an italian quesadilla. italian cheese, prosciutto and some sort of home-made flatbread cooked on a panini grill. excellent. eat w/ an orangina.

if you want to burn money, go to francis ford coppola's "rosso & bianco" restaurant on university (across from borders), or la strada (also on university). both are very expensive ($40+ for dinner) but totally worth it. we go once a month. also palo alto is home to the very first il fornaio but it's always crawling w/ people and the food is inconsistent because the kitchen's so big. who knows, though, you might find yourself eating next to bill hewlett jr.

http://www.rossobianco.com/
http://www.lastradapaloalto.com/

if you have a bike and you have a long lunch it might be worth it to bike onto stanford campus. there's a thai cafe in the basement of the psychology building where you can get noodle dishes + soda for $5. they only take cash, though. i dunno, that's probably sort of a bizarre recommendation.

if you can drive it's definitely worth a trip to go here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-casita-chilanga-redwood-city#hrid:m-2_s3FWash7x-JPiTtYQg/query:la%20casita

seriously though, palo alto is not a good place for cheap anything. you get used to spending $30/day on food.

massive xpost here but MWhite, O is OK. Food is nothing special but the alcohol selection is above average. I think Bauer loved it.

v@h1d is totally correct w/r/t to cost of living/cost of eating in the bay area. stick to ethnic food (burritos in particular) if you don't want to run up a huge expense.

I like it, Steve. Good soba. Also, I've never had wine with Japanese food and they had a good selection that worked quite well.