In Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood, there is a delightful Burmese roti cafe, a spinoff from Teni East Kitchen next door:
Aman Cafe
4021 Broadway Avenue, Oakland 94611
(510) 922-8749
Open Monday through Saturday 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
“…devoted to mostly vegetarian flaky, buttery Malaysian roti canai”
Aman Cafe: Menu
Teni’s owner makes wonderful roti, one of the best around. It became so popular at her restaurant, she opened the cafe next door to specialize in roti dishes.
In today’s Chron 18Jan2024, I posted this to the 2024 Northern and Central California Food News and Journalism [SF Bay Area, Northern California, Central California, Northern Nevada]
Aydea, New S.F. cafe serves ‘Russian quesadillas’ and rare pastries in SoMa
From Luke Tsai
Time to find a reason to go to Richmond and leave the gas tank and stomach empty beforehand.
In today’s Chron, 20Jan2024:
Kopiku, at 1443 Lombard St. in the SF’s Marina district, serves pour-overs and specialty drinks made with coffee grown on small farms in Indonesia, sourced through the owners’ roastery, Beaneka Coffee. Kopiku is also trying to introduce Indonesian food through specials like arem-arem, tender coconut rice stuffed with meat, vegetables and spices and wrapped in a banana leaf, or fresh-baked sweets like buttery nastar (shortbread cookies filled with pineapple jam).
Nice to see some activity on this thread! Pre-covid, most of the businesses were brick and mortar and I periodically revised the original post based on community input and some yelp-closure scripts. Doing so nowadays would be a lot of work— it’s tough to define or track “openings” and “closures” with niche cuisines and sub-cuisines available at food trucks, ghost kitchens, centralized meal delivery apps (e.g., Shef, Nextdish), and various things better-tracked on Instagram.
Anyway, @jahhh, businesses grown from La Cocina tend to be solid. Teranga and Azalina’s are two additional among brick and mortars not yet listed on that page.
Finally, the SFBA has lost the remaining brick and mortar businesses serving foods inspired by the following places:
FYI, just posted re a Chinese/Venezuelan restaurant in SF, called Cantoo:
2024 Northern and Central California Food News and Journalism
SF Chronicle Feb 2, 2024:
AyDea in SoMa opened mid-January and is the only San Francisco cafe specializing in pastries and dishes from Tatarstan, a Russian republic located east of Moscow with its own language and culture. Find egg sandwiches made from zang, a thick laminated dough; blinchiki, rolled crepes filled with yogurt and fruit; and uchpuchmak, a samosa-like pastry triangle stuffed with beef and potato or chicken. Spiced teas and coffee with house-churned butter or citrus rind are also available.
799 Bryant St., San Francisco. Aydeasf.com
Columbia’s expats are flocking to this place.
As I posted in the Lunch topic, I made it over to Halal King in Richmond today. The chicken mendi was delicious. I didn’t take a photo, but the one in Luke Tsai’s article is accurate.
Pilon has closed. Manje’s is linked to some place in Florida?
Thanks for the update. Luke Tsai wrote about a newer Haitian restaurant, T’Chaka in Oakland. Following his advice, I enjoyed the griot a few months ago. The plantains were the standout though—- sturdy and sweet.
