{"id":89447,"date":"2025-12-10T19:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89447\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:09:07","slug":"flavor-packed-banchan-and-beautiful-tofu-prove-irresistible-at-oaklands-joodooboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89447\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavor-Packed Banchan and Beautiful Tofu Prove Irresistible at Oakland\u2019s Joodooboo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Chef Steve Joo\u2019s temple to tofu, <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.eater.com\/venue\/81409\/joodooboo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joodooboo<\/a>, is a shining beacon in Oakland\u2019s culinary scene. Although not anchored to a buzzy Oakland restaurant area, like downtown or Rockridge, Joodooboo is a singular beacon, luring in diners with promises of <a href=\"https:\/\/sf.eater.com\/2023\/10\/30\/23932661\/joodooboo-california-seasonal-banchan-bay-area\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fresh banchan<\/a> and tofu, known as dooboo, and a seasonal spritz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Sparkling water fans should give deep consideration to the seasonal spritz, which typically incorporates seasonal fruit. In December, the spritz was made with kiwi and green tea. Otherwise, there are plenty of bottled or canned nonalcoholic drinks, plus a small selection of beer and wine, plus a couple of makgeolli options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Lunch. Joodooboo is open for both lunch and dinner, but given the meals skew vegetable-forward, diners who prefer a heavier protein-based dinner may want to skip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">If you\u2019re local to the Bay Area, Joodooboo offers a banchan and dooboo subscription dubbed the <a href=\"https:\/\/joodooboo.thethirdplace.is\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Banchan Club<\/a>. It\u2019s an excellent way to bring the Joodooboo experience home, with delivery in San Francisco, the Peninsula, and South Bay (or, save on the delivery fees and set a pickup day from Wednesday to Saturday).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chef Steve Joo\u2019s temple to tofu, Joodooboo, is a shining beacon in Oakland\u2019s culinary scene. Although not anchored&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28829,143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-89447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-oakland","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}