Soledad Tamales is a traveling food cart that's part of the Oxaxan Tamale Group in Oaktown. they…read morewere out of tamales, etc. by the time i got here. it's was nearby Melon Crush in Bayfair Farmers Market on satirdays offerings: tamales (3.50) premade -chicken -pork -jalepeno with queso(cheese) -guatamalan -oaxacan -strawberry no seating avilable, farmers market bigger than before, not in front as before, it's in the rear nearby the theatres.

Ruben's Hibachi is a popular food stand parked a block away from Chase & Wells Fargo bank. Street…read moreparking only. Look for the white cabless caboose at Paseo Grande & Via Arriba. Parked behind white truck. Greeted courteously, promptly when I approached window. Took their recommendation for shrimp, N.Y. Steak. Breast meat combo. Payment options: cash. Zelle, Apple Pay. One table for dining. Super Bowl Sunday was a slow day here. Many vendors didn't show or closed early. Cooked to order in 10 minutes Offerings: drinks, combination plates. Diablo noodles, sides. Bites: shrimp, NY steak, chicken breast plate (31+tax) -came with Yum Yum sauce ( creamy mayoish), Ginger sauce (soy, ginger...) dipped with all proteins. -7 large crunchy juicy shrimps. Deliz. -many small pieces medium rare steaks: juicy, tender, no gristle. Juices mixed with fried rice was so tasty. -chicken breast pieces also tender. A little dry. Juices made it good. -left grilled veggies (onion, carrots. Cucumber) for snack later. Too full. Veggies deliz. -comped a can of coke. Learned Ruben worked 30 years at Benihana & Hana Japan. Recipes the same. Family operated food stand. 5 stars worthy! Quantity: plenty. Quality: excellent. Fresh. Cooked to order.

I cannot express enough how amazingly delicious Ruben's is! With his history in working at infamous…read morehibachi restaurants for many years, he decided to branch out on his own. Lucky for us! If you want amazing hibachi grilled flavors... head to what I call The Block on Paseo Grande and Hesperian in San Lorenzo. An entire block on weekends and some week nights. Such a humble family, all smiles and amazing authentic tasting eats! The hustle and bustle of The Block makes for a fun night! Someone else Claimed our order so while we waited for them to remake ours, we had a Michẽ from another truck, and sweet mini donuts from a stand around the corner. Look at my other reviews for how that worked out!! Thank you for taking care of us so well when someone else took our order!

They were stationed at the farmers market in Burlingame. The bbq pork buns were decent but a little…read moresmaller than I'm used to. $13 for four. If you are hungry, they do hit the spot. I would try more items from them next time.

Great dumpling with chives crispy and salted well You can…read morealso buy the uncooked frozen

This is my favorite go to taco fix in all of Oakland. I've been visiting the last several years,…read morewhere at one point Mi Reynitas had to compete with them across the street when they got super hyped. If you don't know this spot then it's definitely a sleeper because the locals come here and it can get busy. Freshly hand made tortillas I ordered... Al pastor 4.5/5 My absolute favorite. It's well seasoned and flavorful. Better than most places because they cook and cut it from the trompo Asada 4/5 Meat is nicely grilled which gives it a nice smokey flavor. Well seasoned and because it's chopped into smaller pieces, helps chew through the tough bites Pollo 4.5/5 This caught me by surprise because it tasted almost like carnitas. The chicken is grilled but it had the texture of a carnita. It was crispy, tender and very juicy. Nicely seasoned. This became one of my favorite meats Cabeza 4.5/5 Nicely seasoned and super tender. Drinks 4/5 Agua frescas are good but are mostly on the sweeter side. My favorite is the cucumber lime because it's very refreshing. Sauces 3.5/5 I think the sauces are okay because it's slightly watered down for me. But it's still good on the tacos. Condiments 5/5 It's self serve but they're not stingy with the amount you need or want for your meal. Great selection from grilled onions and jalapeno, green and red salsa, lime, cucumber, and radish. Ambience 4/5 It's dining outside of a questionable area but there's plenty of tables and parking if it's not busy. Service 5/5 Not much to say and idk how to rate this but basically my interactions are from ordering and self pick up, and self serving my own condiments and napkins. Staff are friendly and quick with timing

DON'T EAT AT THIS PLACE!!!!…read more I used to love this place. However, the burrito I got last week ago gave me severe food poisoning. That was the only meal I had that day so I know for a fact that it was this burrito that caused the poisoning. I was out of commission for the whole week with constant vomiting and diarrhea. This place should not be serving food without a health inspection.

SO good! Reminder that this isn't a restaurant--you place an order via text, get an ETA for pickup…read moreand drive to the location. Once you arrive, follow up via text for instructions. Someone came out with our food and I sent our payment via Venmo. Husband and I got the sandwich, two iced coffees, corn, large salad and it was DELICIOUS. The portions are pretty substantial and I think a small salad would have sufficed. Will definitely be back!

2Oi is an home kitchen that opened 2 years ago in Argyle Palms Apartments. Initially I didn't know…read morehow to order. Lately, I saw instructions posted on their website on Yelp. I called to place order. Got a recording. Got a return call confirming my order. Found it's better to text with C6 or F7 unless one can speak Vietnamese. Main associate lacks English proficiency. Much easier for her to get "code" Place was an easy find. Street parking slightly difficult. Unknown if parking in their lot is permissible. Went towards big building on the right . Found unit with "Taste of Asia" brochure on window. Just before the gate. Bingo! Stood in front of open door until Vietnamese lady came out with my order. $21 cash. Unknown if Zelle has tax added to it. Tipped a little. Lady hesitated to give change. Offerings (Vietnamese): street food, drinks, coffee. Sips: Cafe Muoi Bien (sea salt foam Vietnamese coffee, 7)-Viet coffee, sea salt foam, condensed milk. -coffee didn't look full. No doubt foam on top shrank/mixed into coffee. -bold coffee with alternating sweet & salty tastes depending on sipping foam or condensed milk. Bites: Banh Trang Cuon (Vietnamese Special roll, 14). There's also a salad version with same ingredients & no wrapping. -dipping sauce had sweet & savory notes. -rice roll had dominant theme of beef jerky. The surrounding nuanced taste was a symphonic medley of carrots, quarter sectioned boiled eggs, coriander, green mango, dried shrimp, fried onions, peanuts & green mangos, 5 stars Worthy! Quality: freshly premade. Quantiy: ample enough for a meal. Would repeat. *Taste of Asia "passport" given to win prizes from buying from food vendors in Oakland Chinatown & San Leandro Asian businesses. May is Asian American Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

La Tortilla is a food stand that appears weekends in a vacant parking lot that once hosted the San…read moreLorenzo Farmers Market. it's at a corner location across from a long vacated liquor store. it's not noticeable for afar. only a black covered griller and a sign on the corner is visible upon closer inspection. offerings: mexican "bbq" chicken, spareribs marinated and grilled slowly over charcoal. this is the lst griller l've seen that is covered, not susceptible to overhead contamination. eats: whole chicken chopped (15) -not as juicy as i wanted but not as dry as previous chickens. much bigger, juicier than others i've tasted. -had 3 house made salsas that were phenom: a green (looking like quac but not), a red sweet chili one, and a red spicy one. - -there were few chickens in the "cooked" basket. there's always an option to wait for chickens/spareribs to cook to perfection. 4.5 stars, best "bbq" chicken eaten so far, fab value,

I was really dissapointed .... I stopped by at 3pm on a Saturday and purchased a whole chicken for…read more$15 and half slab of ribs for $10. They cook these over charcoal and the chicken is spatchcocked. (split in half) I was expecting for them to pull chicken off the grill but instead, they pulled them from a cooler. Evidently they cook them up and chop up into the strangest sized pieces and throw in coolers. I had no idea what we were eating. The half rack of ribs was all the gristel and cartilage cut off the ends. I received no bones and very little meat connected to the cartilage. So now they don't have anything to feed their dogs.

A pit stop worth making! The location is in the home of the family so street parking can be tricky,…read morebut not impossible. Most people were ordering to-go, but the set up is really nice if you want to eat there. The eatery offers a good amount of menu items and of course the specialty is Birria. The price is really good for the amount of food. I ordered the quesabirrias and it came with 4 large-hand-made tortillas and they were stuffed with cheese and meat! I will be returning to try the birria plate and to dine in. I did admire the garden as the owners have many fruit trees. Very spacious seating area that can accommodate large parties too.

Wifey and i try at least 1 new taco joint every weekend. Not too far from Hayward business Costco,…read morewe chose here after grocery shopping. Easy to miss tiny sign in the middle of neighborhood, long pavement into someone's backyard, you should see the red food truck to your left. Best quesabirria tacos we've had. For $22, you get 4 full size tortilla tacos, consome, (looked to be around 18-20 ounces), general servings of onion, cilantro, and lime. They bring you 2 large containers of salsa de roja and verde for you to use as much as you want. Cheese pull for daysssss, crispy cheese outside as well. Very comforting backyard vibes, every family member said hello to us, it was as if we were temporarily adopted into a Mexican family with this purchase. Amazing service, unique experience, great food, we will be back for sure. 12/10 would recommend!

this Mexican snack stand has it's colorful shade covering up. it's in the parking lot of a western…read morewear parking lot. no posted menu seen. offerings: fried snacks, fruit cups, corn nibbets, some kind of snack that are in the plastic jars that goes over crushed ice. eats: fruit cup (7) -very fresh chucks of cucumber, watermelon, cantaloupe, mango flavored with lime and salt. tasty, refreshing. 4.5 stars.

Tortas Ahogadas is a small food stand near 94th St. & International Ave. no parking available. just…read morea red zone in front. offerings" Pork Torta Ahogadas (8.50) horchata (3) -not regular pork, some kind of "grilled" pork shreds in regular torta bun -looked small, packed a lot of flavor, choice of hella hot red salsa or milder red "meaty" dipping sauce. cabbage, carrots, veggies optional. lime squeeze. *i ate it by dipping torta into mild salsa, than slowly biting a piece off. YUM! **best torta eaten in a long time. best of the "natural" kind. horchata(3) -slightly sweetened by cane sugar? -natural tasting, no aftertaste, homemade. worthy! hours may be sunday only, didn't see it on a previous saturday.

Jose took my $200 deposit and never showed up to cater my event…read more Let this be a lesson to me, but hopefully a learning opportunity for anyone else. Please do not conduct business with this person. I communicated with him in May, we settled on a menu, the logistics, etc. I sent him a $200 deposit for what was going to be a total of $450 for a taquiza for 40 people. One week prior to the event which was held on June 12th, I text him to make sure we were good to go. No response. I text him twice a day every day for a week and he did not respond. I called several times and it went straight to voicemail. I even had other people call or text from different numbers to see if this would entice him to respond. Nothing. What's done is done, I asked him for my money back but I'm sure I won't hear back. I can't stress this enough: Please do not conduct business with this man.

Found Jose that runs Taquiza El Primo through a friend of mine. He did tacos and quesadillas for…read moreher sons birthday party. I had a house party for the 4th of July and wanted to keep cooking to a minimum and decided to contact Jose. He was extremely pleasant and very professional. Not to mention the tacos were delicious. He gave me the best rate and showed up early to set up. I was thrilled that he was willing to do a night party (7-11pm) on a Holiday. He allowed me to choose 3 types of meat, and brought onions, cilantro, limes and 3 salsas. Everyone was more than satisfied with his service and I will definitely hire him for my next party. Don't be afraid to contact him. He works all over the bay area.