Pho Hoa + Jazen Tea (Lafayette)

Thanksgiving 2021 Meal Kit: Skip Turkey, Try Taiwanese Short-Ribs | Eater SF

"Run by chef Chris Yang and his wife Marcelle, Hén-zhì is an itinerant Taiwanese pop-up offering a Thanksgiving meal kit that intentionally skips turkey in favor of boldly flavored, homey dishes: the centerpiece is a pound of braised bone-in short ribs steeped for a day and a half in brown sugar, soy sauce, and mirin—loosely inspired by Yang’s grandmother’s Three Cup Chicken—then seared on a grill and braised for about four hours to develop a sticky, sweet-savory finish. The kit also includes about a half rack of brown sugar–smoked pork ribs (basically chashu), a market salad with roasted sweet potatoes and yuzu vinaigrette, smoked local squash brushed in chile oil and smoked over kiawe, steamed short-grain rice with furikake, and butter mochi made with candied yams and coconut cream; everything is pre-cooked (just heat in the oven), the kit feeds at least two (some said it stretched to four), costs $120, and can be picked up in Lafayette or delivered on Wednesday, November 24, with orders open on the Hén-zhì website until Saturday, November 20 or until sold out." - Lauren Saria