Monday May 15, 2006

My JavaOne Top 10 Restaurant List On the eve of JavaOne, when everybody publishes their session recommendation list, I decided to instead publish a restaurant recommendation list.

10. Johnny Rockets
I know it's a chain, but I like the milk shakes and the free nickels for the music.

9. Fog City Diner
Must see San Francisco dining landmark.

8. 21st Amendment
They serve tasty bar food and brew their own beer. What more is there to say?

7. Pancho Villa Taqueria
Cheap and flavorful Mexican food. No dinner jacket required.

6. Market Bar
Have never been disappointed by their consistenly good food.

5. Sam's Grill
Old school (the waiters wear tuxedos); make sure you try the clam chowder.

4. La Suite
I tried a lot of french restaurants in the city and this is my favorite.

3. Oyaji
The owner is known to be a little bit eccentric, but also one of the best sushi chefs.

2. Straits Cafe
Singaporean cusine at its best! They have three locations in the Bay Area, but the original in San Francisco beats the rest.

And my choice for best restaurant in the city:

1. Slanted Door
My favorite dishes at this Vietnamese restaurant: Slanted Door spring rolls, shaking beef, and chocolate pot de crème! It is almost impossible to get a dinner reservation on short notice. The trick is to go for a late lunch...

One of the following days I am going to write a little bit more about the project Tor Norbye, John Kline and I have been working on for the last months. We will have a very short demo in Graham Hamilton's keynote and then on Thursday a technical session during which we will have some more extensive demos. So, mark your calendar for session TS-3576 "Visual Basic and the Java™ Platform" on Thursday, May 18th from 9:45am to 10:45am in the North Meeting Rooms 121/122. It is going to be very cool (much better than the title suggests)!

Posted by herbertc ( May 15 2006, 10:10:00 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [1]