A Review of Vietnamese Restaurant Monster Pho in Oakland
The story: Opened near the new Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Monster Pho is a new generation of Vietnamese restaurants. The owner, Tee Tran, wanted to open a restaurant serving up...
View ArticleA Review of Slurp Noodle Bar in San Francisco
The story: The owners of Fork Cafe in the Castro suddenly closed earlier this year and did a quick-change to reopen as Slurp Noodle Bar, thinking that the neighborhood needed an all-noodle eatery to...
View ArticleQuick Review of Shanghai Flavor Shop in Sunnyvale
SUNNYVALE, Calif. This is a quick look at a dinner I had awhile back with my niece at a dive-like Chinese restaurant in the South Bay. We had just finished going to an event during the day in San Jose,...
View ArticleReview of Ramen Mania at Mensho Tokyo in San Francisco
It’s hard to imagine ramen to be more popular than it already is in the San Francisco Bay Area, but after dining at the new white hot Mensho Tokyo in the Tenderloin neighborhood last night, you’d think...
View ArticleReview of Shiba Ramen in Emeryville’s Public Market
In the food-obsessed Bay Area, even a bowl of ramen can hold a lot of expectations, with people seeking unique toppings or rich, creamy broths. But that defies the tradition of ramen from Japan, where...
View ArticleOzumo Oakland Spotlights Ramen on Wednesdays
UPDATE: After nearly 10 years, Ozumo closed in November 2016. If you just look at my recent posts, you’ll know I’ve been obsessing about ramen lately. So when I was invited to check out Ozumo’s new...
View ArticleA Review of Soup Noodles at Pho King in Oakland
Pho King is one of those hole-in-the-wall joints that are no frills with homestyle dishes. It’s the kind of place you want to make your neighborhood eatery but so many people talk about it it’s become...
View ArticleA Review of Nojo Ramen Tavern in San Francisco
The story: Nojo opened a few years ago in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood, building on the izakaya craze for Japanese grilled eats. But the owners sold the restaurant last year to a Japanese...
View ArticleIppo Ramen Pops Up in a New Home at Cock-a-Doodle Cafe
The nice thing about the ramen frenzy in the Bay Area is that it comes in all forms, from the premium bowls at fancy restaurants, to counters serving up noodles and bar bites, and to pop ups where...
View ArticleA Review of Nyum Bai Food Stand at Emeryville Public Market
A lot of changes have been coming to the Emeryville Public Market, and the most recent is one of the most exciting to me. With the opening of the Nyum Bai food stand, I and the rest of the East Bay get...
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