Eating Out: Eat Real Festival in Oakland

Los Angeles prides itself with food trucks, and I wasn't surprised when I found out through the grapevine that a friend of a friend runs a food truck in DTLA. On September 23rd to the 25th, Northern California hosted its own Eat Real Festival at Jack London Square in Oakland where numerous food trucks gathered on the pier, and local organic growers and brewers presented their pride and joy.

"Eat it, make it, Grow it" - Eat Real Festival poster

Center stage/picnic area with local band

Citrus Pork Falafel

Chop Bar's food stand

Corn bread and pork from Chop Bar ($5)

Chairman Bao Truck

Chairman Bao Truck menu

(From top left to bottom) Braised Pork Shoulder, Red Sesame Chicken, Crispy Garlic Tofu, Spicy Pork Belly ($4 each) - my favorite would probably be the braised pork shoulder

All mine!

This is probably the most interesting item we saw - an upside down jell-o cup with a flower molded into the jello-o