Advertised as a crazy delicious take on Asian street foods, Spice Kit offers a welcome alternative to the less than stellar lunch selections near the Transbay Center. As the brainchild of former French Laundry employee, Will Pacio, and CCA grad, Fred Tang, Spice Kit features farm-fresh ingredients prepared using authentic techniques. The space is a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'street food'
Spice Kit: Upmarket Street Food South of Market
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Korean, Reviews, San Francisco, Silf, Vietnamese, casual, comfort food, recommended, street food
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Chairman Bao and his fancy buns
July 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · San Francisco, street food
It was like a fancy bun oasis in the food desert known as Russian Hill. No, I haven’t been hangin’ out with the double rainbow guy again. It was Chairman Bao, a San Francisco food truck which specializes in Asian-style steamed (Taiwanese Gua Bao) and baked buns. Commissioned by, of all places, Crunch, the local [...]
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Sando Throwdown Recap
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · San Francisco, Sandwich, Silf, bbq, casual, street food
Thanks to everyone that showed up and threw down to make the first annual “Sando Throwdown” a success. With 7 sandos entered in the event, there was enough to feed a small army. Pork dominated the entries – nearly half of the sandos paid homage to the almighty swine. No two sandwiches were alike [...]
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San Francisco Underground Farmers Market: More Subversive Street Foodies than Farmers
May 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · San Francisco, street food
Underground for now but not for long, San Francisco has a new underground foodie phenom, the underground farmers market. With no apparent set schedule, the SF Underground Farmer’s Market is a nighttime event that showcases small producers that have no commercial kitchen to call home. ForageSF, a group who’s mission it is to help people rediscover a [...]
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Vik’s Chaat Corner, South Indian Chaos
April 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Curry, Indian, casual, comfort food, street food
There’s an old warehouse in a sleepy corner of Berkeley where flocks of people from all walks of life race to eat made-to-order South Indian street food. The experience is dizzying. Grab a menu, get in line, and get prepared to order – fast! Do some recon while in line because you’re going need a [...]
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Vietnam Street Sandwich Recap
February 6th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Reviews, Sandwich, Silf, Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese, condiments, street food
A couple of weeks before I left for Vietnam, my buddy, Mike, and I visited the acclaimed Saigon Sandwich in San Francisco. I hadn’t tried a Vietnamese sandwich before. After washing down my first “banh mi” with a couple of red beers, Mike suggested that I write a follow up post reporting on any sandwich [...]
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Cau Lau: What’s in that Well Water?
January 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Travel, Vietnam, Vietnamese, street food
Overrun with lurky-lou, Western tourists and vocal merchants hocking chopsticks, t-shirts, and everything in between, Hoi An is said to be Vietnam’s foodiest town. I’m still on the fence on that one. It seems that most of the restaurants here serve the same unimaginative menu catering to bargain conscious tourists.
Ignoring maniacal menu waiving restaurant recruiters, I managed [...]
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Buns on Wheels
January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Travel, Vietnamese, street food
Everyone has stumbled into good eats at one time or another. But, how often do they find you? In a place like Vietnam with such an abundance of street food it was bound to happen.
One afternoon, KU and I were exploring Hoi An when we spotted some sort of cart pedaling towards us. KU was quick on [...]
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