1st time in SF - cheap local suggestions -

[Carolyn Tillie]

I have been on the hunt for the best $10 lunch and started a great thread over here on Yelp which might be helpful.

[gfron1]

Thanks. I'll go check out Yelp. Last night we did the Saigon Sandwich which was well worth the $3 price tag, but not very good meat as far as I'm concerned.

[gfron1]

We ran into scheduling problems - meaning I was too damn busy and too damn tired to do much. So we ended up doing a Jollibee breakfast (god help us to never do that again!), Saigon Sandwich which I would do again for super cheap, House of Nanking in Chinatown (good, not great, but good) and a really great Thai place in North Beach (correct me if I'm wrong) called Lemongrass. We really enjoyed Lemongrass and "discovered" a rice pudding joint next door. That was a hit for us because there was a huge line waiting to order and they ran out of ganache. The owner was gone and so the workers didn't know how to make more. I stepped in and due to their lack of cream, whipped up a damn tasty water based ganache which made most of the line very happy. That was fun

[Carolyn Tillie]

The owner was gone and so the workers didn't know how to make more.  I stepped in and due to their lack of cream, whipped up a damn tasty water based ganache which made most of the line very happy.  That was fun

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Rock-n-Roll, Baby!

I hope you left your contact information so the owner can thank you appropriately!

[gfron1]

And thanks to our handy phone camera, I now know the name of the rice pudding joint