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Iyasare: Modern Japanese Comfort Food

August 19, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
“Fourth Street” is a commercial district in Berkeley bustling with shops and restaurants. I have always considered it to be a cool and hidden shopping area in the East Bay. One of the restaurants located on Fourth Street is Iyasare serving modern Japanese comfort food. Although its been around for over five years, I recently...
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East Bay Eats

Inside OMCA: Blue Oak Cafe

August 5, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
I spent the morning at the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), a museum dedicated to California art, history, and natural sciences. As a child, I have had many memories and field trips to OMCA to view the large collection of California art. As an adult, I have visited OMCA to attend private events, Friday Nights...
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San Francisco Eats

You Don’t Have to Be a Crazy Rich Asian to Eat at Dragon Beaux

July 29, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
I just got back from a very nice dinner in the City for my book club meeting. We read Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan and our meeting place was appropriately held at the fancy Chinese restaurant Dragon Beaux in the outer Richmond district of San Francisco. Dim Sum is usually eaten during brunch, but...
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East Bay Eats

Chef Reem Assil Highlights Arab Food in Oakland 

July 15, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
If you haven’t heard of Chef Reem Assil, you really should as she is successfully putting Arab food on the map in Oakland. Her Arab street food started in the farmers markets before she opened her bakery, Reem’s in the Fruitvale Public Market over a year ago. She recently opened her second outpost, Dyafa, a...
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East Bay Eats

Gangnam Tofu in El Cerrito has lots of Style

July 1, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
I just got back from a fabulous dinner. I had Korean food with my BFF in El Cerrito. She was introducing me to Gangnam Tofu for the first time. We went for an early dinner after spending the day hiking and geocaching in the area. We were lucky that we didn’t have a wait since...
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East Bay Eats

Dosa by Dosa in Oakland

April 8, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
It excites me to write about Dosa by Dosa, a hip new South Indian restaurant located in Uptown Oakland. The restaurant is owned by the husband and wife team, Anjan and Emily Mitra who already run two popular and successful restaurants in San Francisco by the name of Dosa. The Mitras bring a more casual...
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East Bay Eats

Mockingbird Moves Me to La La Land.

January 21, 2018 by 510foodie No Comments
Over eighty restaurants participated in this year’s Oakland Restaurant Week (ORW). For ten days, various restaurants around the community were offering lunch and dinner menus with special pricing. I find that ORW is a great way to try out a local restaurant that I haven’t tried yet. I was super excited to try Mockingbird for...
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Southern California Eats

An Eggtraordinary Meal

December 17, 2017 by 510foodie No Comments
“I Must Eat This” was the subject line of an email from a friend of mine in Los Angeles. It was referring to a meal inspired by the Sanrio character Gudetama at the Japanese restaurants called Curry House. According to Wikipedia, Gudetama was introduced by Sanrio in 2013 and is a gender neutral character that...
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East Bay Eats

I Dream of Sushi

September 3, 2017 by 510foodie No Comments
I recently met my BFF at Angel Fish in Alameda for dinner. Sushi is always a good choice on a hot day and Alameda is usually a bit cooler as well. My BFF has been a regular at Angel Fish for almost two decades. Every time I have dined at Angel Fish, I have enjoyed...
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East Bay Eats

Bluefin: When you can’t decide between Japanese and Thai food

August 13, 2017 by 510foodie No Comments
Last week my family decided they wanted to go out to dinner. There was a lot of debate over what to eat. My mom had been in the mood for Japanese food lately and hadn’t gotten her fix. I was thinking Laotian or Thai food. My sister in law had suggested a restaurant in Alameda...
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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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