Musakhan

Musakhan by the Camel Cart. Come try some at Outside In #7

Soul Cocina records from Outside In #6 [photo by Juan Data]

Goat Curry from Soul Cocina and Sisig Taco from HapaSF at SF Street Food Festival

Tune: Sacrifice by Mandingo from Primeval Rhythm Of Life
Tune: Bird of Prey also by Mandingo from Sacrifice

Hunters and Scavengers

Search for Soul Cocina this Saturday in Napa at Scavenge di Rosa

Tune: Searching For Soul Pt. One by Jake Wade And The Soul Searchers

Tune: hunters harp by dirtwire


DJ Zeph's Sunset Scavenger LP from 2004 had to be renamed to Sunset Salvage after the SF garbage with the same name complained. The album cover had to be changed too. I'm glad I copped the OG LP before it was changed. But I did sleep on the OG Coup LP Party Music with the twin tyowers blowing up with a release date that predates 9/11.

Here is Boots Riley from the Coup on the second track from DJ Zeph's Sunset Scavenger
Tune: Shake it on Down by DJ Zeph feat. Boots Riley

Boots has a new project with the guitarist from Rage Aginst the Machine called the Street Sweeper Social Club and they have a new EP that is out today called The Ghetto Blaster.

DJ Zeph has a recently released project called Batidas Latinas check the tracks here. cop the mix here.


Check Azeem above as he rolls past La Victoria Bakery!

Indian {and Succatash} Soul Supper

Soul Supper Wednesday Aug 28 and Thursday Aug 29 at La Victoria 6pm-9pm
~vegan items in green

Green Tomato Pakora with Early Girl Tomato Chutney ~7

Unda Kari - Soft boiled pasture raised eggs in mustard yogurt w/ coconut fried curry leaves ~8

Baigan Bhartha w/ Saffron Basmati Rice, Hand Rolled Chapati & Cucumber Mint Raita ~12

Sweet Potato Tortellini in Succatash Corn Broth ~14

Goat Curry w/ Rumali Roti, Soul Cocina Lemon Pickle, Saffron Basmati Rice & Tamarind Chutney ~18

Green Indian Garbanzos in Garam Masala Mustard Greens w/ Cumin Papadam and Saffron Basmati Rice ~13

Panch Phoran Daal w/ Bottle Gourd and Saffron Basmati Rice ~9

La Victoria

2937 24th St @ Alabama St

San Francisco, CA

Tune: Kitchen Man Blues by Sara Martin




Tune: Phoolon Se Hai Meri Dosti composed by Sonik-Omi {uncle-nephew composer duo}& vocals- Muhammad Rafi from Heeron Ka Choor


Also from the Sonik-Omi duo, these videos show the kind of fun we have at the Soul Suppers at La Victoria.




I will be eating ramen w/ these
tonight at Ken Ken Ramen

Help us kickoff the debut of The Original Afterhour Street Party "Medianoche" for Outside In #6


this lemonade stand got busted last weekend {via Mission Mission}

Seeing Double

Tune: Colegiala Pon De Floor (Copyflex Mixup) by Copia Doble Systema vs Major Lazer




Mandeep's new video about to drop this week.

Still July

Enter The Won Ton Clan
Tune: The Optimist by Gza Vs Tom Waits: Round 3


Tune: Arbol de Julio by Eunice Kathleen Waymon

Tune: Can You Keep A Secret by Big Youth

Tune: The Secret Version by Deeproots & Bean

Tune: Hype Bike by Mad Anju
but turns out Mad Anju was talking about these kinda bikes.

Cooking Class July 7th at Sur La Table

TOMORROW!
There is still time to sign up for this fast approaching cooking class at Sur La Table, Union Square in San Francisco.

~Join us for this very special class led by Roger Feely of Soul Cocina. A local chef who is part of the street food scene, Feely’s Mexican menu isn't your run of the mill fare. You’ll learn how to prepare authentic and easy to make dishes that will give you and your guests a new appreciation of the wonderful flavors found throughout real Mexican kitchens.


MENU
Homemade Green Chorizo Sopes with Homemade Queso Fresco -
Hot and Spicy Chile de Arbol Totopos
Cactus-Black Bean Huaraches - Roasted Mexican Squash in Mole Pipian & Purple Potatoes
Mexican Meatball Soup
Mini Tres Leches Cakes and Fresh Strawberries

Cactus-Black Bean Huaraches topped w/ Roasted Mexican Squash in Mole - Pipian and Purple Potatoes

3# masa de nopal {fresh corn masa mixed with cactus juice}

refried black beans

1 ¼ cup black beans soaked over night

1 onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic

2 pieces epazote

2 pieces avocado leaf

1 guajillo chile

2 T rice oil

salt

-Slowly simmer beans with herbs, chile and ½ the onion and ½ the garlic. When cooked add salt to taste. Fry the remaining garlic and onion in oil. Add to cooked beans and process with stick blender until smooth.

-Fill 3 oz balls of masa with 1 Tablespoon each of refried beans and form into huaraches.

Mole Pipian

1 bunch cilantro

½ bunch epazote

½ bunch hoja santa

½ bunch quelite

½ bunch papalo

4 tomatillos

4 serrano chillies

5 cloves garlic

1 ¼ cup lime juice

1 Tablespoon coriander, toasted, ground

1 Tablespoon cumin, toasted, ground

3 Tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted, ground

½ cup pumpkin seeds, toasted, ground

-Grind the herbs, garlic, chillies and Tomatillos with lime juice in a blender. -Mix in the toasted spices and seeds.

3# Mexican Squash

“roll cut” and roast the squash at 35O degrees with salt and pepper for 12 minutes.

-Toss the roasted squash in the mole pipian.

3# purple potatoes, cubed and boiled

1 T minced garlic

1 T whole cumin seeds

1 T rice oil

-sautee the potatoes with cumin and garlic in oil until cumin and garlic are toasted and not burnt

Grill the huarache on a comal and top with the roasted Mexican squash in mole pipian and the sauteed garlic-cumin potatoes, then finish with sliced radish, pumpkin seeds, pickled red onions and epazote.

learn this recipe and the rest of the menu at Sur La table Wednesday night.

Tune: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by Slim Smith


So no Soul Supper at La Victoria on Wednesday this week. But thursday's menu is killer. And as it is the second Thursday of the month, we will be joined with music by GAUCHO!



Menu for Thursday night Soul Supper.

Low Country Boiled Peanuts

Fried Okra & Hot Sauce!

Collard Green, Tasso, Chicked Egg Roll with Hot Mustard Sauce and Hot Red Pepper Relish

Nettle Ricotta Ravioli in Corn Broth with Bacon Sucatash

Braised Shortribs ~ Pickled Watermelon ~ Candied Jalapeño - Hoppin' John

Corn Bread Panade, Caramelized Onions, Roasted Garlic, Wild Mushrooms

summer is time for ice cream, ra ra & the s'more bike

The S'more Bike rolled through Sunday streets in the Mission last weekend. Summer fun.

There's always someone selling something on 24th Street near Alabama.

Just got the inside scoop from the gal behind the wizardry of Kelvin from Smitten Ice Cream. Well now it's no longer just the gal and the machine on the streets... Smitten IC has a whole team and they plan to bring a whole new artisan ice cream experience to the Bay Area... starting with Hayes Valley... specifically the Hayes Valley "Proxy" Project on Octavia at Linden. I wonder if the "bike kitchen" will be a new home or an exstension of the Bike Kitchen in the Mission on Florida Street, the cooperative, do-it-yourself bike repair shop or will it be a kitchen powered by bikes ala Rock The Bike?

Could this be a good spot for a future Outside In event? lol

Outside In this time of year is more about reinventing outdoor street food festivals and less about street food culture indoors. It's just too nice outside to take the party indoors.

Outside In #5 photos taken by local bloggers and twitterers @TMoney, @RoamingHunger, @marezone, @iHeartGoodEats and more.

last summer was the summer of Gaga and Rara. I searched high and low for new and old Dominican Gaga and Haitian Rara tunes until I could find no more. Well I found a great Ra Ra tune on a record I picked up at Grooves yesterday.

Tune: Ra Ra #2 by from Bomba!

it's a beautiful track that rolls along nicely. It would be a glorious track to be reworked by Uproot Andy or Cheif Boima w/ vocals added by Los Rakas. But the OG track is beautiful as it is too. You can picture the session once you understand what's going on.. from the liner notes of Bomba!

~The VACCINE is another recent invention of the inventive Caribbean music makers. Each instrument is a tube of bamboo several inches in diameter and up to three feet long. It is blown like a trumpet, through a hole in one end, and each instrument has just one low hooting note. Each player must therefore blow at the correct instant to help create the complex rhythm. He also taps the barrel of the instrument with a stick, and a regular drummer may be on hand to help out. The rhythm played by vaccines on the record is called the Ra Ra.

"recent invention"!? seems like the record is from the early 70's/ late 60's, but it is hard to tell for sure.

Kelvin was invented in the 21st century.

When I was in Triana, it seemed like summer all year long.

Tune: Promesa Del Camino by Isabel Pantoja from ¡Viva Triana! -Por Sevillanas



Should I tackle a Virgen del Rocio post next

Tropicana

I will be serving a special tropical menu this Wednesday and Thursday at La Victoria featuring panuchos, arepas, yucca, plantains... and vegan too! Followed by a tropical set across town at Madrone featuring cumbia, salsa, merengue and reggae en español.

Vegan moqueca anyone?

La Victoria Vegan tropical Feast Wednesday and Thursday June 30th & July 1st

Steamed Green Garbanzos in House "Sazon Criollo" ~$4

Guacamole de Molcajete w/ Plantain Chips ~$7

Bhel Puri w/ Mango ~$6

Arepas filled w/ Roasted Red Palm Platano Maduro, Black Beans, Pickled Onion ~$13

Vegan Moqueca over basmati rice w/ garlic farofa ~$12

Huarache de Buddha ~$14



El Combo de Plata-DJ Don Bustamante by DJ Don Bustamante

Off The Grid

Dezys Drinks and Soul Cocina will be serving it up at Off The Grid tonight.


If you have not checked out the sounds of Maga Bo lately. Now you should. Top sound wizzard that works Off The Grid.
MAGA BO Mixes

Soul Supper this week

via @troubleww

Menu for June 9th and 10th at
La Victoria
2937 24th street @ Alabama
6pm-9:30pm


Huaraches De Buddha
~handmade cactus tortillas filled w/ black beans and topped w/ seasonal local veggies

Sabudana Vada w/ Apricat Hot & Sweet Sauce
~tapioca cashew potato fritter

Fried Squash Blossom filled w/ Brazil Nut "Cheese" over Green Mole w/ Radish Salad

Awesome Guacamole w/ Plantain Chips

Halibut Ceviche w/ Plantain Chips

Birria de Chivo
~Mexican Goat Stew

Tostada de Pollo Pibil w/ Habanero Salsa and Pickled Vegetables

Baked to Order Flourless Chocolate Cake w/ Cactus Pear Sauce

*green items are vegan

With Live Gypsy Jazz from Gaucho

The Heart Beat

One reason to subscribe to "The Heartbeat" is to get the inside scoop on the SF food scene.

Here is the news from this mornings newsletter:

June 29: We Heart Japanese with Hapa Ramen

hapa ramen japanese takeout @ heart

tuesday, june 29, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

For one night only, San Francisco's Hapa Ramen will be hustling its bowls of gold from our 24th & Valencia street pop-up Ramen house.

We're not leaking the specifics just yet, but if they were to leak, they'd probably taste like miso, pork and sea vegetables with a dash of izakaya-style Japanese food (which will also be on the menu, provided by ours truly, Kitchenette).

Oh, and we're bringing in sake. Lots of sake.

For more information, email us at info@heartsf.com

You can also check out exclusive pictures from the last Outside In event that was held at Heart on the "Heartbeat"

The next Outside In event will be on June 26th in The Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, so Mark your calendar.

You will be able to try a slice of pie from PieTisserie at the next Outside In. You can just order through the Provencial Pie Window.

Above and below photos via ode to goodness blog

Summertime has arrived, so go get some wholesome treats from Wholesome Bakery at 331 Cortland and an Rose Chai or Thai Strawberry Refresher {Strawberry Juice scented with Thai Basil, Keffir Lime Leaf, Lemongrass...} from Dezys Drinks, and if you're lucky you might end up there on a day that Sour Flour has some oven fresh bread.

You can vote for Dezys Drinks for the best cup of tea in the Bay. Vegan Almond Chai, Original Masala Chai or Rose Chai. Hope she makes the Bay Guardian Best of the Bay

This Summer, find yourself a cherry tree and get to pickin'

Mural Drama on the wall of Rev Cafe 22nd & Bartlett via Mission Local
check out my comments on the Mission Local Article
apparently the new mural celebrates the oppening of the new Mission Community Market

pics below from unrelated neighborhood street art

WHAT'S THIS BELOW?

Tune: Mind vs. Heart (J.Period Dubplate) f. 2Pac by J.Period & Nneka from The Madness (Onye-Ala)

Tune: In the Heart of Man (J.Period Exclusive) also from The Madness (Onye-Ala)

Kids Weekend

Attention Families! this weekend is official family weekend in San Francisco. Start the weekend off correct and put your paws in the air like you just don't care with:

MINI NON STOP BHANGRA

Saturday, June 5th
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell Street (between Vanness and Franklin)
San Francisco

Time: 12:00pm-3:00pm
Bhangra Lesson: 1:00pm
Followed by Performances and Dancing

Cover: $5/kids-$10/adult




Then on Sunday come to Fabric8 for THE kids hip hop party of the summer RATED G!

Rated G

B. Cause will be on the 1's & 2's {& the ABC's} alongside a crew of other top Bay Area selectors, Similak Chyld, Sonny Phono, Me & Dom Swinn.

Here B.Cause's Rated G kids mix from last year
Rated G Kids Hip-Hop Mix 2009
Tracklist:

Intro/Hard Knock Life
Sir Mix-A-Lot - My Posse's On Broadway
Joeski Love - Pee Wee's Dance
Spread Love Break
Tupac/Roger - California Love interlude
EPMD - The Steve Martin
DJ Day - Four Hills
Fergie Break
Mary J Blige - Family Affair
Biz Markie - Pickin' Boogers
Special Ed- I Got It Made
Doug E. Freah - Keep Risin' To The Top
Time Zone - Zulu War Chant
Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour/Pharcyde Runnin break
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle
Run DMC - My Adidas (hey ladies rmx)
Bob Dorough/De La Soul - Three Is The Magic Number

And here is a video for the kids:

Rasquachismo

Rasquache - Sumpthin from nuthin'

Tune: Ain't Nothing But Something to Do by Tyrone Thomas & The Whole Darn Family

Get hip to the sounds of Matt Shadetek from Dutty Artz w/ a new Podmix on XLR8R

01 Mosholu Park "Dance In Your Blood" (Dutty Artz)
02 Rita Indiana "Los Poderes" (Dutty Artz)
03 DJ Cleo "Phase 4" (Will of Steel)
04 Sticky feat. Natalie Storm "Look Pon Me" (Mixpak)
05 Matt Shadetek "Wonton Garden" (Dutty Artz)
06 Mavado "So Blessed (De Tropix Soca Remix)" (Mad Decent)07 Chief Boima "Shake Dem Dreads" (Dutty Artz)
08 Matt Shadetek "Light Falling" (Dutty Artz)
09 Cero39 "KZ Stereo (Merengon)"
10 Contakt & Mayster "Korak"
11 NGUZUNGUZU "El Bebe Ambiente" (Shade Business)12 Chief Boima "Techno Rumba (Uproot Andy Remix)" (Dutty Artz)
13 Lil Silva "Night Skanker" (Night Slugs)
14 Contakt "Not Forgotten"
15 Maxwell D "Walked Away"
16 Cero39 "Pa Las Leas"
17 Mosca "Nike (Club Edit)" (Night Slugs)
18 DRT "Rising Sun (Boogaloo Crew Remix)"
19 DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek "Horchata" (Dutty Artz)
20 Ultravid "Clan of Wow (Kingdom Remix)" (Silverback)
21 Zomby "Rumours & Revolutions" (Brainmath)
22 Matt Shadetek "Church Avenue" (Dutty Artz)
23 Matt Shadetek "iHop" (Dutty Artz)
24 Timeblind "Coltan & Cassiterite" (The Agriculture)
25 Matt Shadetek "Moving Reflections" (Dutty Artz)
26 Marcus Visionary "St. Vincent" (Liondub International)
27 Matt Shadetek "Spirits" (Dutty Artz)
28 Jahdan Blakkamoore "Never Gonna Stop" (Dutty Artz)

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Get ready for a new release from Matt Shadetek titled Flowers out June 8th

seared sea scallops on lotus chip w/ mint, English pea, candied bacon

1. Slice Lotus root thin and soak in cold water for thirty minutes. Deep fry in rice oil to make lotus chips.

2. Blanch shucked English peas in salted water with a few drops of agave for 2 minutes then shock in ice bath. Puree with mint and lemon juice and season with salt and agave to taste.

3.Dice bacon and cook bacon. Save bacon fat. Cook sugar in a pan until caramelized. Add cooked bacon and a little bacon fat. Pour a thin layer of the bacon caramel onto a pan to cool to room temperature to harden.

4. Season sea scallops with salt and pepper. Sear both sides of scallops over high heat with minimal oil.

5. Place scallop on lotus chip, top with pea puree then bacon candy, mint and toasted sea fronds.

6. Squeeze lemon over everything. Finish w/ sea salt.

Grab the new mix by J Boogie and Sake One ~~ Leftism 3 from Om records

I picked up a Nicomedes Santa Cruz album a few weeks ago at a record swap in town from Sake One.

Tune: Mam Luchita by Nicomodes Santa Cruz

Tune: Samba Malato by Nicomodes Santa Cruz