Oakland's Filipino weekend brunch runs through FOB Kitchen's Bib Gourmand counter on Telegraph. Longanisa sausage and garlic rice with two eggs over easy.
Where to eat it: 3 restaurants across 1 city.
Filipino Americans have lived in the Bay Area since the 1920s, with Oakland's Filipino population concentrated in West Oakland and the San Antonio district. The traditional silog breakfast of longanisa, garlic rice (sinangag) and egg (itlog) is the regional pillar. Janice Dulce opened FOB Kitchen in Temescal in 2018 and earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand for the silog plate.
Tip from the editors. Use day-old rice. Fresh rice goes mushy in the wok; day-old fries up to separate grains.
This is the TableJourney editorial recipe, modelled on the canonical bistro / counter version. The first place to try the dish in its city of origin is below.
FOB Kitchen on Oakland's Telegraph runs Filipino brunch on weekends only. Longanisa, tocino and garlic rice with two eggs at the Bib Gourmand Temescal room.
Order: Longanisa and garlic rice with two fried eggs.
Tip: Weekend brunch is when the room flips to its strongest order; arrival before 11 beats the wait.
Cafe Gabriela in Old Oakland is the queer Filipino cafe that has poured small-batch coffee and pulled pork adobo sandwiches since 2010 on Broadway.
Order: Pulled pork adobo sandwich with house coffee.
Why locals love it: Queer Filipino cafe quietly running since 2010 on the Broadway corridor's edge of Old Oakland.
Tip: Weekday morning only; closed Friday through Sunday. Adobo runs out by noon.
Mama's Royal Cafe on Broadway at 40th has anchored Oakland's diner brunch since February 1974. Eggs benedict and buckwheat pancakes hold the line.
Order: Eggs benedict and the buckwheat pancakes.
Tip: Opened February 1974 on the corner of Broadway and 40th. Two-time East Bay Express Best Brunch winner.
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