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Three collections from the series: Where I'm From (home, Oakland, family kitchens), Places I've Been (trips and out-of-town eats), and People I've Met (Bay Area stories and collaborations). Browse below or watch on YouTube.
In this episode, I sit down with Matt and Billy to hear how Bodega SF came to be, what it took to bring the family back together, and what it means to modernize a cuisine without losing what made it feel like home.
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I teamed up with my friend Harry from Tableside Pizza for a collab drop. Harry does these limited Asian-inspired pizza drops in the Bay, and we spent a day figuring out how to put my smoked meats on his pizza.
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In this episode, I sit down with some special guests to share dim sum, talk about the importance of Cantonese banquet halls, and reflect on why preserving our culture matters.
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In this episode, we highlight the stories of local chefs, restaurateurs, and food vendors who are not just serving amazing dishes but also preserving the culture and community of West Oakland.
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Join me as I dive into the stories of three incredible pitmasters who are bringing the Lone Star State’s BBQ traditions to our backyard in the Bay.
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In this episode, we meet up with some local artists, creators, and chefs to talk about growing up in the Bay as Filipino Americans, learn more about different Filipino communities.
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In this episode we explore San Jose, home to the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam.
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In this episode, I want to highlight some of the incredible Hispanic restaurants and small businesses right here in the Bay Area, as well as the amazing people behind them.
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In this episode, we meet up with the owner of Square Pie Guys, Marc Schechter, to learn some tips and tricks to improve your home pizza making.
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In this episode, we explore Alameda, a small island neighboring Oakland. I spent some of my childhood in Alameda, and lived here for a few years too recently.
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In this episode, we dive into the Bay Area's food pop up scene, meet some of the people behind the most exciting pop ups, and highlight some of my favorites.
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In this episode, we cross the bridge and explore the Sunset, one of my favorite neighborhoods in San Francisco.
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In this episode, we explore Castro Valley, a place I call home. We originally moved to Castro Valley in the early 2000s, and the town has changed so much, including all of its restaurants and small businesses.
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In this episode, we honor AAPI month, and highlight some of the most exciting Asian American food in the Bay Area right now, and hear from some of the people behind it.
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Collection Three: “People I've Met" highlights people that I've met throughout life, and through running this series so far, as I dig more into stories about where they're from, and what they do.
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Korean food is one of our favorites, and in this episode, we're going to share some of our favorite meals we had in Seoul.
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We traveled to Vancouver for a week for a final trip before the baby came.
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A few years ago, I picked up pizza making. I'm still a beginner, but I wanted to share some of my favorite styles of pizza I like to make at home — Margherita, NYC, Detroit, and Bay Area.
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LA is one of my favorite cities to get tacos, with so much variety available anywhere and at any time.
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Being from the Bay, LA is somewhere I've been visiting my entire life. Over all these trips, I've discovered some of my favorite spots in SoCal, and I just wanted to share some of them.
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Vegas is somewhere I visit a lot ever since I turned 21. It's never really been somewhere I travel to focus on good food, where we just ate whatever was convenient on the strip.
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Outside of the Bay, New York City is my favorite city in the world, and this episode highlights one of my recent trips back.
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This episode is for all the other smoked meat nerds out there, as I smoke some of my favorite Texas BBQ meats, as well as experiment with my own personal favorites utilizing Texas BBQ methods.
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Tokyo is one of my favorite cities in the world, and this episode highlights my third time back in Japan.
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Collection Two: “Places I’ve Been” highlights some of my travels from this past year, and how food and culture around the world has inspired me.
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Thanks to everyone who watched Collection One. Collection Two, "Places I've Been," will highlight travels, places eaten, and lessons brought back home — plus a merch release.
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I'm doing a four part Oakland taco tour where I highlight my favorites in different areas of the town, and this is part four where I share my favorite spots in Deep East Oakland.
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In this episode, I highlight Oakland's Little Saigon, also known as New Chinatown or the Eastlake area.
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In this episode in my sister's kitchen, we're getting together to hot pot for dinner.
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I'm doing a four part Oakland taco tour where I highlight my favorites in different areas of the town, and this is part three where I share my spots around different parts of Oakland west of Lake Merritt.
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Episode on Southeast Asian Food Staples in East Oakland.
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In this episode in my parents' kitchen, we'll be making doong (zongzi) together, something my family has made every year as a Chinese tradition.
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I'm doing a four part Oakland taco tour where I highlight my favorites in different areas of the town, and this is part two where I share my spots around International, High Street, and Coliseum Way areas.
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In this first episode in the kitchen, I'll be cooking cha siu, one of my favorite Chinese dishes ever.
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First up is Oakland Chinatown, featuring my cousins I spent a lot of my time with growing up in the 90s into the 2000s.
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I'm doing a four part Oakland taco tour where I highlight my favorites in different areas of the town, and this is part one where I share my spots in Fruitvale.
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Collection One: Where I'm From highlights Victor’s roots: A first generation Chinese American, born in Oakland, and raised around the entire East Bay.
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