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Kristela Mendoza's entry in the Kulinarya competition.
Themes and highlights from the blog this week:
1. The upcoming SF Street Food Festival this weekend has had SFoodie all atwitter. We
previewed the festival, made recommendations on
what to drink, and talked up the
silent auction.
2. As a festival extra, John Birdsall interviewed SF Cart Project's
Matt Cohen. Cohen, a former ramen truck owner and hotel manager, has helped many food trucks untangle the knot of regulations that make it so hard for them to make it onto the streets here (last month, Cohen
talked specifics with us). And his Off the Grid night markets are bringing San Franciscans in contact with trucks and carts that can't otherwise make it into the city.
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The B3 burger receives the SFoodie endorsement.
3. Tamara Palmer declares Summer 2010 to be the season of the bao, spotting
steamed buns everywhere. Extra reading: In June, local blogger Gary Soup did a cross-country comparison of new-school
pork buns. So far, my favorite bao has been the chile-doused chicken bao from Chairman Bao ― but believe me, I'm still tasting.
4. Another SFoodie meme showing up again this week: nuevo Filipino cuisine. John Birdsall raved about the
pulutan pop-up Hapa SF's William Pilz cooked at La Victoria last week, while Jun Belen reported on the
Kulinarya, a gastronomic throwdown being sponsored by the
Philippine Tourism Department.
5. Birdsall, who is a right snob when it comes to hamburgers, tasted
the burger at the new B³ on Valencia and 23rd and trumpeted its greatness. Strong words! Let us know what you think.
