Tina's Hungry

Cracked and Battered

I was super excited to try this brunch place last year because I heard they had matcha french toast, and you know how much I love matcha 😀 However, I couldn’t find it on the menu, so I asked the staff about it. They told me the chef would make it for me! I was…

Holiday

Easter Egg Cupcakes

I decided to make my own Easter eggs this year, especially since I’m too old to go hunting for them 😀 I used one of my favorite recipes for vanilla cupcakes and added a few touches as I like to do with all recipes. I used mini cupcake liners that were Easter themed, instead of…

IceCream

Gio Gelati

(San Francisco) Pasqualetti is a gelato chef well-known in Italy for Gelateria Pasqualetti—a family-run gelato enterprise dating back 40 years. Trois—also known for cooking on Italian TV shows—attended Alma Culinary School and was a chef and instructor at culinary academy Gambero Rosso. Credit Typically, I prefer ice cream over gelato, but Gio Gelati makes me feel otherwise. “Gio” stands for…

Italian

A Mano

(San Francisco) I don’t eat pasta too often and I haven’t tried that many places in San Francisco, but there’s one place that I keep going back to. Two summers ago, I had a pasta craving, something that’s never happened to me before, so I didn’t really know where to start. Luckily, I heard about…

Tea

Asha

(San Francisco/Berkeley) Asha has one of the best matcha lattes in the city! They hand whisk every matcha latte to order and use Uji matcha. They also offer a lot of ceremonial teas since they are a tea house, but they do get quite pricey. Asha also has another location, their first one, near the…

Cuisines

Luke’s Lobster

(San Francisco) I don’t recall exactly how I heard about this place, but I knew they were opening up a location in SF soon, and I heard that they were going to have a popup. I love lobster, so I knew I had to try it out! Not to mention, I heard about how popular…

Matcha

Matcha Brownies

I made this for St. Patrick’s Day since matcha matches perfectly with the green theme. I wouldn’t call these brownies though because I feel like the texture is more similar to a cake texture and slightly crumbly, kind of like a shortbread cake. The owner of this recipe did mention that it would be more…

Ramen

Ramen Nagi

(Palo Alto/Cupertino) Ramen Nagi is my FAVORITE ramen place in the bay area. Typically, if the ramen is good I won’t say much about the broth, but this place has excelled in every aspect. I wasn’t expecting much initially since there tends to be hype at first but it dies later on. Moreover, I’ve been…

Brunch

Me & Tasty

(San Francisco) Me & Tasty is probably my FAVORITE brunch place in SF. They haven’t been opened for very long, compared to more popular places in the city, and they’re one of the few Thai fusion brunches in the city. They’re tucked away in the Castro, close to Market St, and they have two floors….

Tea

Urban Ritual

(San Francisco) Urban Ritual is my FAVORITE place for tea/boba! They have great specialty drinks that you can’t find anywhere else, and their drinks are made very well. I haven’t tried everything on their menu, but below are some of my favorites: Matcha Latte (Iced): Classic matcha latte with the shot poured on top of…

UnitedStates

Tina’s Hungry Finally Live!

Hi everyone! I’m so excited to finally launch my personal blog. I was born and raised in San Francisco, so I’ve definitely had my fair share of food in the city and in the bay area. I really hope that you enjoy reading them as much as I do writing them. I will be posting…