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Archive I like Filipino food, but it’s not one of my favorite foods. However, I have seen several Filipino restaurants pop up in the East Bay in the past year. I pass Kainbigan whenever I take 14th Avenue to get home. Speaking of pop up, Kainbigan started out as a weekly pop up before it moved...
I love spam. I’m not talking about unwanted emails, but the savory meat product in a can. When you pull it out of the can it is very pale and doesn’t look very appetizing. Once you slice it up and pan fry it, it glistens and transforms into something beautiful and tasty. My favorite way...
This is another blog post about dim sum. It’s a food that I am very familiar with because I grew up eating it and I continue to eat it to this day. I have had the pleasure of enjoying dim sum in Hong Kong, in Vancouver BC, in New York City, in Los Angeles, and...
In German, Brotzeit Lokal means pub snacks. In Oakland, you’ll find a restaurant with this name located by the Waterfront close to Jack London Square. I had dinner with friends about a month ago and went back for lunch last weekend. We were early so we ordered some German beer and the beer snack platter...
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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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