The karaage chicken is delicious, with very crispy chicken thigh cut into strips (3 or 5 pieces) and the fries have a light seaweed dusting for flavoring.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Karaage Chicken
Yasin El-Alwi
Consistently awesome, and fast. One of the best tofu buns in town, imho.Vegetarian options: What's there that's vegetarian is excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spring Salad with Tempeh, Chairman Rice Bowl, Karaage Chicken, Crispy Tempeh, Rice Bowls, Miso Cured
shilpa d
We ordered takeawayof veg manchurian and veg fried rice.. the manchurian was dissapointing ,tasted like insian pakoras, fried in besan.fried rice was okay,but mothing tasted like chinese!
Food: 1
Monique Nguyen
Great food, very flavorful! Loved going to this place instead of waiting in long lines when they’re mobile!
Jenny Phan
Hands-down some of the best food you could get at the Alameda Antiques Faire! Team is fast and friendly, too.
Matthew B.
Can't go wrong with anything really. Just wish it wasn't in California. Sad days when a food truck becomes a splurge. Not their fault - it's quality food.
Brad N.
Food was pretty tasty. Lots of flavor in the sauces, seasoned well. Only thing is it's a long wait to order and get the food, even for private catered events. Tried a steamed bao with pork belly. Pickled daikon was a nice vinegary addition. Baked bao with coca cola braised pork was about double the size of the steamed, like burger size. Moist and the slaw was nice.
Lisa N.
Be sure to follow them on Instagram to keep up with the latest update on where they will be! I tried the steamed spicy chicken sandwich and the braised pork bao bun. Love creative they are with their bao buns. Offering baked baos and steamed baos, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options too! Great flavors and the pork belly is soo tender! Prices are fair. Service is great!
Gwen E.
A great place to eat for quick and delish modern Asian street food! I ABSOLUTELY love their spicy chicken buns with pickled vegetables!! Good prices, fresh ingredients, and friendly staff!!
Caro U.
It was fine. The bun was overly oily. I remember getting at Spark a few years ago and liking, but this time, trying at Presidio, it was underwhelming. Won't get again.
Caught them at the San Mateo farmers market, really friendly folks too. I ordered a couple of steamed miso tofu buns. Took only about a couple of minutes even though there was a decent amount of foot traffic. The buns were extremely soft and the tofu was well marinated and had a great texture. Delicious food that didn't leave you feeling stuffed and quite healthy too with a topping of greens, you can skip the Mayo if you wanted to go vegan but there wasn't too much of it anyway. Love the food and the people!
Christopher Chung
This commissary kitchen of a food truck cooks up much-welcome flavors in a neighborhood of limited dining options.The pork belly bao, straightforwardly sweet and tender, with nice acidic crunch from daikon pickles. Karaage chicken fingers, not very different from any diner-made chicken tender with fries.The food, while tasty, could step it up a bit on the spice.
Taylor K.
I loved the bao buns! This was my first time trying them and I want more! I got the spicy chicken, which wasn't spicy but it was tasty. And the Coca-Cola pork, which didn't taste like coke but it was sweet and good! The garnishes were also good and I'm typically very picky!
thao t.
This review is on their social media. Had the day off, checked their site to see their schedule, drove up to Alameda from Santa Clara (because I think their truck is a lot fresher than what they serve at the Local Kitchen) all to find out that their social media wasn't updated (EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR JULY 4th and it was July 7th) and waited there for 30 mins before I DM'd them and they said, "We're sorry for that!" Their schedule wasn't updated to remove Thu schedule :/ Super lame.
Alden C.
Chairman Bao has had a lot of hype over the years so I wanted to try it out. In my opinion it is quite pricey especially considering the portions aren't very big. I got the baked pork belly and the steamed coca cola pork which was pretty small despite it being over $5. Definitely should eat it as soon as you get your order because it gets soggy pretty quickly. The pork overall is solid and the buns were fine as well. Chairman was still worth trying at least once though.
The karaage chicken is delicious, with very crispy chicken thigh cut into strips (3 or 5 pieces) and the fries have a light seaweed dusting for flavoring.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Karaage Chicken
Consistently awesome, and fast. One of the best tofu buns in town, imho.Vegetarian options: What's there that's vegetarian is excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spring Salad with Tempeh, Chairman Rice Bowl, Karaage Chicken, Crispy Tempeh, Rice Bowls, Miso Cured
We ordered takeawayof veg manchurian and veg fried rice.. the manchurian was dissapointing ,tasted like insian pakoras, fried in besan.fried rice was okay,but mothing tasted like chinese!
Food: 1
Great food, very flavorful! Loved going to this place instead of waiting in long lines when they’re mobile!
Hands-down some of the best food you could get at the Alameda Antiques Faire! Team is fast and friendly, too.
Can't go wrong with anything really. Just wish it wasn't in California. Sad days when a food truck becomes a splurge. Not their fault - it's quality food.
Food was pretty tasty. Lots of flavor in the sauces, seasoned well. Only thing is it's a long wait to order and get the food, even for private catered events. Tried a steamed bao with pork belly. Pickled daikon was a nice vinegary addition. Baked bao with coca cola braised pork was about double the size of the steamed, like burger size. Moist and the slaw was nice.
Be sure to follow them on Instagram to keep up with the latest update on where they will be! I tried the steamed spicy chicken sandwich and the braised pork bao bun. Love creative they are with their bao buns. Offering baked baos and steamed baos, with vegan and vegetarian friendly options too! Great flavors and the pork belly is soo tender! Prices are fair. Service is great!
A great place to eat for quick and delish modern Asian street food! I ABSOLUTELY love their spicy chicken buns with pickled vegetables!! Good prices, fresh ingredients, and friendly staff!!
It was fine. The bun was overly oily. I remember getting at Spark a few years ago and liking, but this time, trying at Presidio, it was underwhelming. Won't get again.
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Caught them at the San Mateo farmers market, really friendly folks too. I ordered a couple of steamed miso tofu buns. Took only about a couple of minutes even though there was a decent amount of foot traffic. The buns were extremely soft and the tofu was well marinated and had a great texture. Delicious food that didn't leave you feeling stuffed and quite healthy too with a topping of greens, you can skip the Mayo if you wanted to go vegan but there wasn't too much of it anyway. Love the food and the people!
This commissary kitchen of a food truck cooks up much-welcome flavors in a neighborhood of limited dining options.The pork belly bao, straightforwardly sweet and tender, with nice acidic crunch from daikon pickles. Karaage chicken fingers, not very different from any diner-made chicken tender with fries.The food, while tasty, could step it up a bit on the spice.
I loved the bao buns! This was my first time trying them and I want more! I got the spicy chicken, which wasn't spicy but it was tasty. And the Coca-Cola pork, which didn't taste like coke but it was sweet and good! The garnishes were also good and I'm typically very picky!
This review is on their social media. Had the day off, checked their site to see their schedule, drove up to Alameda from Santa Clara (because I think their truck is a lot fresher than what they serve at the Local Kitchen) all to find out that their social media wasn't updated (EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR JULY 4th and it was July 7th) and waited there for 30 mins before I DM'd them and they said, "We're sorry for that!" Their schedule wasn't updated to remove Thu schedule :/ Super lame.
Chairman Bao has had a lot of hype over the years so I wanted to try it out. In my opinion it is quite pricey especially considering the portions aren't very big. I got the baked pork belly and the steamed coca cola pork which was pretty small despite it being over $5. Definitely should eat it as soon as you get your order because it gets soggy pretty quickly. The pork overall is solid and the buns were fine as well. Chairman was still worth trying at least once though.