Good Taste is a menu for eating well in the Bay Area and beyond, as this week’s look at an iconic California dish reveals!
Earlier this year, I had the distinct honor and joy to usher in Tết, the Vietnamese New Year, by having lunch with the groundbreaking chef Helene An at the Southern California location of Crustacean (468 N. Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills).
An, 82, does not get enough credit for creating her world famous garlic noodles, which are also served with succulent roasted Dungeness crab, lobster, and other seafood treasures at the San Francisco location of Crustacean (195 Pine Street, SF) and Thanh Long (4101 Judah Street, SF). Nor does she get the appropriate light for being an immigrant woman chef with longevity who raised five businesswomen…