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 'Vietnamese'
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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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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Pho Sot Vang at Quan An Ngan, Hanoi
January 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · 3 stars, Travel, Vietnamese, casual, comfort food, recommended, soup
With over 500 traditional dishes, Vietnamese cuisine is arguably unknowable. Food is practically everywhere in Vietnam, in markets, at street stands, on bikes, carts, store fronts; it’s unavoidable. Admittedly, I was a bit overwhelmed at all the possibilities. But, with a little prior research, a trusty guidebook, a willing companion and a healthy appetite, I managed to [...]
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Review: Saigon Sandwich
November 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Reviews, San Francisco, Sandwich, Vietnamese, casual, comfort food
I’ve been catching some chatter about the food in “Little Saigon” – a couple of streets in the Tenderloin with a dense Vietnamese population. It’s taken me a while to get down there – not because I’m reluctant to try new stuff or the Tenderloin generally smells like piss – because I’m loyal to my [...]