Luke Tsai

Food Editor at KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA)

Food editor at @KQEDarts. Tips, pitches to [email protected]. https://t.co/63DCXUtj43. Also find me at: https://t.co/t40vIvABf5

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Articles

A Berkeley Udon Event Teaches Kids to Slurp Their Noodles

1 week ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

May 29Failed to save articlePlease try againThe first iteration of Horvitz's slurping performance took place at Soup & Tart in Los Angeles on June 8, 2023. Presented by Active Cultures at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. (Photos by Roadwork, courtesy of the artists and Active Cultures)For multimedia artist David Horvitz, slurping noodles isn’t just a way of eating.
This Buzzy Late-Night Restaurant in Chinatown Lives Up to All the Hype

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Luke Tsai |Thien Pham

1 hour agoA private jet carrying a music talent agent and five others hit a power line in foggy weather early Thursday and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, slamming into a home and killing multiple people on the flight.
This Buzzy Late-Night Restaurant in Chinatown Lives Up to All the Hype

2 weeks ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai |Thien Pham

Part of the excitement at Four Kings comes from covering the table with an abundance of dishes. The new-school Cantonese restaurant is open until 11 p.m. on the weekends in SF Chinatown. (Thien Pham)The Midnight Diners is a regular collaboration between KQED food editor Luke Tsai and graphic novelist Thien Pham. Follow them each week as they explore the hot pot restaurants, taco carts and 24-hour casino buffets that make up the Bay Area’s after-hours dining scene.
The Best Scenic Bay Area Meals That Are Worth the Drive

3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

May 16Failed to save articlePlease try againView from the Cafe at the Sea Ranch Lodge. (Luke Tsai/KQED)Be sure to check out our full 2025 Summer Arts Guide to live music, movies, art, theater, festivals and more in the Bay Area. I like a swanky view of the ocean (or river or mountaintop) with my dinner as much as the next person. The problem is that, more often than not, those top-floor, waterfront restaurants want to charge you an unspoken “view tax” for the privilege of enjoying the scenery.
Ticket Alert: Rilo Kiley’s Reunion Tour Comes to the Greek Theatre in Berkeley

3 weeks ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

The cover of Rilo Kiley’s new greatest hits album, ‘That’s How We Choose to Remember It,’ released on May 9, 2025. The legendary indie rock band’s reunion tour comes to Berkeley on Oct. 16.
One of Oakland’s Most Popular Phở Restaurants Is Closing

4 weeks ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

May 9Failed to save articlePlease try againPhở Vy has been an East Oakland staple since 2016. The restaurant's last day of business will be May 18, 2025. (Luke Tsai/KQED)For the past nine years, Phở Vy has built a dedicated following for its soul-warming noodle soups and trendy fusion tacos. Many Vietnamese food connoisseurs regard it as the very best phở restaurant in Oakland and possibly the entire East Bay. But now, the restaurant is closing, Phở Vy’s owners announced on Instagram last month.
One of the Bay Area’s Best Bakeries Is Closing After 27 Years

1 month ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

Crixa Cakes, a Berkeley institution since 1998, will close on May 10, 2025. (Luke Tsai/KQED)For the past 15 years, my family has had exactly three Thanksgiving rituals: a potluck dinner with the Kaye-Hsu family, morning-after turkey jook and, most important of all, a deep-dish pumpkin pie from Crixa Cakes in Berkeley. Two of the Crixa pies, preferably.
The West Coast’s Biggest Taiwanese Culture Festival Returns to Union Square

1 month ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

Braised minced pork rice (aka lu rou fan) from Liang’s Village, one of the anchor food vendors at this year’s Taiwanese American Culture Festival. The event returns to San Francisco’s Union Square on Saturday, May 10. (Courtesy of Liang's Village)The regional cuisines of Taiwan are vast and endlessly diverse, but any Taiwanese food festival worth its salt has to hit all the classics: beef noodle soup, fat-drenched lu rou fan and popcorn chicken bedecked with crispy basil leaves.
From the Juke Joint to the Museum: A Celebration of Black Cocktail Innovators

1 month ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

Toni Tipton-Martin’s take on a sherry cobbler cocktail, from her book ‘Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs & Juice.’ (Brittany Conerly, courtesy of Clarkson Potter)Years ago, when food journalist Toni Tipton-Martin first started researching the history of African American cocktail recipes, she was struck by how few books were solely dedicated to that topic.
Viet Thanh Nguyen on Growing Up at His Parents’ Grocery Store in San Jose

1 month ago | kqed.org | Luke Tsai

Apr 29Failed to save articlePlease try againNovelist VIet Thanh Nguyen holds up a photograph of his parents' old grocery store, Sàigòn Mới, in front of the sleek apartment complex that replaced it in downtown San Jose. (Alex Tran/KQED)Long before Viet Thanh Nguyen became a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist, he was one of thousands of Vietnamese refugee kids who grew up in San Jose during the 1970s and ’80s.