< Blame it on the Food » Oakland
 

Oakland

...now browsing by tag

 
Bars Beer Breakfast brunch Cocktails coffee cookies CSA CSA Box dessert Drinks Eating Out Farmers Market Foodie Gift Foodie Gifts Greens Home Cookin' home cooking Ice Cream Japanese Los Gatos Lunch Main Dish Mexican Oakland Out of Town Pasta Pizza Ramen recipe Recipes Salad San Francisco San Jose santa cruz SF SF Bay Area Day Trip Side Dish Silicon Valley Soup Tacos Vegan Vegetable Vegetarian Wine
 

Bakesale Betty in Oakland & Cole Slaw Recipe

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Bakesale Betty, finally we’ve met!  We must be the only ones who hadn’t been to the infamous Bakesale Betty in Oakland.  You order at the counter.  Get a Chicken Sandwich or Salad, a lemon smoothie, and chocolate chip or molasses cookies!  Then you grab an ironing board out front and sit on a stool to chow down!  Their slaw is great.  Our friend Michele told us that their slaw recipe had been published online and we found it!  Check out the photographs above to see just how fine you need to chop the slaw ingredients.  You can even watch a video on how to make the Cole Slaw.

Bakesale Betty’s Cole Slaw Recipe

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/bakesale-bettys-cole-slaw/#ixzz1U4XfZXOD

For the vinaigrette: Combine mustard, vinegar and salt in a bowl. Slowly whisk in olive oil until well blended.

For the coleslaw: Macerate onions in red wine vinegar, and let sit at least 20 minutes. Remove onions and discard vinegar. Toss onions with jalapeno, parsley, cabbage and salt. Toss with vinaigrette until evenly coated.

Bakesale Betty
Tuesday-Thursday
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
Friday-Saturday
7:00AM-2:00PM
Closed Sundays and Mondays.

5098 Telegraph Ave, Oakland.

We’re at the SE corner of Telegraph and 51st in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood.

510.985.1213

Posted in Eating Out, Oakland | 1 Response »
Tags: , , , ,

Tamarindo: Oakland

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

I read about Tamarindo in Old Oakland three years ago in Sunset Magazine and I have wanted to try it ever since.  The Tamarindo Margarita was my main interest (turns out it is rather sweet and the Mezcalito is what won us over) as well as the small plates.  We finally got around to it and we re-discovered some finer points of upscale-cuisine and upscale-Mexican Cuisine in particular:

  • Mezcal is wonderful with its smoky goodness in cocktails (Drank this in Tamarindo’s Mezcalito Cocktail (Del Maguel Crema de Mezcal – Orange – Volcanic Salt Rim))
  • Some Yelpers can summarize a spot in a few key words, some. This statement is pretty much spot-on, “Expensive, Small Portions, and Delicious.” This means you must go with a Cocktails-and-Small-Plates-State-of-Mind and sit at the bar OR make it a ladies night out dinner. Don’t go with a Super Burrito mentality (or a husband who needs 3,000 calories a day who will have to run through In-N-Out on the way home) because he will not get full on the sharable small plates concept, unless you have hours to eat, and a wallet filled with hundred dollar bills.

Posted in Eating Out, Oakland | No Comments »
Tags: ,

GrassRoutes Guides & Oakland Dining Recommendations Online

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

I met Serena of GrassRoutes Guides (Oakland, CA) at a Food Blogging dinner in SF and quickly wanted to know when she would come down and write a guidebook about Silicon Valley/South Bay because we are not the ugly step sister of SF.  I really liked Serena’s energy and optimism about Oakland in particular.  Now we have a ton more spots to check out in our often frequented Oakland (and then some spots from her other guides on SF, Wine Country, Portland, & Seattle).  Serena told me that Eco-Tourism should not just be for the exotic travels to such locales as Costa Rica but that even urban places in the Bay Area, that are Eco-conscious, can enrich and enlighten our travels and explorations at home.

The Oakland/Berkeley Guidebook page online has lots of restaurant descriptions and suggestions for places to eat in Categories such as:

  • Do Lunch (Bake Sale Betty – Famous Fried Chix Sandwich)
  • Casual Night Out – (One pick we’ve tried is – Dona Tomas – Great Cookbook and Creative, Upscale Mexican Spot)
  • Coffee Time (Blue Bottle of course! – Don’t miss it!)
  • Dress Up
  • Farm to Table
  • International Grocery
  • Sweet Tooth
  • Imbibe (Need to add Beer Revolution & Friday at Drakes Brewery to the list (I know it is in San Leandro but it is so worth it))

Posted in Around California, Eating Out, Foodie Gifts, Oakland | No Comments »
Tags: , , , ,

Beer Revolution: Oakland, CA

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

I will spare you the revolution metaphors, puns and bad jokes.  This place is about beer.  And not just good beer, but excellent beer.  Since the holidays are coming up, I’ll express my greatest desire: that Beer Revolution was move to within walking distance from my house.  Beer Revolution has every beer you can imagine for takeout or drinking there.  It has your IPA section, with your local Drake’s Denogginizer Double IPA, and your BrewDog Hardcore IPA out of Scotland.  It also has all your favorite Belgians and Belgian-styles, including some hard-to finds from Russian River Brewing.  There are Lambics and Guezes and everything that surrounds them.

Now, all I’ve been talking about is Beer Revolution’s refrigerators that line the left wall.  However, that leaves out one of the best reasons to spend an afternoon into an evening there.  That reason being the rotating taps of the same amazing variety held within the coolers.  There are ten to fifteen taps being poured, with almost a guarantee of one changing while you are there.

Since Beer Revolution is in Oakland, you have more of a chance that it will be warm there.  This means that you can take advantage of their outdoor deck and their openness to bringing outside food and having a picnic, then staying for a while to see what taps will change.

If you needed another reason to come, Beer Revolution also has great events.  There are weekly “Sweet and Sour Tuesdays” where sour ales and chocolate are paired and special events like the launch of new drafts from local breweries.

If you aren’t there already, you should be.

Posted in Drinks, Oakland | 1 Response »
Tags: , , , , ,

To Do: Beer Revolution & City Beer Store – Oakland & SF

Sunday, May 30th, 2010
“Beer has become the new wine!’

from NY Times Travel
By ERIC SMILLIE
Published: May 30, 2010
Exquisite & Rare Beers that Change Daily!

Mix and match six packs or taste with a cheese plate as you browse!

Posted in Drinks, Oakland, San Francisco | 1 Response »
Tags: , , , , , ,

Savory Morning Bun @ La Farine: Oakland, CA

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

A friend works at La Farine in the Dimond District in Oakland and suggested that I try the Morning Bun, a savory ham, Gruyere, onion  pastry with a touch of dill.  It was out of this world good.  There was a slight crunch on the outside of the buttery pastry shell with moist, savory ham and a bit of dill on the inside.  Decadent and delicious.  I have to say it is just quality and is better than Bouchon Bakery, ah crap, did I say that?

La Farine

Locations ->

Click to continue »

Posted in Eating Out, Oakland | No Comments »
Tags: , ,

The Pleasant Pheasant Pot Pie

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Our friend Joel went hunting for pheasant a week or so ago and invited us up to enjoy the bounty in the form of a Pheasant Pot Pie.

He roasted the pheasant in the oven while preparing the pie shells and vegetable filling.  Like many of us modern cooks he grabbed a recipe online and altered it knowing that spices would make it taste like something.  Joel even knew the spices would make the recipe taste like something good!

POT PIE IX + roasted pheasant – minus the chicken + fresh herbs:

  • +2 Tablespoons fresh Thyme, chopped
  • +1 Tablespoon Rosemary sprigs
  • +1 Bay Leaf
  • +1 Garlic, minced

For full recipe ->

Click to continue »

Posted in Home Cookin', Main Dishes | No Comments »
Tags: , , , , ,

More Than Just a Good Rolling Stones’ Song; Brown Sugar, Oakland & Day Trip

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Brown Sugar Oakland, CA & An Oakland Day-Trip Itinerary

• A Creative Soul Food breakfast joint so good that your old-school grandmother and your hipster cousin from LA can come together and love every minute of it.  A bonus is also the fact that you won’t feel greasy or smell like the fryer when you leave.  The décor is very modern and has an updated tasteful diner feeling with a brown sugar color palette all around you.

Brown Sugar offers such specialties as Cornmeal Waffles and Fried Chicken, Pulled Pork Sandwich with Lime Slaw, Black-Eyed Pea Salad, Roast Pork Hash, and the Mac & Cheese.  You WILL wait in line to get a table at Brown Sugar because it is that popular even though it sits nearly by itself (at this point … hint, hint) in West Oakland.  You can watch the chef, Tanya Holland, prepare your food with precision alongside her other cooks in the kitchen.  I look forward to seeing the cook/chef who sports a green mohawk rockin’ out on the cooking channel with his own punk-rock palate show.

An Oakland Day Trip Itinerary:

(Must go on a first Sunday of the month)

1st Stop Eat breakfast at Brown Sugar @ 8-10am

2nd Stop First Sunday of every month go to the Alameda Flea Market @ 10am-12pm

3rd Stop Go on a tour at Hangar One Distillery Tasting & Tour in Alameda @ 12noon – 6pm

  • Get Directions: http://www.hangarone.com/visit.html
  • Taste Creatively-Crafted Flavored Vodkas, Absinthe, & Whiskey
  • Take a tour with the Vodka Vixen
  • You can bring a picnic lunch or snacks to eat out front on the picnic table and admire the view of SF from across the bay

Posted in Eating Out, Oakland, SF Bay Area Day Trips | No Comments »
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

« Older Entries