Thailand

Peninsula Dining Update: New Burmese Superstar in San Carlos, Fancy Fried Fish in Half Moon Bay

Rangoon Ruby's unique take on Burmese cuisine has proved so popular after its rookie year in Palo Alto it's already opened up a sequel in San Carlos. The San Francisco pedigree is there, with the chef/owners formerly of the city's beloved Burma Superstar. It'll take a few visits to make your way thr ... More >>

Life Wish: The Pleasantly Terminal Films of a Thai Director

Top Chef Masters: Cosentino Watch, Episode 6

Welcome to Cosentino Watch, where we recap the moves of San Francisco chef Chris Cosentino as he competes in Top Chef Masters. Warning: Spoilers ahead. Episode 6 is called "Thai One On," but thankfully it's not a full hour of puns. It's the first time all season we get to see host Curtis Stone turn ... More >>

Get Your Snack On: Toasted Coconut Chips

A pouch of toasted coconut chips from local (and, it must be said, unfortunately named) Dang Foods came in the mail the other day. Like all unsolicited food samples that arrive at SFoodie headquarters, we sampled them diligently ... then found ourselves eating the whole bag.

Summer of Eats: Nosh Your Way From Solstice to Equinox in S.F.

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

R.I.P. Solomon Kahn, DJ for the Golden State Warriors, 1977-2012

Solomon Kahn, a beloved local DJ who performed at such diverse venues as Oracle Arena, AT&T Park, and every major club in San Francisco, was tragically killed Tuesday, Jan. 31, in Bangkok, Thailand, in a car accident. He was 34. Kahn, known to clubgoers as DJ Solomon, was in Thailand as a part of a ... More >>

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Fresh Eats: Lers Ros: Tom Silargorn Talks on Authentic Thai

Q&A With Lers Ros's Chef, Tom Silargorn, Talking About Real Thai Food

Alanna HaleLers Ros chef-owner Tom Silargorn.​Born in Chon Buri, a coastal province about 45 minutes southeast of Bangkok, chef Tom Silargorn learned to cook by his mother's side. Three years ago, he opened Lers Ros in the Tenderloin and quickly earned a devout following of locals, chefs and food ... More >>

Recent Openers

Recent Openers

Hookahs Go Out, Chef Changes, and Breaking a Curse

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. All S.F. hookah flames are set to be extinguished, so if you want to get in a little more of that shisha, better do it soon. The Feast shares, via Inside Scoop, Kan Zaman and Marrakech Moroccan R ... More >>

Top 10 Awful Songs That Are Awesome for Karaoke

Not sure if you've noticed yet, but this fair city of ours is awash with karaoke. All the way from the traditional joints in Japantown to the dive bars of the Mission (Sunday afternoons in The 500 Club are particularly noteworthy), people are volunteering to sing for their fellow patrons like nothi ... More >>

The Under-$10 Hookup: Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen

Luis ChongThumbs up: Lime Tree's beef rendang.​Last Thursday's KQED Forum radio show with Michael Krasny featured a chat with Bay Area food writers and restaurant critics including SF Weekly's Jonathan Kauffman. During listener call-ins, several requested recommendations for inexpensive dining ... More >>

Last Night: Gappy Ranks at Paradise Lounge's Cooyah!

Gappy Ranks​Gappy RanksJuly 14, 2010 Cooyah at Paradise Lounge Better than: A gap year in Thailand after college With camera flashes blasting, and a 150 or so amped reggae fans thrusting hands in the air, British reggae artist Gappy Ranks (the stage name of Jacob Lee Williams) got his first tast ... More >>

Delicious small plates from the Philippines, Vietnam, and China star at Poleng Lounge

Snacktion: Trader Joe's Dried Rambutan

Name: Dried RambutanBrand: Trader Joe'sOrigin: ThailandFound at: Trader Joe's (265 Winston at 20th Ave.)Cost: $3.29Ingredients: Rambutan.Calories per serving: 150The word: A fleshier, spikier, and all-around sassier cousin to lychee, rambutan is one of the scariest looking, yet sweetest tasting frui ... More >>

San Franciscan Pleads Guilty in U.K. 'Inconsiderate' Driving Death

We've all been there. Our plane lands in Thailand, or England, or New Zealand, or any of the other 73 countries where people insist on driving on the left side of the street, and we rent a car. Then we get a crash (er, hopefully not crash) course in reversing everything we've ever kno ... More >>

Happier Hour at Basil Canteen

The "Happier Hour" at Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom at 11th St.) has an awesome menu of $5 snacks that captures the breadth of street-food offerings in Thailand, from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. The sai ouah pictured is a cavalcade of flavor, as you layer slices of Chiang Mai curried pork sausage with p ... More >>

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

Waking Dream

Mack the Kunafa

New tastes from the Middle East.

Calling Out Around the World

Eavesdropping Once Again: the codependents at Basil

Which Assholes Are Banning the Net?

WBC Muay Thai: Now Throwing 'Bows in SF

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

He's Really Doing That

Repertory Film Listings

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Repertory Film Listings

Reps Etc.

Fight the Power

Siamese villagers blast their Burmese oppressors in Bang Rajan

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

The Monolith

Here Comes the Monolith

Neung Phak

Neung Phak

Reps Etc.

Monkey Business

Full relaxation is achieved with delicious Thai food in an unusually pleasant and stylish setting

Three Best Funky Furniture Stores

Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Real to Reel

Life abroad, through the lens of film

Bend It Like Bollywood

See the best of Bollywood in "Cinema of the Indian Diaspora," part of the Asian American Film Fest

Chic Simple Noodles

Independent Counsel

The brand-new San Francisco Independent Film Festival highlights the real indies

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