mollie's stoned

Found a couple of interesting items in Mollie Stone's refrigerated section. Sabra - maker of yummy hummus, veggie liver, pickles and the like has "To Go" single use containers with crackers.

Homemade Baby is organic mush for parents too lazy to mash a banana or cook a fruit/veggy in the oven until mushy. They even have their foods broken into three age groups and textures.

I find the need for this product offensive. Been there, making your own it isn't that hard to do.

Haven't had the guts to try the spelt matzoh I bought.

Mollie Stones
164 S. California Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-328-8361

On the good ship sushi boat

Visited San Jose's Mitsuwa store for the first time. Stocked up on toxins for the kid's lunchbox such as Pocky and Yan Yan.

The Utsuwa No Yakata store inside the market was a find. "Normal people" would be excited by the beautiful and inexpensive plates, bowls, sake and tea sets, chopstick holders, etc. that are available. I was, but had to resist and remember that I do ceramics ~40 hours/week, and could make what I could buy. Believe me, it is cheaper to buy!

Found a lovely laminated sushi boat for $10. The kid can use it to eat out of at home. I'm excited, we have a real sushi boat in the house!

Afterwards we went to Real Ice Cream for the first time. I felt like a bad blogger, no camera, no chaat and ice cream photos. We split Papdi Chaat and Pav Bhaji. I preferred the Papdi Chaat. It is a balance between puffed items with a crunch, sweetness and tangyness. Yum! The Pav Bhaji wasn't bad, but its flavor didn't do it for me. I finished with a helping of Pistachio Kulfi ice cream, the kid with Mocha Chip ice cream.

Mitsuwa
675 Saratoga Ave.
San Jose, CA 95129
(408)255-6699

Utsuwa No Yakata
675 Saratoga Ave.
San Jose, CA 95129
(408) 253-8185

Real Ice Cream
3077 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 984-6601