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  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Anonymous Hacks Chinese Government Websites

    Anonymous, the global Internet hacking group, doesn't only dislike the American government, it has gone public with its disdain for the Chinese government as well. On Thursday, the group claimed it took down several government sites to protest China's austere Internet restrictions.Anonymous China l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Bay Area Residents Accused of Economic Espionage for Chinese Companies

    Sell our trade secrets ... that's one way to ensure China's economy surpasses the U.S.​A San Francisco federal grand jury has charged five people and several companies -- some located in the Bay Area -- with espionage and selling American trade secrets to help companies in China quickly flourish. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Is American Sushi on the Decline? Some Say Yes.

    ​It's no surprise that when the Washington Post brings a storied, Japan-trained sushi chef to a neighborhood, fusion-happy sushi restaurant, he doesn't like what he's eating. What is interesting, though, are the reasons why. It's not necessarily the fact that most of the sushi rolls are covered in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Think China's Doping Pigs? Not Nearly as Much as American Farmers Are

    ​Last year, American readers clucked their tongues when news emerged from China about outbreaks of illness traced back to Chinese farmers who doped their pigs with clenbuterol, aka "lean meat powder," to make them more muscular. Oh, those Chinese! What we didn't know is that the majority of Americ ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 18, 2012

    Fresh Eats: Food Find: Seoul Patch's Korean Fried Chicken Sando

    ​Last year, American readers clucked their tongues when news emerged from China about outbreaks of illness traced back to Chinese farmers who doped their pigs with clenbuterol, aka "lean meat powder," to make them more muscular. Oh, those Chinese! What we didn't know is that the majority of Americ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Chinese Consumers Go Crazy for iPhone 4S, Apple Stores in Bejing Shut Down

    View more videos at: http://nbcbayarea.com.It's not often -- in fact, it's unheard of for a store to close shop because of too many customers. But an Apple store in Bejing never even opened this morning, saying they were worried about the big crowd of Chinese consumers camped outside the store, wait ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Seoul Patch's Korean Fried Chicken Sando

    ​Four months after its debut, Seoul Patch, a lunchtime popup operating out of Rocketfish in Potrero Hill, continues to evolve. Chef Eric Ehler's been spinning out his original ideas -- all Korean-American culinary juxtapositions -- into new forms, bulking out the menu with new dishes (brussels spr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Seoul Patch vs. Reform Club Pop-Up Battle Royale

    Korean dramedy? Might we suggest the delightful, "Playful Kiss"?​What: Seoul Patch vs. Reform Club Where: Specchio When: Sun., December 4. Seatings 6-10 p.m. Cost: $40, $25 extra for beverage pairing The rundown: Eric Ehler is back, and this time he's combining both of his pop-ups into on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 12, 2011

    East Comes West

    Korean dramedy? Might we suggest the delightful, "Playful Kiss"?​What: Seoul Patch vs. Reform Club Where: Specchio When: Sun., December 4. Seatings 6-10 p.m. Cost: $40, $25 extra for beverage pairing The rundown: Eric Ehler is back, and this time he's combining both of his pop-ups into on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Seoul Patch Starts Serving Bulgogi LTs Today

    Kenichi KawashimaSeoul Patch's Korean fried chicken po'boy.​Not long ago, Eric Ehler, who'd been a cook and sous-chef at Serpentine for three years, took a break from cooking to hang out in Seoul. "I didn't just love the cuisine of Seoul," says Ehler, who was born in Korea but had spent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    San Franciscans to South Koreans: Stop Eating Dogs and Cats

    Eating your pets is just plain unsavory ​A group of San Francisco animal lovers is taking on a not-so-domestic animal-rights issue.  In Defense of Animals, a international nonprofit, will deliver 15,000 signatures tomorrow, asking the South Korean government to crack down on illegal dog and c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    At Happy Garden, Dim Sum Is Only an Appetizer

    Photos by W. Blake GrayShanghai dumplings​We wound up at Happy Garden because Good Luck Dim Sum across the street had a long line, and we felt like sitting down. Happy Garden has a dim sum menu. And we ordered from it. We were hungry. Only after we ordered and began paying attention to what e ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 13, 2011

    Shabu Pub and G Cube Cafe: Japanese Hot Pots Go Chinese

    Photos by W. Blake GrayShanghai dumplings​We wound up at Happy Garden because Good Luck Dim Sum across the street had a long line, and we felt like sitting down. Happy Garden has a dim sum menu. And we ordered from it. We were hungry. Only after we ordered and began paying attention to what e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2011

    A Hole in the Iron Curtain

    Photos by W. Blake GrayShanghai dumplings​We wound up at Happy Garden because Good Luck Dim Sum across the street had a long line, and we felt like sitting down. Happy Garden has a dim sum menu. And we ordered from it. We were hungry. Only after we ordered and began paying attention to what e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2011

    We Got Your Back

    Photos by W. Blake GrayShanghai dumplings​We wound up at Happy Garden because Good Luck Dim Sum across the street had a long line, and we felt like sitting down. Happy Garden has a dim sum menu. And we ordered from it. We were hungry. Only after we ordered and began paying attention to what e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Drinking Snacks and Korean Fried Chicken: Q&A with Seoul Food Blogger Jennifer Flinn

    Jonathan KauffmanJennifer Flinn at a ramen-rice cake shop in Seoul. Note: She does not normally wear a bib.​Eating fried chicken wings, rice cakes, and fish-egg soup at Red Wings ― all with beer and soju cocktails ― made me wonder about how these foods would be eaten in Korea. Were they drinki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Earthquake Hits Japan Again, No Tsunami Warning for S.F.

    Another tsunami warning in Japan​Sadly, Japan was shaken again by another earthquake Thursday night, and is now under the threat of a tsunami, a month after it was devastated by an 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that killed more than 25,000 people. Buildings as far away as Tokyo reportedly shook for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Bakesale for Japan Rallies Support for Disaster Relief

    Albert Law/porkbellystudio.comBi-Rite Market was one of dozens of nationwide locations of Saturday's Bakesale for Japan.​Organized by local chef Samin Nosrat, Saturday's Bakesale for Japan popped up in moe than 40 locations across the country, including Bi-Rite Market on 18th Street, shown her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Sunday: Fabric8 Hosts a Benefit for Japan with Art, Food, and Beer

    Erik Otto​Japan Fundraiser Where: Fabric8, 3318 22nd St. (at Valencia), 647-5888 When: Sun., Apr. 3, noon-5 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: The Mission art gallery is selling raffle tickets for art (most pieces created by Japanese or Japanese American artists) and gift certificates (including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Tommy Guerrero and Umamimart Present a Japan Relief Show at the Burritt Room

    Guerrero: Doin' his part for Japan.​In just the latest of several Japan earthquake benefit shows to hit S.F., local skater/musical mastermind Tommy Guerrero has announced plans with the food and drink lovers over at Umamimart for a special event at the Crescent Hotel's Burritt Room. Guerrero, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Japanese Tsunami Debris: Will It Trash Our Beaches?

    How many volunteers will this cleanup take?​There are so many alarming side effects to the Japanese nuclear leak -- tainted rainwater, polluted air samples, and let's not forget the possibility of radiation in your milk. But while we are so preoccupied with these immediate hazards, we have yet to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Japan Benefit Highlights the Highball

    Umamimart​The Gift Of Food: A Benefit for Japan Where: Burritt Room at the Crescent Hotel, 417 Stockton (at Sutter), 400-0500 When: Tue., April 5, 8.p.m -1 a.m. Cost: $40 in advance, $45 at the door; proceeds benefit Second Harvest Japan The rundown: Umamimart, the food blog founded by l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Bakesale for Japan Update

    ​Bakesale for Japan Where: Multiple Bay Area locations When: Sat., April 2, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Cost: Items priced individually The rundown: Since we last checked in, Samin Nosrat's Bakesale for Japan has snowballed, with dozens of locations spanning the Bay Area, Southern California, the Paci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Japan Crisis Escalates, S.F. to Join Nation in Candlelight Vigil

    It's the least we could do ​As news spread on Friday that Japan is facing a possible breach at the troubled nuclear plant, San Francisco residents and politicians decided they would show their support with a candlelight vigil Monday after sunset. Media outlets are reporting that radioactive contam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Morning Benders Release Japan Echo EP for Earthquake Relief

    ​File this under super-cool ways to benefit the struggling, earthquake-torn nation on the other side of Ocean Beach: the Morning Benders, the Berkeley-via-Brooklyn indie-pop quartet that basically took the world by storm last year, has released an EP whose sales will go exclusively to benefit the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Yoshi's S.F. Announces Japan Benefit with Anthony Brown's Asian American Jazz Orchestra

    As the full scope of the Japan Earthquake disaster comes into view, everyone with a connection to Japan -- and many without one -- are pitching in to help as best they can. Count among those the San Francisco music venue and restaurant Yoshi's, whose Japan benefit event will feature live ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Japan Relief Fundraiser Tonight: Win a Bike Ride with David Chiu

    Photo by Greg Dewar Pedaling, but not for politics ​Maybe it's the last thing you could imagine doing -- spending one-on-one time with your city supervisors. Imagine lunching with Supervisor Malia Cohen (what would you talk about?), or taking a trip to the Academy of Sciences with the perennially ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Food Trucks' Days are Numbered as China Basin Prepares for Focaccia

    John BirdsallSam's ChowderMobile in the courtyard at China Basin.​China Basin, the South Beach office complex at 185 Berry that lost a Specialty's Cafe last month is preparing to fill the void with focaccia. Make that Focaccia with a capital F, the FiDi bakery and cafe now readying its second ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Chronicle Books Bake Sale Raises Over $7,800 for Japan

    ​Yesterday's Chronicle Books Bakesale to Help Japan? Some three dozen bakers ended up donating treats (staff, spouses, and neighbors, as well as Poco Dolce, Sweet Constructions, and Angel Cakes), says CB's David Hawk, netting just over $2,300. Chronicle Books doubled that figure for its donati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Tonight: Off the Grid Selling T-Shirts for Japan Quake Relief

    ​Not the best weather for an outdoor food-truck fest, maybe, but Off the Grid Fort Mason Center is dangling another incentive* for the waterproof who show up at tonight's season opener: T-shirts for Japan. OtG's Matt Cohen tells SFoodie he'll be selling shirts rocking the new Off the Grid logo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Radiation Levels Monitored on Japan-California Flights

    Old-school decontamination​U.S. Customs and Border Protection is monitoring radiation levels on airplanes, cargo, and passengers on flights inbound to West Coast cities from Japan, federal officials said today.In a statement, Customs and Border Protection said officials were seeking to "evaluate t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Today: Order the Quail at Nombe, Help Japan's Quake Relief

    Angela W./YelpNombe's chicken wings, a previous donation vehicle.​Another restaurant raising money for Japan quake relief: Nombe. Actually, Nombe started collecting donations last Saturday, day after the first full day of news about the tragedy broke over CNN. Co-owner Mari Takahashi says the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Chronicle Books Organizing Bake Sale for Japan Quake Relief

    Chronicle Books​As reported earlier today, Samin Nosrat is planning an epic series of simultaneous bake sales April 2 to raise funds for Japan disaster relief. In the meantime, Chronicle Books is stepping up with a sale of its own this Monday, Mar. 21, in its lobby at 680 Second Street in SOMA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Ebisu/Hotei Donating Part of This Week's Proceeds to Japan Quake Relief

    Ebisu​Another S.F. restaurant is stepping up for Japanese disaster relief. From a message on Ebisu's website: All of us are saddened and concerned to have learned about the destruction of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake which has devastated areas of Japan. Many of us and our staff have family and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Tsunami Relief: Here Is How to Help

    Help!​Images of the earthquake that devastated eastern Japan on Friday still haunt us; the death toll is rising by the day, and threats of a nuclear meltdown lingers.  Naturally, San Franciscans are flooding organizations with phone calls, curious about where and how they can help victims in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Tsunami Doesn't Affect San Francisco: An Eyewitness Account

    Ocean Beach​The call came just before 7 a.m. A concerned friend, who has lived in San Francisco less than a year, wanted to alert me that a deadly tsunami was headed my way. After devastating the northern coast of Japan, the tsunami -- generated by a staggering 8.9-magnitude earthquake in the Paci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    ICHI Donating Part of Tonight's Proceeds to Japanese Earthquake Relief

    CNNGrounded ship in the port of Hitachinaka in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture.​The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked northern Japan late last night has been felt here, too ― in Bernal Heights. ICHI Sushi's Erin Archuleta tells SFoodie the restaurant is accepting Red Cross donations tonight, p ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 9, 2011

    Drink 2011: Sake to Me

    CNNGrounded ship in the port of Hitachinaka in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture.​The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked northern Japan late last night has been felt here, too ― in Bernal Heights. ICHI Sushi's Erin Archuleta tells SFoodie the restaurant is accepting Red Cross donations tonight, p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    What Exactly Is an Izakaya? An Interview with Umamimart's Yoko Kumano

    jetalone/FlickrAn izakaya in Tokyo.​The more restaurants calling themselves "izakaya" that I eat at in the Bay Area, the more I'm convinced that the title simply indicates a new style of American Japanese neighborhood restaurant. That's no diss, mind you, and I'm delighted with the creativity that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Pyongyang Express: Food Truck Handing Out Free Korean Tacos for the Next Month

    John BirdsallWho wants free Korean tacos ― anybody?​A sister truck launched in L.A. last week, and now it's San Francisco's turn. Starting tonight and through March 21, a pop-up food truck named the Pyongyang Express ― created to pimp a new video game ― will make near-daily appearances a ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2011

    One woman's quest to live without products made in China

    John BirdsallWho wants free Korean tacos ― anybody?​A sister truck launched in L.A. last week, and now it's San Francisco's turn. Starting tonight and through March 21, a pop-up food truck named the Pyongyang Express ― created to pimp a new video game ― will make near-daily appearances a ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 12, 2011

    Beijing Restaurant: A taste of Northern China in San Francisco

    John BirdsallWho wants free Korean tacos ― anybody?​A sister truck launched in L.A. last week, and now it's San Francisco's turn. Starting tonight and through March 21, a pop-up food truck named the Pyongyang Express ― created to pimp a new video game ― will make near-daily appearances a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Beijing Restaurant: The Winteriest of Cuisines

    Kimberly SandieBeijing-style roast duck at Beijing Restaurant.​It seems fitting that this week's review of Beijing Restaurant's new Outer Sunset branch should come out on a week when snowy patches have appeared in 49 of 50 states. (Are you as envious as I am?) To a German American guy from the ver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    See 'Live From Tokyo,' Then Watch J-Rock Bands Play Live From Tokyo

    Japanese experimental-rock duo Kirihito​This, folks, has been a big year for Japanese rock in the U.S. -- and in the Bay Area. We recently witnessed local shows from X Japan and Dir en grey, two big-time rock groups from the island nation that are still struggling to break into the U.S. despite ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    X Japan's Sugizo Wants to Save the Whales

    Sugizo​Following up on an interview we did a couple of years ago when he was here with Juno Reactor, we sat down with new X Japan guitarist Sugizo backstage after the band's recent show at the Fox Theater. Always an engaging interview subject, and frequently very funny (he claims that the other me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Beef Curry, Japanese Style: Muracci's vs. Volcano

    Jonathan KauffmanVolcano's beef curry, $6.95.​Modern-day diners may spot a box of Golden Curry at Nijiya Market and assume Japanese importers brought curry back from the port of Kolkota, or perhaps it arrived through trade with Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. But the story of Japanese curry is even twis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Tokyo Go-Go: Daily Deals and a Velvet-Rope Vibe

    Michelle G./YelpDesign details give Tokyo Go-Go its proto-L.A. ambience.​The place: Tokyo Go-Go, 3174 16th St. (at Albion), 864-2288 The hours: Mon.-Sat., 5:30-7 p.m.; Sun., 5-6:30 p.m. The deals: Hand rolls, pints, and hot sake, $3.50; well drinks, $4; fancy cocktails, $5 The digs: Self-c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Chilli Cha Cha 2 Opening in the Mission

    Jonathan Kauffman​Looks like Chilli Cha Cha, the Haight Street Thai restaurant known for its fried noodles, is taking over the old China Fun Fast Food space at 3166 24th Street (at Shotwell). In early August, Mission Loc@l reported that China Fun Fast Food had closed a few months after the Departm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    With Rice Paddy Art, Japanese Village Creates Tourist Bonanza

    Shiho Fukada/New York TimesImages are "painted" using thousands of rice plants genetically engineered to have different hues.​In Inkadate, a village in rural northern Japan, rice is not just an important crop, a staple, it's a medium for intricate, colorful paddy art that might make Christo or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    San Francisco Giants May Open 2011 in Taiwan

    Will this play in Taiwan? ​If the San Francisco Giants play a two-game set against Arizona in Taiwan -- well, which one is the home team? Major League Baseball has a while to work out who would wear gray and who dons the home whites if Giants and Diamondbacks players approve a league plan to open ... More >>

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