Eat Real Festival

@chezpim They're so good!

@chefpmistry Love that restaurant and that tostada so much. Yay!!!

Are the people ready to sing karaoke at this late stage of the pandemic? One of the East Bay's best Taiwanese restaurants is betting that they are: Dragon Gate will reopen in Jack London early next year w/ huge private karaoke rooms with ocean views. kqed.org/arts/13918993/…

Here is a guide to eating Asian food: 1. All of it is family style - that's what the lazy Susan is for (except for Japanese bento boxes). 2. Eat the rice with the entree. 3. When someone offers you an entree, it is part of our culture. 1/

Living in LA, I’ve lived in many a neighborhood in which police helicopters circle all day and they don’t do anything except be loud an annoying. You know what improved the morale and safety of my neighborhood in less than two weeks? A new taco stand. I’m 1000% serious.

@chefpmistry Yes!

@PadmaLakshmi Aburaya Japanese fried chicken in Oakland, California. Amazing!

Fried chicken is one of the most perfect, irresistible foods. Even when I was a vegetarian, I would break off the coated chicken skin and eat the fatty bits. What’s the best fried chicken you’ve ever had?

Join us this Sunday for our first monthly market with @Hangar1Vodka, HEAD WEST Marketplace and @gardeneur! 11am-5pm!

💜 Say “hello” to Lobos Hazy IPA! Our first new 6-pack since 2020 is fresh off the canning line, and ready to become your new go-to hazy. 💜 Making our first hazy IPA was a fun challenge. It’s become a wildly popular style for its emphasis on the extremes – big aromas, a...

@assil_reem @TenSpeedPress Congrats! Can't wait to cook from your book!

It's true y'all! I'm a cookbook author! Coming April 19th from @TenSpeedPress. Order today so you can have it in your hands on pub day and we can all celebrate together!!🥰🥰🥰 bit.ly/3n3XhXI

@tablehopper Bakesale Betty pies are the only thing getting us through this pandemic!

I have reached a stage in the pandemic where I currently have three kinds of pie in my apartment.

Omicron surge just got real: Pliny the Younger beer launch delayed by weeks By @jesslander sfchronicle.com/food/article/F…

Salmon in Oakland? Yes, a pair of upstream migrating Chinook salmon were recently observed on Glen Echo Creek adjacent to the Veterans’ Memorial Building near Lake Merritt.

Those of you who subscribe to the tablehopper newsletter (thank you for your readership 💌, 15 years and counting!) are already well-acquainted with my annual snarkfest, the bore, when I share a list of ten things I don’t want to see in the new year. … instagr.am/p/CYYDlIzL_1e/

SF BEER HISTORY 🚨 🍻 You've heard of the Barbary Coast, but did you know there used to be a Beer Town district of #SF?! Beer Town was a 5-block area in the Inner Richmond near Fulton Street. It originated in the 1870s + sprung up to entice the many, many people attending...

In response to the surge in Covid cases in New York City due to Omicron, WCK has activated a team to bring fresh meals to staff at vaccination & testing sites! Today we will serve at 12 different locations with more to come in the next few days. On the menu? Fresh, hot pizza 🍕

Breaking news: Oakland City Council on Tuesday approved an emergency ordinance that will require everyone to show proof they are vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering restaurants, bars, and other establishments. oaklandside.org/2021/12/21/oak…