The McRib has nothing on this BBQ brisket sandwich. The Rib Whip’s Texas Brisket Sandwich, 13-hour smoked and dripping in tangy BBQ sauce, is what the McRib can only dream about becoming. You’ll find this delicious meal, along with an assortment of other rib/pulled pork sandwiches, at the Off the Grid at Berkeley on Thursdays.
Fun fact of the day: The Melt was started by the founder of the Flip camcorder company. At first glance, tech to grilled cheese seems like a pretty drastic jump, but when you look a little closer, everything starts to make sense. The Bay Area, especially Silicon Valley and San Francisco, is home to thousands …
Two things to know about Fluff Ice: (1) They serve blue boba (blue!) and (2) They have an awesome selection of single-serving shaved snow. What exactly is shaved snow, you may ask? Popularized by eateries such as Class 302, shaved snow is basically shaved ice, but instead of just normal slushy ice, it’s fluffy, powdery, …
I’ll just get right to it – Sliver Pizzeria is Cheeseboard 2.0. My roommate and I were famished after our Tahoe snowboarding trip, so after returning to Berkeley, we were planning to get a quick dinner near the downtown Shattuck area. We were strolling on Center just before Shattuck, and imagine our surprise when we …
I’ve had my fair share of tofu soup, and let me tell you, there’s nothing that beats a hearty serving of hot tofu soup, especially on a cold winter day, even in SoCal. A Ri Rang Tofu House is located in the heart of San Gabriel Valley and touts itself as a modern tofu house …
Chicken and waffle sandwiches in a fast casual restaurant setting? When my friend invited me to try this place out, I was immediately sold. First off, I’d never had chicken and waffles, let alone chicken and waffle sandwiches. Plus, there seemed to be a lot of other great selections, so I had to give it …
Visiting the legendary Din Tai Fung is a given for anyone living in or visiting SoCal. Consistently ranked as one of the top Chinese restaurants, this place is famous for its Shanghai-style steamed pork dumplings (xiaolongbao) – the round kinds cooked in bamboo baskets and filled with greasy soup in each bite.
SoCal, the land of amazing Asian food. Pretty much every Asian food hub has a popular AYCE (all-you-can-eat) Korean BBQ restaurant, some as low as $10 for dinner (ridiculously cheap, I know). But to get to the really good stuff, you can’t go wrong with K-Town in LA, where there’s sometimes multiple AYCE Korean BBQ …
Macarons are all the rage these days, and apart from the macarons at Masse’s Pastries in Berkeley, I’ve never had the chance to try them in SoCal. Luckily, bakeries selling macarons are quite widespread in LA, too. A family friend treated us to a box of six macarons from the well-known ‘Lette Macarons in Pasadena. …
I’ve been to one other non-buffet all-you-can-eat sushi place in my life, so when the opportunity came up to try another one, I couldn’t refuse! Here’s how it works – for a one-time fee, you can order as many sushi rolls, special rolls, and hand rolls as you can eat in three rounds. Sushi Asahi …