Ambiri a Silicon Valley akukwera phirilo kupita ku Half Moon Bay kuti akasangalale ndi mabombe ndi nyanja ya California. Pamene kuyamwa kwa vinyo ndi zochitika za zakudya mwina sizinthu zomwe mumayanjana ndi tawuniyi, gawo ili la San Mateo County liri ndi mbiri yakale ya ulimi ndikukondwerera chakudya chatsopano ndi chapafupi. Nditaphunzira kuti sitolo ya ku kanyumba ya kumtunda inapereka maphunziro ophikira, ndinaganiza zopita ku Half Moon Bay kuti ndikapeze chakudya ndi vinyo.
Tinayamba tsiku lathu ndiima ku La Nebbia Winery (12341 San Mateo Road). Chipinda chaching'ono cha vinyochi chili pa Highway 92 pamene mukubwera ku Half Moon Bay kuchokera ku San Mateo. Zaka 40 zapakale zogulitsa mphesa zochokera kudutsa ku California ndipo zimapereka mwayi wokhala ndi chidwi chokhalira alendo ku California. Zolemba zawo zapanyumbazo ndizo "Zopopera ku Botolo". Loweruka lachisanu ndi chitatu pa chaka, mukhoza kubweretsa mabotolo anu opanda vinyo, opanda vinyo m'masitolo kumene amawadzaza ndi vinyo wambiri ndipo amawasindikiza okha $ 5.75 payekha. Ndi njira yabwino yokonzanso mabotolo omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito komanso kusungira mavinyo abwino kwambiri.
Kuphunzira Kuphika
Titalawa, tinapita ku chochitika chachikulu - kalasi yophika ku Toque Blanche (604 Main Street). Malo ogulitsira Downtown Half Moon Bay amagulitsa zakudya zamakono, zophika zophika padziko lonse, mabuku ophika, vinyo wabwino ndi zamatabwa. Sitolo imapereka ziwonetsero za kuphika katatu zomwe zimakhala ndi ma menu anayi komanso vinyo wokhazikika wa ku Italy.
Pamsonkhano wathu, alangizi amapereka chisonyezero cha njira iliyonse kuphatikizapo njira zophika. Anagawana nawo mavidiyo pawunikira kuti muwone momwe mbale iliyonse idakonzedwera. Chifukwa cha maphunziro athu, alangizi anakonza mbale zitatu zosiyana siyana: msuzi wa caulifulawa wosungidwa ndi mandimu gremolata, saladi ya farro ndi zinfandel-apricot vinaigrette, ndi nkhuku m'mawere a mpiru zonona msuzi.
Kwa mchere, iwo sankaphika kokonati ndipo ankaphika tiyi. Zakudya zonse zinafotokozedwa bwino, ndipo ndinachoka ndikudzidalira kuti ndidzatha kubwereza zomwezo.
Pambuyo pakalasi, alendo akuitanidwa kuti akafufuze sitolo - omvera amapatsidwa 10% kuchoka kulikonse komwe kugula usiku womwewo. Toque Blanche posachedwapa anavotera malo abwino kwambiri osungirako katundu wa Bay Area kunyumba ndi owerenga omwe amawunikira komanso akupanga zowonjezera zamakina ophikira makapu ndi zojambula zamitundu yosiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi. Iwo amadziwika bwino kwambiri ndi La Chamba, chophika chophika chodothi chodothi chomwe amapanga kuchokera ku Colombia. Zolengedwa zokongola izi zingapange mphatso yayikulu kwa aliyense wokonda chakudya m'moyo wanu.
Zinthu zowonjezera zowonjezera zomwe mungachite pa gombe la San Mateo County:
- Tengani maulendo odyera tchizi a Harley Farms Goat mkaka
- Pitani ku msika wa mlimi wa Bay Bay (Loweruka, 9 am-1pm, May mpaka December)
- Zipatso zam'nyengo ndi mabulosi a mabulosi ku Coastways Ranch (340 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero)
- Pitani ku malo osungirako zida za m'deralo: Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Hop Dogma, Highway 1 Brewing Company