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Moving back to Oakland. What are the latest and greatest?
So I just moved back to Oakland after about 4 years of living on the peninsula and was pleasantly surprised to see how much things have changed! Only problem is now I don't know what the really cool spots are for great food. Wondering if anyone has any insight as to where we should familiarizing ourselves with now that we're back.
Bonus points if the spots are in the adams point/uptown/grand lake area! but all great spots would be appreciated.
Source for blood sausage in the bay area
Can't find anything... no recipes here or anything.
Anybody know of a good local source for this wednesday?
fresh berrys in the bay
so i know this is jumping the gun a little bit...
but i really want to be on top of my berry game this year...
can someone help me with when and where I can get fresh wild berrys in the bay area...
willing to drive a bit..
Im really interested in getting some wild strawberrys..
anybody?
something strange about kitchen nightmare
its a tv show spinoff of the terminator movie series that premiers on january 14th
something strange about kitchen nightmare
hahaha yea me and my girlfriend thought we were crazy the first time we saw it, then after the second and third time we figured there was some demon living in our tv hahaha
something strange about kitchen nightmare
wow thank you for the explanation..... I thought subliminal messages were illegal though?
something strange about kitchen nightmare
yea it really is starting to weird me out, I cannot figure out why in the world they would put that in the show
something strange about kitchen nightmare
has anyone noticed that about halfway through every episode of kitchen nightmare two red dots suddenly appear and then an evil looking face fades in with the two dots becoming the eyes?
it happened on every episode so far and the last one i finally took down the time. between 38 and 40 minutes in the episode... I'm not sure if it happens on the regular broadcast but I know for sure that it does happen on the HD broadcast...
Anyone else notice this?
Breadfruit/Jackfruit - where do I find it?
i've seen the whole fruits sold at lucky's in oakland on east 18th next to lake merrit
Crown Wok, Oakland
i always order takeout from there whenever IM in the mood for easy chinese at home and it has been the best Ive tried in the area so far.. really fresh ingredients, fresh fish... also they have a complete menu in chinese which is something I usually look for in a chinese restaurant because it means that alot of people who are used to eating foods that havent been "americanized" are eating there.
San Carlos - Azure or Spasso
just had an absolutely fantastic meal at azure... highly recommend it.
DO NOT EAT HERE: PIZZARIA SFO
sorry about the misshap.. the actual name is pizzaria SFO and yes there are a couple locations.... fremont and oakland... I ate at the oakland location.. but it was sooo bad that i wont go to either should i be in fremont and need some food.
DO NOT EAT HERE: PIZZARIA SFO
title says it all folks...
The ABSOLUTE WORST service I have ever received bar none. Not only did we wait forever for any service whatsoever but when we finally did get service it was rude and not even close to satisfactory.
Please save yourselves the trouble and pass this place by next time you see it. I truly hope that this place cannot survive in the harsh bay area restaurant business climate. The food was strictly Ok but the service was so bad that while we were there we witnessed two separate tables walk out on their orders without paying. Our drinks were never asked to be refilled despite the waitress walking by several times and obviously noticing that we could have used a refill. Normally, I wouldn't expect top-notch service out of a pizza place, but this was so ridiculous that I am actually impressed with the lack of concern for customer service.
When we got home my girl-friend called to talk to the manager and let him know that they need to get it together, and was met with a non-chalant attitude and a general dis-concern.
I'm sorry to outright bash a place, but this was experience was so appalling and I will remember it for a long time to come. I genuinely urge all of you to never eat at this restaurant, EVER.
ok..
i'm done, thanks for listening.
Johnny
Desserts at A Cote
They change the desserts twice a month I think.
Just go with your gut, Every dessert I've had there has been excellent.
Emeryville: Anyone know when the new Cocina Poblana is opening?
I drove by the other day and saw people inside..
it looked like they were open..
can't wait to try it.
COCO 500 or TRES AGAVES or LULU
haven't been to tres agave's, I have heard good things about LULU from my chef friend that works at FL, But I absolutley love CoCo500... i would go there..
here's my report
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/307096
Good bar food/happy hour in Downtown Oakland not Luka's?
radio is just a bar.. no food.
good bar though
Newark??
I used to live in fremont so I can tell you that there is almost nothing in the way of superior restaurants.
sushi yoshi is good
blue agave is actually really good.
mossimos is lame
although alot of people seem to liike spin a yarn i personally think it is disgustingly overpriced for what it is.
i like china chili restaurant.
but for me at least... I would drive up to oakland to get some really good food. sorry.
but you may want to ask melanie wong cause she seems to know about alot of good off the beaten path places in the area.
good luck.. and if you find something really good let me know.
goin to the ritz carlton tonight!!! What are the must haves!!!
the title pretty much says it all...
I probably wont be going back for a long whuile so what must i not miss out on!!
bergamesque cuisine in Palo Alto -- La Strada
ohhh i see what your talking about..... no from my experience it has never been offered on the menu but it looks fantastic.
bergamesque cuisine in Palo Alto -- La Strada
where is porchetta listed on the menu...
I may have had it at one time or another as I have sampled much of the menu over the past year or two.
bergamesque cuisine in Palo Alto -- La Strada
glad you enjoyed your visit to la strada...
My fathers girlfriend is from the same town as Chef Scotti so we try to go there once every couple of months.
I have really enjoyed the casonsei and I always love their pizza.
last time I was there I had a seafood pasta with squid ink spaghettini, it was great. I would encourage anyone who eats there to ask to speak to the Chef as he is a really nice guy and very interesting to boot.
Johnny
Vegetarian tasting menu's in San Francisco or the East Bay
My roommate's birthday is in 17 days and she really wants to have a 5 course tasting menu with wine pairings.. price not really a concern, any help would be greatly appreciated.
CoCo500 report
yes I am fairly a new poster to this board but i have been a long time reader, and thank you for your agreements with my conclusions.. i will definetly send a letter over to offer my, ehem, constructive criticism.
CoCo500 report
Yesterday I finally got to check out CoCo500 and despite varying reports I found the food to be excellent, but the service was a big drawback.
Upon arriving we were promptly seated, our waiter came to take our drink orders and we perused the menu (even though we already knew exactly what we were going to order).
to start we ordered the coco500 cocktail and another drink whos name currently escapes me but it's orgins are in brazil. Both Cocktails were quite good and I really found the Coco500 to be one of the most interesting cocktails I have had, I was expecting something like a mojito but was pleasently surprised that it tasted nothing like it. The brazilian cocktail was good too but remind me of a margherita.
We then ordered both the fried greenbeans and the CoCoMole tacos.
My dining partners were not fans of beefcheek so I negleted to tell them it was made with beef cheek and surprise surprise they loved it! The fried Green beans were perfect and has a nice crispy crust to counterpoint the sweet bean inside.. Excellent!
For a salad we all shared the rocket and mizuna salad, Wow, I loved all the diffrent flavors in everybite, The melon, rocket walnuts, blue cheese and proscutto all came together in a fabulous way.
We also had an order of the soup of the day which was a corn potato puree... good,,, but boring too.
Then we had the pea ravioli, quite good but also a little boring.
For our mains, we all shared the halibut with kumquat salsa and endive, the truffled squash blossom flatbread and the beef cheek.
Excellent all around, really interesting flavors.
The halibut was perfectly cooked and went very well with almost marmaladelike texture of the kumquat salsa.
The flatbread was to die for.. all there is to say. Order it!
And the star had to be the beefcheek, rich,tender, meaty, conforting. I loved this. the horseradish sauce was a very nice compliment to the dish but I felt like the watercress salad was too woody if you know what i mean... to many large stalks, I would have preferred the watercress to have been a bit younger or better manicured.
Dessert was a mixed bag.. we ordered the Vacherin,, AWESOME.. simple... gorgous.
we also had the peach and blackberry shortcake which was a big letdown.. the peaches were tough and the shortcake was very tough.. I expected something more pillowey than what we recieved and it was not finished by the three people we had eating.
So food gets two very enthusiastic thumbs up,
now service, completley diffrent story...
The server was very short with us, and he wasn't even very busy.
We recieved our cocktail halfway through our meal, I really wanted to enjoy my cocktail while I waited for my food. Also.. all of our food entrees and apps, salad soup, came out withing 5 minutes of each other.. Personally I like to have a certain progression to my meals and I order accordingly to suit that. I didn't appreciate bieng presented with all my food at the same time, and I certainly hope this isn't normal practice for this restaurant because that would be a shame.
Also with dessert we oordered a glass of Icewine... very good and interesting.. maybe a bit too cloying but that isn't necessarily a bad thing when your talking about a dessert wine.
Overall I would say I enjoyed the experiance at Coco500 and will go back, I just sincerely hope they work on the service.
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