Oakland, CA

    AMERICAN

    The Alley  – what to order: steak
    Bay Wolf  – what to order: duck liver flan and basically anything duck
    — 37th Anniversary Double Duck Dinner
    Oregon Wine Adventure
    Buckhorn Grill (Emeryville) – what to order: steak
    Commis
    Homestead
    Plum (Oakland) – what to order: NOTHING! This place is also not worth visiting.
    Prime Spot (Oakland) – what to order: steak
    True Burger – what to order: salads (jk, but actually they do have “chopped BLT salad” for whoever… I can’t even imagine)

    CHINESE

    Delicious Food Company – what to order: mini apple pie in foil cupcake cup
    Sum Yee Pastry
    Szechwan Restaurant – what to order: zha chai rou si mein (pickle and pork noodle soup)

    ETHIOPIAN

    Cafe Eritrea D’Afrique – what to order: orange cream drink

    GERMAN

    Speisekammer – what to order: elderflower soda (or if you drink, beer and sausage, of course!)

    ITALIAN

    I Squared – what to order: this place is not that great.

    JAPANESE

    B-Dama – what to order: monkfish liver (and everything else!)
    The Ramen Shop
    Shimizu – what to order: “volcano scallop”

    KOREAN

    Casserole House – what to order: bulgogi jeongol
    Kang Nam Pho – what to order: pho (naturally)
    Kang Tong Degi – what to order: fried chicken and green onion
    Koreana Plaza
    Oriental BBQ Chicken Town (North Oakland) – what to order: gan jang chicken
    Sahn Maru Korean BBQ – what to order: chulpan bulgogihaemul pa jeon (seafood pancake)
    Sura – what to order: jogi gui (grilled fish), but actually, I only like this place for its banchan, which comes for free with any order

    VIETNAMESE

    Bánh Cuốn Tây Hồ – what to order: banh cuon (steamed rice roll with pork and mushroom filling)
    — San Jose: before and after revamped.
    — Oakland (old)
    — Oakland (new management)
    Bánh mì Ba Lẹ (Oakland) – what to order: any type of banh mi, mung bean milk
    — bánh mì ốp la (fried egg bánh mì)
    — steamed cassava
    — banana dog (chuoi nep nuong – grilled banana in sticky rice)
    — bún riêu (tomato and crab noodle soup)
    Ba-Lê Deli (Oakland)
    Kang Nam Pho

    OTHER SOUTHEAST ASIAN

    GENERAL SOUTHEAST ASIAN
    Hawker Fare – what to order: “24h pork belly”
    BURMESE
    Burma Superstar  – what to order: coconut rice and sauteed eggplant
    CAMBODIAN
    Battambang – what to order: sach chrouk aing (lemongrass grilled pork)
    LAO
    Champa Garden – what to order: nam kaow

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