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Exploring Louisville, Kentucky: Part I

March 31, 2013 by 510foodie No Comments
I just got back from a conference in Louisville, Kentucky. (Pronounced Lou-uh-vul). I admit I wasn’t really looking forward to the location, but at the same time I do like exploring new territory. With some free time, a few colleagues and I headed a short distance outside Downtown to the Butchertown Market. The historical brick...
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Easter Eggs: Natural Dyes

March 24, 2013 by 510foodie No Comments
I remember a time back in elementary school when my teacher asked all the students to bring in onion skins. With the bulk of onion skins brought in, she taught us to dye eggs with it. That’s a memory that came back to me when I was reading my recent issue of Eating Well magazine....
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San Francisco Eats

Dosa: South Indian Flavors

March 17, 2013 by 510foodie No Comments
My friends and I crossed the Bay Bridge and attended CAAMFEST, the film festival put on by the Center for Asian American Media on Friday night. Although the festival is held in several venues around the Bay Area, it is centered in Japantown in San Francisco. We had a 9:15pm screening, so we planned for...
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East Bay Eats

Dan Sung Sa: For the Young and Hip

March 10, 2013 by 510foodie No Comments
There is a stretch of Telegraph Avenue between West Grand Avenue and West MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland that I refer to as “Korea-town”. I occasionally shop at Koreana Plaza, the Korean grocery store. I don’t tend to eat at the Korean restaurants on Telegraph Avenue because it is a sketchy area. My BFF introduced me...
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In Orlando: Blue Zoo

March 4, 2013 by 510foodie No Comments
I just got back from a Business trip to Orlando and stayed at Disney’s Swan & Dolphin Hotel. I was at this same hotel last year for the same conference so was familiar with the property and the food options. Blue Zoo is a Todd English restaurant located in the hotel that I didn’t get...
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Hello, my name is Lisa Lau.  Welcome to my new website 510foodie.com.  I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I am passionate about food and am here to share my food adventures with you.

I’ve been blogging about food for almost ten years.  I am a contributing writer for localwise.com where my blog post Top Five Bowls of Noodle Soup in Oakland went viral.  In 2018, I was a guest writer for Berkeleyside where I wrote the featured article  A Filipino Food Movement is Sweeping the East Bay.

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