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Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe Restaurant Review, Emeryville

Foodnut.com — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe is a diner in Emeryville, near the Home Depot shopping center, serving American food till 1am. Big breakfasts, salads, burgers, and sandwiches. Breakfast is served all day. It is owned by Billie Joe from rock band Green Day. Decor, Vibe – Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe features an outdoor patio for warmer days, funky decor inside with barbie dolls on one wall, rockish art on others. During lunch, the place was filled with local workers, folks from the 20’s to 40’s. Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe Menu Pictures (Click to zoom into any picture) Website Rudy’s Can’t Fail Cafe Menu Picks: Monster Burger ($11.95) has double the cheese and double the patty making it huge. A mound of nice meat maddness. Ran out of bun. Fries or Green Salad. The fries were good and plentiful. They ask you how you want the burger done. Bacon Classic with Cheese ($9.50) came with a good sized patty and lots of bacon. Cooked to a perfect and juicy medium rare, this was a very good burger. Decent bun but not artisanal. Patty Melt ($8.95) with melted Swiss on rye with grilled onions and thousand island dressing is another variation to serving […]

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Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant Review, Emeryville

Foodnut.com — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:00:21 +0000

Hong Kong East Ocean Seafood Restaurant is located in Emeryville, right by the Bay. It has excellent views of San Francisco. The restaurant is popular for dim sum and for large banquets, especially on the weekends. Our last visit was in the middle of 2011. Decor, Vibe – Hong Kong East Ocean has rows of tables all facing the beautiful views. Workers from nearby firms, couple of families, and some small parties were eating lunch when we were there. Menu Pictures (Click to zoom into any picture) Website Dim Sum Menu Hong Kong East Ocean has a medium sized dim sum menu with a surprising large amount of more exotic Chinese dishes. Not a lot of innovation in their menu, although they do have several hot pots simmering exotic items on a side table. Picks: Pan Fried Turnip Cakes ($3.95) were better than average with a crispy skin, lots of meat, and good strong flavor. Shrimp Dumplings (Har Gow) ($4.95) were 4 good sized pieces with quality shrimp and large quantities of it. They did fall apart when we tried to get them, though! Shrimp Rice Noodles were good.($4.95) Lots of shrimp, good quantities, and tasty. Beef ones were […]

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