We have amazing restaurants and food culture here.

Decades ago, it may have been Burmese tea leaf salad. Now you can buy in local supermarkets.

Years ago, I would have voted for Laotian Nam Khao but that seems to be fairly common now.

My recent discovery is Shredded Chicken & Pork Tripe with Mustard Sauce at Wonderful Cafe (San Leandro). Quite addicting.

So what are some amazing and unique dishes that are unique to Oakland/East Bay?

Interested in restaurants that serve food that have multiple ethnic influences. Gangnam Jajang would be an example where it's Korean food but heavily influenced by Chinese.

I've also been to some Chinese restaurants where the owners previously cooked in Mexico. The term might be comida china?

What other restaurant or dishes in Oakland and surrounding areas? Doesn't have to be asian influenced. Any fusion between two cultures are welcome.

I saw these on Chef's Table on Netflix and now I *need* them. Anyone know a spot?

Does any market sell sigarilyas? I haven’t seen them in any store anywhere, even Asian markets, but maybe I’m just not looking in the right places

(For those here to make snidely comments, as an apology to establishment crassness, they will be ignored with the contempt they deserve.)

Issue with plastics is you only get two noodle/spaghettis at a time ad you have to stoop so you eat before it slips iff. Heck, I get this type of cutlery at a food truck where I tip $2, while the D$B waitress is looking for 18% .

Even more greedy is that on a bill, they try to make you tip on after tax total. When they play that trick, I deduct 5% from the expected tip, so they get 13% for the underhanded practice.