From Oaklandside/Berkeleyside -
The former Himalayan Flavors restaurant space has been transformed into an all-you-can-eat, individual hot pot restaurant Ben Ben Hot Pot, serving personal hot pot for lunch and dinner, and specializing in pork tripe and chicken soup base. Ben Ben Hot Pot Restaurant, 1585 University Ave. (between Sacramento and California streets), Berkeley
The Garlic Festival is moving to Los Banos August 30 through Sept 1, 2024.
The California Garlic Festival will be at the MERCED COUNTY SPRING FAIRGROUNDS (403 F St., Los Banos, CA 93635) on August 30, 31 & September 1, 2024. The wholesome family fun event is focused on local entertainment, community leadership, and the Valley’s vast agriculture.
Single Day Admission
Admission can be purchased online or will also be available at the gate the day at the event.
$15.00 Adult (ages 18-64)
$10.00 Child (6-17), Senior 65+ & Military w/ID
Children 5 & Under - FREE
from KCRA 3 in Sacramento -
Fond memories of the Gilroy Garlic Festivals in Gilroy and the Asparagus Festivals in Stockton bitd. No monster trucks; just great food, handicrafts and educational booths.
at the Monterey County Fair and Event Center
The Artichoke Festival is back with a fantastic theme:
Experience a culinary adventure, music, wine tasting, and more!
Item Price:
$20.00
Quantity:
General Admission Seniors (62+), Military Personnel
Item Price:
$15.00
from Oaklandside/Berkeleyside -
The Richmond location of dim sum restaurant Saigon Seafood Harbor has been closed temporarily for “internal adjustments” since April 1, according to a message on its website.
from Omar Mamoon in the SF Standard -
Minnie Bell’s rosemary fried chicken now being served at 1375 Fillmore SF
Today Food at 601 Kearny SF is serving jiucai hezi, a little, savory moon-shaped pocket pie that originates from Shandong
Like a Chinese hot pocket, Today Food’s jiucai hezi are filled with scrambled egg and garlic chives. | Source:Omar Mamoon for The Standard
https://www.toasttab.com/local/order/todayfoodsf/r-1a2c1c1f-c654-4fa6-b913-49e76c2bca60
me a basket of artichokes: steamed, roasted, boiled in herbed oil…
Mumu Hotpot in Emeryville had its soft opening of Friday, May 3.
Scary and sad. What’s going on in Bump City? I think I’ll pass coming to my reunion this year.
Omar Mamoon in SF Standard -
Lolo at 974 Valencia in SF serves "Chinaloa, a mix of Sinaloa and Chinese cuisines:
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… in Sinaloa, Mexico, … there’s a sizable Chinese population that has influenced a style of food Ruelas calls “Chinaloa.”
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Chinaloa cuisine is exemplified by Ruelas’ grilled carne salseada, grilled strips of flank steak that are then wok-tossed with onions, yellow peppers, green onion and a sharp and spicy sauce made from soy, lime and butter fortified with dried chiltepín peppers.
Lolo is the 3rd story in this column -
The snails at Snail Bar at 4935 Shattuck Oakland -
the second story -
Why wouldn’t Snail Bar offer snails? Served in portions of six, they come with in butter spiked with garlic confit and cashew miso, plus a single slice of kumquat. | Source:Omar Mamoon for The Standard
Alan Chazaro on KQED and chocolate sourdough bread -
Backhaus’ bakeries in San Mateo (32 E. 3rd Ave.) and Burlingame (261 California Dr.) are open every day except Monday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Chocolate sourdough mini-loaves are only available on Saturday and Sunday, in limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis.
Anyone try the chocolate sourdough? That has me curious.
Daughter lives there, and doesn’t seem to make much of it, but she just moved there from Brooklyn about a year ago.
Sara Deseran is the new food editor at the SF Standard -
Sara Deseran is The Standard’s food editor. Previously, Sara was an editor at San Francisco Magazine and 7×7, and her writing has been featured in Bon Appétit, Eater, Food & Wine and Saveur and selected for multiple Best Food Writing anthologies. She is the author of a handful of cookbooks. She loves a good dinner party and dancing, in combination or separately. Follow her on Instagram at @saradeseran_food.t
Slanted Door in the SF Ferry Building closes -
The Slanted Door’s Chef Charles Phan told KRON4, “I’m sad that after more than 15 years at the Ferry Building we can’t return. Construction costs are just too high. We loved being there, but I’m also excited for future projects.”
The eatery was located at 1 Ferry Building Suite 3 in San Francisco.
from Oaklandside/Berkeleyside -
Match Point Brewing, opens May 10 at 745 San Pablo Ave. (between Portland and Washington avenues), Albany (in the former Albany Taproom)
Copper & Malt, a high-end bottle shop, has a grand opening May 12 at 5659 Bay St. (Lower Level), Emeryville
Luke Tsai -
The Taiwanese American Cultural Festival will take place on Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at Union Square in San Francisco. Admission is free.
Luke and Thien -
She seems to know her stuff food wise, but I am going to quibble about La Lengua being part of Bernal Heights. It is one of the best food strips in the city, but the vibe is distinctly different, and grittier, than the Cortland strip that is the heart of Bernal.
I’m a little sorry about The Slanted Door not returning to the Ferry Building. I had a couple of excellent work dinners there pre-pandemic.
Me too, but we enjoyed the one in Napa( , and it’s easier for us to get to).
On KQED FM 88.5, Friday, May 10 at 10 am, repeated at 9 pm, will be available in the archives -
Guests:
Bill Esparza, writer, Eater LA; author, “L.A. Mexicano: Recipes, People and Places”
Cesar Hernandez, associate restaurant critic, San Francisco Chronicle
Luke Winkie, staff writer, Slate
Luke and Thien eat Thai roti desserts late night at
Ping Yang Grill & Dessert is open Monday through Saturday from noon–3 p.m. and 5 p.m.–midnight, and Sunday 5 p.m.–midnight at 955 Larkin St. in San Francisco.
also -
In fact, Ping Yang serves a whole slew of dishes that I rarely see at other Thai restaurants in the Bay Area, like fried silkworms and mok pla — a Lao dish that consists of catfish steamed inside a banana leaf.
Shapeshifters Cinema
Friday, May 24, 2024
8pm
$10
Address
567 5th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Los Guardianes del Maíz (The Keepers of Corn) - by Gustavo Vazquez
Friday, May 24, 2024
8pm
Admission: $10
Los Guardianes del Maíz is a 60-minute documentary film by Bay Area filmmaker Gustavo Vasquez that tells the story of native corn from the perspectives of indigenous farmers, artisans and cooks in Mexico whose ancestors shepherded the ever-evolving seeds from the dawn of agriculture into the 21st Century. It’s a story of collective labor spanning more than 350 generations. These voices are joined by community leaders, scientists, chefs, and others whose knowledge and activism stand not only in defense of food sovereignty and the genetic integrity, diversity, and community ownership of native seeds, but in defense of a durable cultural legacy and a way of life.
Trailer -
from CBS Evening News - San Francisco’s iconic Top of the Mark celebrates 85th anniversary
SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/sf-japanese-restaurant-akari-shohei-ohtani-19450926.php
A dozen other Japanese baseball players have visited.
