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After buzzing on all that fancy food at the Fabulous Food Festival in San Francisco, we were ready for some good old, homey Chinese food. Besides, Annie wanted to pick up some fresh noodles, won ton and sui gow skins from Yuen Hop Noodle Factory in Oakland (that’s for another post or two…). So we drove across the Bay Bridge to Oakland Chinatown.
After picking up the fresh noodles and skins, we drove into the big Asian mall complex at 9th and Franklin. On the ground level, in the breezeway on the Franklin Street side of the complex is Gum Kuo Restaurant.
Saturday, we attended the first annual Fabulous Food Festival in San Francisco’s Concourse Exhibition Center. As in our TomatoFest experience, we got to go as "foodie correspondents" for FoodBuzz. The Fab Food Fest was a craft foodie’s showcase, with over 120 vendors featuring gourmet chocolates, sauces, baked goods, utensils, and other treats.
It’s the middle of November. In the Bay Area, do you know what that means?
Dungeness Crabs
That’s right, boys and girls, it’s Dungeness crab season! Dungeness crab, or Cancer majister is a large crab found on the West Coast from Alaska down to California. About one quarter of the crab is sweet, succulent crab meat, making it one of the meatiest crabs around. Continue reading Steamed Dungeness Crabs with Old Bay→
Our good friend is a big steak and potatoes man. He eats steak more times than either his wife or his doctor would probably like. He also travels quite a bit on business, so he’s had steaks in top restaurants in cities all over. And he claims that the best steaks are found right here in downtown San Jose, at The Grill on the Alley.
