Andrew Food for Thought

In this episode, Alvin highlights two of his favorite restaurants, Art's Cafe and King of Noodle, both located in his neighborhood in San Francisco. Alvin and I also discuss a recent trip we took to Kenya, and highlight some of the food we had there. To wrap things up, Alvin shares about his newfound interest in baking sourdough bread, and his ambition of learning how to make potstickers and green onion pancakes.

In this episode, my good friend Danny Chang takes the role of the host while I'm put in the hot seat. Danny asks me about how the podcast got started, what my favorite restaurants in SF are, and where I go for late night food. We also discuss my featured restaurant - One Market, located in Downtown SF.

In this episode, Sabi DuBose features her favorite local restaurant Gyros King - a halal restaurant located near her home in Aurora, Colorado. As part of her Islamic faith, Sabi follows a halal diet, which makes Gyros King a frequent destination. Sabi has also developed an interest in both Mediterranean and Moroccan food - two types of cuisine with deep roots in Halal cuisine. She traveled to Morocco with her husband a few years back, and has been learning more and more about Moroccan cuisine and techniques for preparing classic Moroccan dishes. Sabi shares her experience learning about Moroccan cuisine, discusses some of her favorite American recipes, and describes what it's like to find restaurants and grocery stores that are Halal.

In this episode, Alan Zheng returns to his childhood neighborhood of Oakland Chinatown and reminisces on his experience growing up there. He shares his story in the context of broader cultural shifts, as Oakland Chinatown has gradually become gentrified similar to many Chinatowns across the United States. Alan also shares about some of his favorite documentaries that tell the story of the Chinese-American experience, and juxtaposes those stories with that of his uncle who moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to open one of the only Chinese restaurants in the area.

Brad de Raad took a cooking class in San Francisco last year and it opened his eyes to new techniques and recipes. He's enjoyed baking different kinds of bread and has especially enjoyed baking pumpkin bread during the fall season. In this episode, Brad and I discuss his newfound interest in cooking and baking, we give an overview of our breakfast at a famous bakery called Tartine, and we dive into Brad's family traditions - including buying Dutch Christmas bread every year from a Dutch bakery in Pasadena, California.