oh man so hungry now and can't eat for another 40 minutes because of stupid antibiotic i'm taking plus no good snacks here anyway.

lisah taunting! It's what's for lunch!

Rosamunde Sausage Grill

Every day, there are fine Nuremberg bratwurst and plump pork-beef beer sausages. But really, we’re thinking about Tuesdays, when the burger line starts a half hour before the 11:30 a.m. opening. This tiny Lower Haight storefront turns out hefty specimens, grilled to a smoky char and slid onto onion rolls, with the precision of an auto factory. Devotees saunter over to the Toronado Beer Bar next door to have a one midday pint.

A la Turca

This Turkish restaurant in the Tenderloin is one of our consistent favorites. Its large menu of appetizers and huge kebab platters makes it easy for a group to share plates and end up with an inexpensive yet satisfying meal. Start with a few cold Mediterranean salads such as marinated white beans or roasted eggplant with bell peppers. Delicious homemade flatbreads, such as pide with a range of fillings, come steaming out of the oven. The platters include falafel with hummus or doner kebab, and a combination of lamb and beef. All of them come with rice and salad.

Burma Super Star

This is still one of the most popular Richmond District spots, despite being cramped and weathered. Chinese, Thai and Indian flavors permeate the menu, but the real stars are Burmese specialities like tea leaf or ginger salads, catfish curry and pumpkin shrimp. Dishes are great for sharing, and vegetarians will be happily satiated with the extensive selection of vegetable and tofu items.

Here's a rather comprehensive history of the jibaro/jibarito from the Tribune back in 2003. They're even more popular now.

SO MEAN!

SO MEAN!

Come back to San Francisco and I'll take you to lunch.

I've never heard "huarache" not relating to sandals, but I think we mostly eat Sonoran food here, except for one place serving food from Mexico City. Or maybe we call them something else. Sounds good, though. Hec, I've gotten much more adventurous about food lately. I'd love to lunch with y'all, and I promise it wouldn't all be Wire chat.

Man, I'd go to this place just for the name, but it sounds very tasty too.

Gourmet Carousel

Cheap Chinese isn’t hard to find in the Bay Area, but if you’re looking for inexpensive and generous portions of good food, then Gourmet Carousel should be near the top of the list. Best bets include the deluxe wonton soup filled with at least a dozen dumplings — practically a meal for two for around $8.50 — or a generous platter of salt- and pepper-crusted prawns, fresh squid with mustard greens, sauteed pea shoots and some of the best potstickers around. The service is as casual and homey as the food.

Food talk reminds me, I'm wanting to do some marinated chicken kabobs with rice pilaf and Greek salad this weekend. I'm also planning to make homemade wheat pizza this weekend. Tonight is just plain old grilled chicken with boxed rice. Leif and I might have brats instead of chicken though, we both like brats and we have two that need to get used soon.

I'd love to lunch with y'all, and I promise it wouldn't all be Wire chat.

Actually, I've been meaning to recommend the latest issue of Oxford American to you. It's a return to New Orleans post-Katrina issue and there's a fantastic piece in it by a buy who's teaching in the 9th Ward post-flood. It goes into great detail on Li'l Wayne and the whole thing is so very Wire S4. But NOLA-style.

$1,800 power cord costs about $1,795 too much

Well, if you've got any sense in your head whatsoever you don't need little old me to tell you that there's absolutely nothing that could make a simple power cord worth $1,800. But let's face it: the Furutech Powerflux power cord clearly isn't aimed at people with sense in their head. It's aimed at people so rich that they've given up thinking, allowing their almost limitless supply of money to go to any snake oil salesman with a good enough pitch. And what a pitch!