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Eat Real Festival Part 2

August 30, 2010 – 10:30 am

After a day’s respite from our first visit as described here, Mr. K and I returned to explore more of the mobile food truck cuisine that gathered in force for the Eat Real Festival in Jack London Square last weekend.  I forgot my phone on the charger at home and so immediately became separated from [...]

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We chow down at Chairman Baos @ the Eat Real Festival, Oakland

August 28, 2010 – 12:07 pm

Everyone is talking about the Eat Real Festival which is going on this weekend in Oakland. Eat Real’s mission is to make real food as accessible and as affordable as fast food.  It’s a gathering of the Bay Area’s best street food vendors cooking up a wide range of delectables: tacos presented in a variety [...]

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A delightfully Modern China Cafe in Walnut Creek

August 22, 2010 – 9:46 am

1525 North Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA  | 925.988.8008 | website | The lovely Modern China Cafe was opened in early 2010 by Eric Zhang, who formerly owned Zheng Long Noodle House, which closed in 2008 after a terrible fire.  It’s right downtown with an outside area in the front where you can enjoy the summer [...]

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Hibiscus Restaurant in Uptown, Oakland

August 16, 2010 – 11:25 am

1745 San Pablo Ave (@ 18th) Oakland, CA 94612 | 510.444.2626 | online reservations | website I met some xcoworkers at this lovely new restaurant in the Uptown district in Oakland for dinner a couple of weeks ago.  The chef Sarah Kirnon is known for her boldly flavored menu featuring the flavors of her heritage [...]

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Guilty Pleasures… recent meanderings in caloric unconcern

August 12, 2010 – 11:15 am

I admit that if given a choice between potato chips or an apple for a snack, I will invariably pick the chips.  Here is a collection of some of those bad choices.  A glass full of a childhood favorite cereal crunchberries, which btw are not a real fruit.  Did you know that you can buy a box of just [...]

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