The Best Dishes Eater SF Editors Ate This Week: Spring 2023 - Eater SF
"The Vegan Hood Chefs are well-known for bringing plant-based cuisine to their home turf of the Bayview, but venturing into a Mexican food-only menu at their food truck on the Embarcadero is new territory. The guac is chunky and plentiful, the Black Sheep-fake-lamb taco is rich and sumptuous, and the fried chicken taco is a crowning achievement of semi-healthful indulgence. But it’s the bright and multi-textural jerk shrimp taco that takes the allergen-friendly cake. Pineapple as a taco topper is a joy and works as a knowing introduction to the meatless shrimp and slaw below. Cabbage offers the rough crunch this dish needs, while the shrimp’s softness is well met by the streams of pineapple juice, dribbling to your pinched hand below. Relying on konjac — also known as snake palm or elephant yam — that old-school ick associated with vegan shrimp is weeded out well in advance. The $10 taco is large, which is terrific considering how much I loved the tangy pickled radish and jerk sauce. The Vegan Hood Chefs are rotating back to Spark Social next, so, if looking for even a bite of the good life, keep those peepers plastered to the Black-owned business’ Instagram. Vegan Hood Chefs, popping up next at Spark Social on Wednesdays, San Francisco" - Lauren Saria
