Whenever there is a food thread I find myself wishing for a Susan's outreach in France, Italy, China, Mexico and Spain. You know, places with eatable cuisine. If you look up English Cuisine (English Restaurants) in the SF phone book (A Foodie City to be sure) you get exactly two, one prime rib place (run by a Japanese chief), that only serves the traditional prime rib dinner, and a Fish and Chips (run by Vietnamese) joint.