Mission Mission

One weekend only! To celebrate the release of the lovely new Mission Chinese Food Cookbook:

Here go a few more details:

LE CREUSET PRESENTS:

Three opportunities to celebrate the release of the new Mission Chinese Food Cookbook.

Join us on the morning of 11/15 or 11/16 to get your copy of the new book, meet the authors, and find out what a Tartine bagel with Russ & Daughters toppings tastes like.

Or come on the evening of 11/16 for an outrageous banquet of brand new Mission Chinese dishes, prepared by Danny Bowien and the MCF crew.

Or, hell, why not spend the whole day with us and do both?

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$60
SUNDAY and MONDAY BRUNCH (11/15 and 11/16)

Holy cow. Come by any time between 10am and 3pm for this very special, never-before-seen collaboration.

Malted Rye Bagels by Tartine
with Smoked and Cured Fish and Spreads by Russ & Daughters
and Coffee by Linea Caffe

Sandwiches:

THE SUPER HEEBSTER
Whitefish & Baked Salmon Salad with Horseradish Dill Cream Cheese and Wasabi Flying Fish Roe on a Bagel

THE CLASSIC
Bagel and Cream Cheese topped with succulent slices of Smoked Salmon

***Each ticket includes BOTH sandwiches, a signed cookbook (retail $35), and coffee!***

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$85
MONDAY DINNER (11/16)

A sneak preview of the new MCF menu, cookies by Momofuku Milk Bar, and beer from Tiger Beer.

Danny Bowien and co. will be serving a special banquet of new dishes for a very limited number of guests. Try everything before everybody else gets the chance, for the very reasonable price of $85. Ticket is for a reservation to be seated at the specified time. Please specify party size and note the names of your dining companions if purchasing tickets separately.

Menu subject to change, but here are some sample dishes:

BEEF TARTARE, “LETTUCE CUPS”

CHINESE RED CABBAGE SALAD

JAPANESE SCALLOP SASHIMI

SWEET & SOUR PORK JOWL

CHEF LIANG’S BEEF CHOW FUN

BEEF JERKY FRIED RICE

MAPO TOFU

GINGER SCALLION & MATCHA NOODLES

SMOKED TEA RICE, ONION
VINAIGRETTE

STIR FRIED CELERY & HAZELNUTS

CHINESE BROCCOLI & OYSTER SAUCE

Dinner is served family style, so there is a minimum of 2 tickets per purchase. Note that parties of 2 may be asked to merge with another group of 2. Be ready to make friends!

***Each ticket includes a full-on FEAST, a signed cookbook (retail $35), and beer***

Get tickets here, baby.

UPDATE: Just be sure to be on the lookout for phone thieves and tennis superstars.

But I think as a result they had to kill the sidewalk seating

(Thanks, Jess!)

Don’t fret:

[via Kate]

Now let’s rock:

[via Primo]

Here’s the deal:

First ever Karaoke Night in The Vestry at The Chapel with San Francisco’s best KJ (Karaoke Jockey if you don’t know), KJ Paul! Formerly at El Rio every Wednesday, catch him here right on Valencia St and sing your head off with us.

RSVP and invite your friends!

[via Liona]

Now please enjoy this list of past puddle posts…

[via Mission Cantina on Instagram]

I just got invited to an event called “Starcraft 2 WCS Finals Live” at Pop’s on Saturday afternoon. Here is the description:

Live Broadcast of WCS Finals from Blizzcon, with big screens, audio and fun people hanging out hard.

I don’t understand what basically any of those words mean, but my pal Nick Pal is hosting this thing I think, and the things he does (like his old booze column here on Mission Mission, Eighty-Five Song Happy Hour which also takes place at Pop’s, or his super fun radio show on BFF) are always pretty cool.

And I know from experience that Pop’s is a great place for watching televised competitions.

RSVP and invite your friends!

Look, you can even use this handy app to effortlessly manage your vacation rental!

I mean, I get it.  AirBnB is a really neat service.  The problem I have with it is that it emboldens landlords to act like assholes in the interest of making more money on their properties, all at the expense of real city residents’ living situations.  This isn’t about some mere pastry-rating app; this is people’s homes.

While that may or may not be an outstanding problem yet, if allowed to continue to grow unchecked and unregulated it will only embolden more and more landlords to act like assholes, and before long you’ll have a city full of $450 per night vacation spots and not much else.

So why not regulate it before it comes to that?