Description
In San Francisco’s SoMa district, Merchant Roots invites diners into an intimate, theatrical and seasonally rotating tasting experience. Our guests where guests “foraged” for playful bites like the Shiitaco, savored dishes like the porcini amaranth tamal with mole negro, and uncovered candy cap canelés. Over in Old Oakland’s Swan’s Market, T’Chaka celebrates Haitian cuisine in a bright, communal space, serving deeply comforting plates like braised oxtail stew, crispy citrus-marinated griot with crispy tostones, jerk shrimp, and akra, all best enjoyed with Haitian beer. The episode wraps up in Novato at Creekside Bakery, a longtime neighborhood favorite overlooking Novato Creek, where locals line up for buttery ham-and-cheese croissants, smoked salmon toast on house-baked bread, princess cake slices crowned with marzipan roses, and impeccably gooey chocolate dot cookies.
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0:00 Check, Please! Bay Area (Season 21, Episode 3)
1:20 Merchant Roots (San Francisco)
4:02 Three Bay Area guests share their thoughts on Merchant Roots
9:13 Where to find Merchant Roots
9:38 T'Chaka (Oakland)
12:04 Three Bay Area guests share their thoughts on T'Chaka
16:35 Where to find T'Chaka
17:02 Creekside Bakery (Novato)
19:33 Three Bay Area guests share their thoughts on Creekside Bakery
24:28 Where to find Creekside Bakery
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