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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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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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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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Naengmyeon at Koryo Wooden Charcoal Restaurant in Oakland

August 2, 2010 – 8:59 am

4390 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609  | 510.652.6007 | menu I hooked up with some of my favorite dining companions at Koryo Wooden Charcoal Restaurant, an old-school Korean dining institution in Oakland. The restaurant has been around for at least 20 years where you cook a variety of meats over a flaming hot charcoal grill at [...]

By foodhoe | Also posted in cheap, east bay, family, korean, oakland | Tagged , | Comments (15)

The Celebration of Garlic

July 25, 2010 – 4:00 pm

The people of Gilroy threw their annual big bash this weekend, in which they celebrate all things garlic with the 32nd annual Garlic Festival.  It’s one of the largest food festivals in the United States with over 100,000 devotees of the stinking rose gathering together for the three day celebration.  According to wikipedia, Gilroy’s nickname [...]

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