Mission Mission

Danny, who got his start at Mission faves like Slow Club and Bar Tartine, and made waves at our dearly departed Mission Street Food, is taking the entire world by storm with Mission Chinese Food, doy. Last night he took home one of the culinary world’s highest honors, and Inside Scoop jetted to NYC to pick his brains afterward. Here’s what he has to say about the new SF project he’s working on with longtime partner-in-crime Jesse Koide:

It’s going to be insane. It’s going to challenge people. I want to make food that we definitely want to eat on our day off — food that cooks want to eat, that diners want to eat … It’ll be Asian. It’s not going to be Chinese — I don’t think.  I don’t think I can convince Jesse to cook any more Chinese food [laughs] … It’s going to be a twin concept restaurant.  We’re actually going away for a lot of R&D.

Read on for more on what it’s like to win, and info on (and a pic of) his sick new Air Jordans.

P.S. Blast from the past: The first post we ever wrote about Bowien, five years back.

Mostly it’s about Mikal and his songwriting process, and the making the of the new album (which is streaming now on NPR). Watch:

Also, the video accompanies a newly released compilation, produced by Dr. Pepper and Adult Swim, which also features Thee Oh Sees, the Gories, the Black Lips, King Tuff and more.

Just be glad the forklift owner didn’t show up and cruise off with your ride!

[via Lindsey]

I was too excited to take better pics or provide better reportage, sorry. THE NEW RHEA’S IS OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Thanks, Allison!)

Menu after the jump:

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So I guess Schmidt’s is a good neighbor now? Or maybe they just wanted to enjoy the lovely view they’d been obscuring for a million years?

Watch your step when stumbling home from Homestead or Shotwell’s.

Not that many folks seemed to come out for yesterday’s gentrification demonstration, although that didn’t stop those who did from beating down the Google bus piñata as promised.

I think the police were the most disappointed, as they had all assembled nearby, zip-ties and paddy wagons waiting for protestor violence that never happened. Don’t feel sorry for them too much though; at least they got a chance to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at nearby Pancho Villa:

Yeah.

Man.

[via @katiekav24]

These guys should do a sponsorship deal with Table for One.

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It’s taped to a light post.