Luke Tsai
@theluketsai
Food editor at @KQEDarts. Tips, pitches to [email protected]. https://www.kqed.org/author/ltsai. Also find me at: http://theluketsai.bsky.social/
I profiled Kaitlyn Bui, the Bay Area's most popular Dungeness crab fishing influencer (crab-fluencer?), whose videos are INCREDIBLY fun and appealing — and have a particularly huge following among Gen Z girls. kqed.org/arts/13969644/…
Multimedia artist David Horvitz and Bay Area chef Leif Hedendal will be putting on a kid-friendly experiential art show of sorts at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive this Sunday entitled Teach Your Children to Slurp Noodles. kqed.org/arts/13976887/…
I wrote about this cool, kid-friendly event at a Berkeley museum that celebrates one of my core beliefs: that loudly slurping is the only CORRECT way to eat noodles. kqed.org/arts/13976887/…
Updated my highly opinionated Bay Area boba roundup for KQED's (thoroughly non-AI-generated) summer guide. kqed.org/arts/13957666/…
I was shocked to hear that one of my favorite Bay Area soul food chefs died in a tragic accident a month ago. Carl Bolling's food, served inside an Oakland convenience store, was incredibly delicious. Now his family is trying to keep his legacy alive. kqed.org/arts/13978587/…
Everything is terrible right now, but if you find yourself passing through SFO this summer, do yourself a favor and treat yourself to a meal at Mama Go's. kqed.org/arts/13978355/…
I was just happy to find out the chef from my all-time favorite Puerto Rican spot was cooking again, but I then I learned he's been on a whole JOURNEY—one involving Guy Fieri and a long stint in Santa Rita Jail. His story: kqed.org/arts/13977950/…
Extremely excited for the next 🇵🇷 restaurant in Oakland and congratulations to Chef Eric Rivera. But wow his legal story is infuriating and tragic - ignoring his right to a speedy trial is theft of his life 😡 Great feature by @theluketsai
I was just happy to find out the chef from my all-time favorite Puerto Rican spot was cooking again, but I then I learned he's been on a whole JOURNEY—one involving Guy Fieri and a long stint in Santa Rita Jail. His story: kqed.org/arts/13977950/…
Here's Rocky Rivera's great essay on a phenomenon I've noticed for a while now: how basically the only viable, thriving malls that are left are completely dominated by Asian food. kqed.org/arts/13977860/…
Rikki's, the Bay Area's first women's sports bar, is opening tomorrow in the Castro, which is very exciting in its own right! And, as it turns out, some familiar names and faces helped put together its food and beverage offerings. kqed.org/arts/13977457/…
Apparently I'm now also KQED's go-to karaoke reviewer. This week for Midnight Diners, we went to a great British pub with a killer karaoke night. kqed.org/arts/13977177/…
For my latest Apple Maps update: killer roast squab, drive-thru soft-serve, excellent takeout sushi, and more. apple.co/LukeTsai
A jam company I like an awful lot is closing at the end of the summer. kqed.org/arts/13977103/…
Here's our San Jose correspondent's newest find: a late-night food stand that serves Colombian-style arepas cooked over a charcoal grill. kqed.org/arts/13977033/…
We finally ate at Four Kings, and MAN was it everything I hoped it would be. kqed.org/arts/13976695/…
