The East Bay is home to a large Ethiopian community, made evident by the Ethiopian restaurants that dot Telegraph Avenue and the surrounding neighborhoods in Oakland and Berkeley. Still, it took me several tries until I found an Ethiopian restaurant in the East Bay that stood up as some of the best Ethiopian food I’ve [...]
I never go to Richmond. Well, almost never. When I’m in the East Bay and I find myself craving jackfruit chips or daikon kimchi or razor clams, I go to the Richmond branch of 99 Ranch market, the Asian-American supermarket chain that stocks just about everything East Asian. The market is located in the Pacific [...]
I’m a huge Chris Cosentino fan. Incanto is one of my favorite restaurants, and ever since Boccalone Salumeria opened up in the Ferry Plaza, I’ve been a regular visitor. Cosentino was pushing offal before offal was cool, and thanks to his efforts, more and more people these days are willing to try things like tuna [...]
One of my favorite things to do in San Francisco is to visit the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market early on a weekend morning, and try a little bite or two from each vendor until I’m full. I have my favorites, but there was always one vendor in particular that Dominic and I wanted to try, [...]
There’s something kitschy to be said for sushi boat, or conveyor belt sushi restaurants. It’s not a particularly traditional presentation of sushi, and who knows how long that little plate of tekkamaki or hamachi has been making the rounds.
Still, there’s a novelty to it that I just can’t resist. And if you choose a [...]