Fun Day in San Francisco

While it was pouring rain in Vancouver, I was enjoying a work "fun day" in sunny San Francisco. And as usual, fun with the work gang has to revolve around food.

We started with a Mexican food picnic in the beautiful Dolores Park with (at least for me) a nice long nap in the sun. A stroll in "The Mission" lead to my favourite ice cream place in North America. (552 Valencia St., San Francisco, www.bombayicecream.com)

This is an ice cream parlor serving both Indian and North American ice cream as well as Indian savory snacks. 

Mine was a three-scoops combo: Almond dates, Cardamon rose, and Almond saffron pista (pistachio).

To cleanse our filled-with-exotic-sweetness palates, an Indian-origin colleague introduced us to a savory snack called Chaat. Chaat are a variety of snacks revolving around dough puffs. The one we tried was Dahi Puri - fried Chaats covered with yogurt, boiled potatoes, "sev" (small thin fried noodles), tamarind sauce, mint chutney and some of the nicest Indian spices I have ever tasted.

A fun day indeed. Thank you San Francisco team.