Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond.
You can't have da mango: On NPR's Morning Edition, local writer Sandip Roy waxes eloquent about Indian mangoes -- a Bush-era nukes agreement with India freed them up for import. One variety is the Alphonso, known in India as the King of Mangoes. Roy presents a specimen to Orson owner Elizabeth Falkner. She gushes, which only makes Roy homesick for Calcutta. The taste of mango was a price of immigration. It was our symbol of loss, and all the
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Let's do lunch:
A mere sandwich? Pass. SF Weekly food diva Meredith Brody says proceed directly to the Jordanian-style chicken Mosakhan (with onions, sumac, and pine nuts, rolled into a tortilla) at Good Frikin Chicken (10 29th St. at Mission, 970-2428).
Drink therapy:
Show up for happy hour drink specials and stay for Tim Luym's neo-Filipino and pan-Asian noshes at Poleng Lounge (1751 Fulton at Masonic, 441-1751), 4-6:30 p.m.
Feeling extra flush? You can always scor
M. Brody
The sign from SweetFace Bakery said it all.SF Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody risked sunburn and serious bloating at the three-day Eat Real Festival in Oakland this weekend. This is her third and final report.
On the last day of Eat Real, the Oakland festival celebrating street food and sustainable agriculture, the weather joined the party. Sunday was sunny, but a breeze off the bay kept things cooler than muggy Friday or baking Saturday, thereby increasing the crowds. D
J. BirdsallLuym, grilling up goodness at the S.F. Street Food Festival.An early nibble from the Weekly's Wednesday food review.
Seems that some chefs are born fierce, while others (credit changing tastes, the alignment of the planets, whatever) have fierceness thrust upon them. That second option describes the trajectory of Tim Lyum, chef at Poleng Lounge (1751 Fulton at Masonic) and a guy getting a lot of second looks these days, thanks to the city's sweaty embrace of street food. Soun
