Were you a fan of Poleng Lounge, the Filipino fusion restaurant on Fulton Street which closed in early 2010? Well, the folks behind Poleng are back with a new weekly pop-up event, and it kicks off tonight at Vinyl.
It's called Eastern Addition, and here's what it's all about. Each month, Eastern Addition will invite a guest chef to curate weekly Wednesday pop-up nights of regional Asian specialties at Vinyl. This month's chef is Tak Matsuba, former owner of now-closed Bushi-Tei (which, incidentally, was San Francisco's first Japanese restaurant to earn a Michelin Star). Matsuba is calling tonight's concept "Japanese Hard-Hat Cuisine." According to SF Weekly, that means "Japanese food for the working man," with dishes including corn hayashi and "Tokyo truck stop gyoza," and prices ranging from $3 to $11 per item. The event tonight runs from 6pm to 11pm at Vinyl, 359 Divisadero. Space will be limited, so if you'd like to make a reservation, email easternaddition [at] gmail {{dot}} com with your party size, name, and phone number. And if you can't make it tonight, don't worry -- they'll be exploring Japan, Burma, and the Philippines at Vinyl every Wednesday night (excluding holidays) through the rest of 2012.
It's called Eastern Addition, and here's what it's all about. Each month, Eastern Addition will invite a guest chef to curate weekly Wednesday pop-up nights of regional Asian specialties at Vinyl. This month's chef is Tak Matsuba, former owner of now-closed Bushi-Tei (which, incidentally, was San Francisco's first Japanese restaurant to earn a Michelin Star). Matsuba is calling tonight's concept "Japanese Hard-Hat Cuisine." According to SF Weekly, that means "Japanese food for the working man," with dishes including corn hayashi and "Tokyo truck stop gyoza," and prices ranging from $3 to $11 per item. The event tonight runs from 6pm to 11pm at Vinyl, 359 Divisadero. Space will be limited, so if you'd like to make a reservation, email easternaddition [at] gmail {{dot}} com with your party size, name, and phone number. And if you can't make it tonight, don't worry -- they'll be exploring Japan, Burma, and the Philippines at Vinyl every Wednesday night (excluding holidays) through the rest of 2012.
