Castro Valley’s Growing Asian Food Scene - My Bay Area | Did You Eat Yet?

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I'm Victor, and I was born and raised throughout Oakland and the Bay Area. In Collection Three: “People I've Met", we come back to the Bay to highlight some people that I've met throughout life, as well as through running this series so far. We dig more into the stories about where they're from, what they do, and explore some of the best food the Bay Area has to offer together.
In this episode, we explore Castro Valley, a place I call home. We originally moved to Castro Valley in the early 2000s, and the town has changed so much, including all of its restaurants and small businesses. There's been an increase in the amount of Asian restaurants and businesses opening up in Castro Valley, and in this video, we're gonna dive into some of these spots, while talking to many local business owners to share their stories.
Spots Highlighted:
• Pho Auntie 7
• Tancho Japanese Restaurant
• Garden Cafe
• Always Yours Bakery Cafe
• Lake Chabot Public Market
• Mama Cho's
• Milk & Cookie Bar
More notable Asian spots around CV:
• 88 Bao Bao
• Phulkari
• Top Thai
• Pho Play
• Dampa
• Mei Mei Chinese Market
• iTea
New episodes coming soon.
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Special thanks to:
- Tyler Coolidge for the episode music (IG: tylercoolid...)
- Megan for the Did You Eat Yet? design (IG: @ / mighty.moody )
- And everyone who helped me out with shooting and producing and eating with me!

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14 июн 2024

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@subsonic008

I never really felt compelled to post comments on RU-vid but this vid really hit a soft spot. I was actually born/raised in the City, but lived off Stanton from 2011-2021. Long story short I got to experience a lot of changes to the CV food scene during that period, and so proud that it blossomed so immensely. I'll always miss a mama from Val's, any sandwich on dutch crunch from Lucca's, the best Korean burrito outside of LA from Mama Cho's, donuts for Rudy's, gyros from Rumi, etc etc

@maibritton2882

I grew up in Tracy in the 70s/80s wow Mason defined Tracy for me. Mom and I use to go to Oakland and Berkeley on the weekends and get our vegetables at the Asian farmers market on Sunday under the I 5 freeway in Stockton. I would come back to school and on a Monday and I could not relate to anyone. progress is slow. I live in Stockton, big Filipino and Mexican community but no good BBQ. The best mom and pop for Filipino/ Mexican/Cambodian. Still, I almost fainted when Costo started selling Hinode 2 years ago. Love what you're doing!

@minhchu15

Castro Valley is a very charming small town. Great schools and tight community. Don't forget Chicken on Fire and the Panang short Rib from Top Thai.

@CS-ws4dk 10 часов назад

We’ve lived in CV for almost 22 years. Our daughter went to Proctor, Creekside, and CVHS. We moved here from Berkeley for the great schools and quiet life. But yes, having a white mom and a Chinese American dad, it had its challenges. The food scene? What food scene? 😂 We’re so excited every time we get a new Asian inspired food spot open. Who cares what the haters say…bring more!!!!! 😊 Great episode. Thank u for featuring our “little” town. ❤

@Tiffany-uu2hq 14 дней назад

Hayward resident here! I love that you take the time to highlight places that feel ordinary and often overlooked.

@Roy.Focker

This is a great video and I like that really highlights the fact that all these new business that are coming into Castro Valley are operated by members of the community that just want Castro Valley to be better. Despite the very vocal members of the community that seem to reject anything that isn't burgers and pizza, Castro Valley has a bright future. I do have one critique on your videos. Adding the baked in captions seems well meaning but I believe it is distracting from the overall accessibility of the video. I would suggest focusing on adding captions through RU-vid own closed captioning / subtitle tools. The current titles are too small to be of any benefit and overlap where RU-vids own auto generation cations would appear.

@tzeentchling

My experience with Castro Valley was always centered around Golden Tee! Still the best minigolf in the Bay Area. Gonna have to try out some of these places for after the next time I get some putts in!

@blusef1

Omg I contributed to Natalie’s kickstarter campaign!! Do dope to see her thriving! Thank u for featuring Castro valley! I live in newark so this gives me many spots to try !

@stephanyorellana7452

Thank you for creating this video. I moved to Castro Valley from Hayward in 1997 because my parents wanted me to attend school here. It was definitely a culture shock for me going from a heavy Latinx population where mostly everyone spoke Spanish to a predominantly white area. I graduated CVHS class of '06 and booked it to SF where I stayed for 10 years. I moved back to CV during the pandemic and have been pleasantly surprised by all the delicious restaurants near me. I'm saddened about the Lake Chabot Market place as I had just discovered the burritos at Mama Cho's. I hope I can have one again in the future!

@ginatyra8451

So sad that place burned down. Mama Cho’s is legit!!

@giantsizegeek День назад

We lived in Castro Valley for 8 years and while we loved the small town, lamented the lack of good Asian food. We were always traveling to Oakland or Fremont or Dublin to eat. Now that we moved away the food scene improved! We did visit the food hall once driving by there, very sorry to hear it burned down. That’s a shame.

@blahhuy

Rip lake Chabot market 😢

@BenebellWen

Thank you so much for this video! I'm also a Castro Valley local and love how much this place has progressed in recent years in terms of food options.

@elleandish 14 дней назад

why didn’t i discover you sooner? i’m binging your channel, can’t get enough of your content!!! ❤

@Tiffany-uu2hq 14 дней назад

One more thing, I had been wondering what happened to the lake Chabot public market! Than you for updating us

@MeredithIsOnIt

Great Episode! CV is like a little secret city, you will miss it if you don’t exit 580. 😊

@halfacres

Crazy how fast CV has grown! Been here for almost ten years and recently found out randomly some of my former coworkers had moved to CV in the last couple of years!

@ropro9817

Love the longer form video!❤Hope this is a sign of things to come! 🤠

@PizzaDoughjo

Thank you for another great episode! I used to go to the public market a lot. So sad to see what has happened and it may take time but praying from my heart for their comeback. 🙏