
Bundoo Khan, Bungalow on Rose, Volpi’s Ristorante
Season 21 Episode 10 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
Check, Please! Bay Area reviews Bundoo Khan, Bungalow on Rose, Volpi’s Ristorante
In Fremont, Bundoo Khan serves Pakistani barbecue, including chicken tikka and masala fries. Danville’s Bungalow on Rose puts a contemporary spin on Thai comfort food, from pad see ew to roast duck and coconut cake pudding. Petaluma’s Volpi’s Ristorante offers Italian favorites, including ravioli, chicken piccata and tiramisu. Cecilia Tries It explores olive oil milling at Il Fiorello.
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Bundoo Khan, Bungalow on Rose, Volpi’s Ristorante
Season 21 Episode 10 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
In Fremont, Bundoo Khan serves Pakistani barbecue, including chicken tikka and masala fries. Danville’s Bungalow on Rose puts a contemporary spin on Thai comfort food, from pad see ew to roast duck and coconut cake pudding. Petaluma’s Volpi’s Ristorante offers Italian favorites, including ravioli, chicken piccata and tiramisu. Cecilia Tries It explores olive oil milling at Il Fiorello.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSbrocco: Pakistani barbecue in Fremont... Hashim: Some of us are saucy people.
Some of us are less saucy.
Sbrocco: ...coastal Thai cuisine in Danville... Kabigting: The duck is so good.
Sbrocco: ...and old-school Italian favorites in Petaluma.
Lang: They've been cooking it -- Sbrocco: For 100 years.
Lang: Probably the same sauce.
Phillips: What would happen if I ate one of these?
Sievers: Do not do it.
Phillips: Don't do it?
Sievers: Do not.
Sbrocco: Just ahead on "Check, Please!
Bay Area."
[ Indistinct conversations ] Sbrocco: Hi, I'm Leslie Sbrocco.
Welcome to "Check, Please!
Bay Area," the show where Bay Area residents review and talk about their favorite restaurants.
Now, we have three guests, and each one recommends one of their favorite spots, and the other two go check them out to see what they think.
Joining me at the "Check, Please!"
table today are Human Resources business partner Jeralyn Kabigting, parent and community volunteer Naureen Hashim, and landscape architect and artist Owen Lang.
Welcome, everyone!
You ready for a great show?
Hashim: Absolutely.
Kabigting: Absolutely!
Sbrocco: First up tonight, Naureen's favorite barbecue spot.
But if you're picturing Texas brisket or Saint Louis ribs, think again.
At this grill, you'll find sizzling botis chops, and kabobs, made with recipes dating back more than 70 years to the bustling city of Karachi.
Located in Fremont, it's Bundoo Khan.
[ Indistinct conversations ] ♪♪ Jafrey: Bundoo Khan is a Pakistani restaurant that brings the street food of Karachi to the US in a fast-casual environment.
The founder of Bundoo Khan opened up his first location in Delhi.
It started as a small shack that sold chicken tikka kabobs and burrata.
He migrated over to Pakistan, expanded the menu to add some of the new menu items that you see today.
Then they started expanding rapidly throughout the Middle East, as well as the United States.
The vibe in Bundoo Khan is, you order at the counter, you pick it up, just like the streets of Karachi.
In Pakistan, they really love beef.
Everything comes on a skewer.
Everything is cooked on charcoal.
When the fats and the grease fall onto the charcoals, it adds that smoky, authentic flavor.
My favorite dish is the chicken malai boti.
It's marinated for 48 hours.
It has Bundoo Khan's proprietary blend of spices, red chili, star anise, cumin seeds, coriander, just to name a few.
Something that is unique to Bundoo Khan that's available on tap is our chutney and our raita, as well as our desi chai.
After you eat barbecue, a lot of our customers look to refresh their mouth.
So we started offering paan, the actual leaf filled with the fennel seeds, betel nut, and all that good stuff.
And that's what really cleans the palate.
Our family is from Karachi.
So every time I walk in here on a Friday, Saturday, Sunday night, I have customers that come up to us that say, "Thank you so much for doing this."
And that thanks really drives motivation and passion towards the business.
Sbrocco: Alright, Naureen, this is a type of cuisine, Pakistani cuisine, that's not very easy to find in the Bay Area.
Hashim: That's true.
I think traditionally we've had more immigrants from the northern parts of Pakistan.
This is a unique one, where you've got a very specific barbecue that is extremely nostalgic to people who are from Karachi, you know?
So, it's special for us.
Sbrocco: What do you usually start with?
Hashim: 100% chicken tikka.
Like, that's my absolute favorite.
With their flaky paratha, which is very unique to Karachi and to this restaurant.
It is a deep-fried paratha.
It is not healthy, but it is so good.
Sbrocco: And what are the flavors?
Is it spicy?
Hashim: It's a nice spicy chicken tikka.
You pair it with the chutney so you get a little bit of heat, and you also get a little bit of sweetness from the tamarind chutney.
And if you want the ultimate bite, you're going to order halva with it, too, and mix that into -- Oh, my God, it's so good.
Sbrocco: And what is that?
Hashim: Halva is a semolina sweet dish.
So, semolina and sugar and butter.
Sbrocco: Yeah.
Sweet polenta.
Hashim: Yeah.
It's perfect.
And it just pairs very well together.
Sbrocco: Yeah.
Kabigting: The experience overall was quite interesting.
You walk in there, and you think right away that it's a to-go type of place only.
You see the self -- Sbrocco: Is that because of the kiosk?
Kabigting: Yeah, yeah.
And when you're not familiar with Pakistani cuisine, we found it a little bit daunting to try and figure out the self-order kiosks.
Luckily, we found someone who helped us.
Hashim: Amazing.
Kabigting: Yes.
Gave us recommendations and placed our order.
So that made it very easy for us.
Hashim: That's so nice.
Kabigting: Yeah, yeah.
We started off with pakoras.
Sbrocco: Okay.
Kabigting: We dipped in that tangy tamarind chutney.
Oh, my God, that was such a good dipping sauce.
We did order the beef seekh kabobs.
They are like finger-sized mini cigars.
And they're hollow inside, so it's easy to just keep popping them in your mouth.
And they have this spice that's something really herbaceous and really good.
Lang: The dish to not miss is the lamb chops.
They fall off the bone.
I mean, it's like, you grab it, it might fall off before it gets to your mouth.
It's that tender.
And we discovered the sauces and the ketchup.
[ Laughter ] Hashim: Yeah, for sure.
Lang: Yeah.
And you can use it on anything.
Hashim: Yeah.
Lang: And it had heat.
Hashim: You know, you mentioned the sauces and they have almost -- it's like a drink dispenser.
Kabigting: Right.
Hashim: You can just put these little cups and fill your sauces.
Kabigting: Yes!
Hashim: Because some of us are saucy people.
Some of us are less saucy people, you know?
And so you can take what you.
Sbrocco: I'm saucy.
Hashim: Yeah.
So know what I mean?
Kabigting: Yeah.
I had the chicken malai boti roll.
It was this chicken and creamy, yummy yogurt type of marinade.
And then it was wrapped in what looked like a burrito roll or a tortilla wrap.
But it was paratha.
It's a savory, sweet crepe type of crisp roll.
So when you took a bite into it, it was just amazingly divine.
Hashim: There is one beef boti dish on there.
It is delicious.
It is really intense in flavor, though, so I like it in the kabob roll.
Lang: Yes.
Hashim: I like to have a little bit of a dilution in it, you know, with some -- And they'll always give you onions, tomatoes, and cucumbers.
And you have to have that with your food.
The onions add a compliment to it for sure.
And then they have these fries that have, like, a spicy masala on them.
We always have to get those.
Yeah.
Sbrocco: And what about drinks to pair with these?
Hashim: Yeah, I mean, they have a whole falooda bar, which -- It's like a pink sherbet milk with basil seeds and noodles and, like, some jelly and stuff like that in it, and ice cream.
If you have space for it after eating, that is what you want to have with it.
Also, their chai is really good there.
Their chai is nice.
It's sweet.
It's milky.
It's, like, ready to go.
Lang: We were very attracted to the mango lassi.
The meal -- at first I thought, "Oh, this is too much meat.
It's gonna be too spicy."
But the mango lassi really complimented everything.
Sbrocco: Have we covered all the must-tries?
Hashim: Yeah.
In fact, I didn't grow up in Karachi.
My husband did and his family did and many of our friends.
And, like, they don't want to go anywhere else anymore.
Like, this is where we're going all the time.
Sbrocco: So it sounds like everybody would visit again.
Lang: Very good.
Yes.
Kabigting: Sbrocco: Alright, if you would like to try Bundoo Khan, it's located on Christy Street in Fremont.
And the average multi-course tab per person without drinks is around $40.
Step inside Jeralyn's favorite Thai eatery, and you'll feel really right at home.
Whether you're sampling coastal Thai tapas in the dining room or sipping cocktails al fresco on the patio, it's the perfect place to sit back and chill.
Located in Danville's Old Town district, it's Bungalow on Rose.
Vanhorne: Hello, everyone.
Welcome to Bungalow.
Thank you for your support tonight.
[ Indistinct conversations ] Man: Here you are.
Vanhorne: Bungalow on Rose is just like you visit someone at home, not just the restaurant.
Oh.
How are you?
Welcome back.
Everything we do here is from our heart.
Woman: Wonderful.
Vanhorne: Thank you.
Enjoy.
Thank you.
Vanhorne: Bungalow on Rose is more like a classic Thai.
Man: The roast duck curry.
Vanhorne: But both of us from Isan.
So we get a lot of flavor on our food... Man: Good flavor?
Woman: Mm-hmm, very good.
Vanhorne: ...that give you a lot of spice and herbs.
Thithiangkun: Yeah.
Coming.
Some of the recipe is, like, from my mom and my grandma.
For example, like, green curry.
Woman: Really good.
Thithiangkun: She tell me that the people will know and taste it when you make by your love.
Woman: Perfect.
Vanhorne: The scallop is delicious, and you get a lot of flavor of the pinch of oyster sauce and the garlic basil.
Woman: Mmm.
Delicious.
[ Ice rattling ] Vanhorne: We try to make our vacations here.
Woman: Cheers!
Vanhorne: Like, when you visit our bar, you can ask for the fancy drinks... So, this is the Chai yo.
...and the tropical fruity... Man: Mai Tai.
Vanhorne: ...same as Thailand.
Woman: Cheers!
Man: Cheers!
Vanhorne: Most of customer, when they come here, they really love outdoor gardens.
I take my time to taking care of my flowers, my garden, because this is the home.
All: ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ Vanhorne: It's not just a business.
Yay!
[ Applause ] For us, it's meaning a lot.
It's more like family.
Like, they enjoy the meal, go back home... Thank you.
Have a good night, okay?
...and still thinking of us in the future.
Man #1: Cheers.
Man #2: Cheers.
Sbrocco: I mean, Jeralyn, this is, you know, a really relaxing place, right?
Kabigting: Yes.
Sbrocco: And how did you discover this spot?
Kabigting: Downtown Danville is very much bustling with a lot of restaurants.
And when I found Bungalow on Rose, we literally thought we were at the wrong spot.
"Couldn't be a restaurant."
Sbrocco: It's somebody's house!
Kabigting: "It's somebody's house!"
But it was.
And so we walked right in and gave it a shot and have been coming back ever since.
[ Ice rattling ] We have to start off with drinks, and if you go from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., every day, it's happy hour.
And my favorite is this cocktail called the Thai-phoon which is Thai tea with spiced rum and some creamy coconut.
Very much speaks to their coastal Thai vibe.
They also have this Kirimaya drink, which is a take of their old fashioned.
My husband loves old-fashioneds.
So, that is refreshing, as well.
Lang: We had fried calamari.
It was light.
It wasn't oily.
It was crunchy.
Kabigting: And the calamari itself is very moist.
Lang: Yes.
Kabigting: Not too chewy.
But the tom yum aioli that it comes with?
Oh, my creamy goodness!
Hashim: Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Sbrocco: You're a sauce girl.
Kabigting: Yes.
Hashim: The calamari with the tom yum sauce -- so good.
And it's not like tapas, like it's just for me.
It's a sharer.
Sbrocco: For sure.
Hashim: Which I love.
Which left room for the pad Thai.
I always judge a restaurant on their pad Thai, and I loved it.
They spiced it up when I asked them to make it spicy.
So this really hit the spot for me.
I'm gonna go back and try their drunken noodles, too.
Kabigting: Yeah.
Lang: The salad that we ordered was the Thai mango salad.
It was very chilled and crunchy.
Kabigting: Right.
Very refreshing.
Lang: And the sweetness of the mango, you know?
Kabigting: Crunchy cashews in it.
Lang: Yes, everything stayed crunchy and yummy to the end.
We also ordered a dish of the garlic beans.
Very crunchy, very tender.
Kabigting: With the tom yum sauce, I hope.
Lang: Yes.
Kabigting: Yeah!
[ Laughs ] Sbrocco: We're always going back to the sauces, yeah.
Kabigting: I think the real star of the show is their deep-fried branzino.
Yes.
Hashim: Ooh!
Sbrocco: That's a showstopper.
It can be a showstopper.
Kabigting: It is.
It's a whole fish that comes plated, looking like it's swimming upright with its tail curled.
And this three-flavor sauce that it comes with is just [smooches] yum.
And it's got Brussels sprouts on its side.
But the fish itself, the branzino, is very crisp outside, but very tender and moist inside.
I would recommend the 5-spice roast duck in red curry.
It's a different type of curry in the sense that it is made with fresh lychees... Lang: Mmm.
Kabigting: ...with the basil, a bit of jalapeños topped on it.
The fattiness of the duck oh, when it's emerged in that curry, is so good.
Hashim: That sounds delicious.
Kabigting: Yeah.
Hashim: Oh, my goodness.
Sbrocco: You got your list for when you go back.
Hashim: Oh, my goodness.
Kabigting: Right.
And if you need more Thai comfort food, you need to try the pad see ew, fat rice noodles with bok choy and yellow bean sauce and sweet soy, just charred perfectly like it came fresh out of the wok.
And it has that smokiness to it that's really good.
Sbrocco: Desserts, anybody?
Go ahead, Jeralyn.
Kabigting: Anyone try the mango sticky rice?
Lang: Oh, yeah.
Sbrocco: I love sticky rice.
Kabigting: As well as their coconut cake pudding.
A very thin layer of coconut pudding itself topped with this jelly-like cake.
Not overly sweet, but pairs really well with the coconut pudding.
And then the green matcha pudding comes in this -- It looks like a tiny baby jar of food.
And you think that there's not enough, but there's quite a few spoonfuls you -- Sbrocco: Because it's rich.
Kabigting: Yes.
And they use quality-grade matcha.
Lang: I found that the ladies that greeted you -- good service.
Sbrocco: Attentive service?
Lang: Attentive, yeah.
Hashim: Absolutely.
Vanhorne: Enjoy.
Hashim: The whole setup was beautiful.
There's flowers.
There's photographs.
It's wonderful.
It was a great recommendation.
Lang: It's a go-to place.
Sbrocco: Mm-hmm.
Alright, well, if you would like to try Bungalow on Rose, it's located on Rose Street in Danville.
And the average multi-course tab per person without drinks is around $50.
Owen's pick is a blast from the past, a 1920s-era Italian eatery packed with old-school charm and even a hidden speakeasy-style bar.
Serving up Italian-American favorites for nearly a century, in the heart of Petaluma, it's Volpi's Ristorante.
[ Indistinct conversations ] Woman: So good!
♪♪ Spaletta: I think Volpi's is Volpi's still because nothing's changed.
The floors are original.
There are slopes.
There's cracks.
There's noises.
It would be weird if there wasn't.
Volpi's -- it's been in my family since 1925.
My great grandparents started the Italian grocery store and the speakeasy bar and then became a restaurant in the '90s.
Woman: There you go.
Spaletta: From homemade raviolis, homemade gnocchis, everybody's favorites are on the menu, and we cannot change it.
[ Laughs ] Man: God, this is good.
Woman: Alrighty.
Spaletta: Our lamb shank is a number-one popular.
It's slow-cooked, and it just falls off the bone.
People come from everywhere to eat our polenta.
It's creamy.
It's cheesy.
It goes with everything.
Man: Thumbs up.
[ Up-tempo piano music playing ] Spaletta: In the back bar, we're known for our Manhattans, as well.
Manhattan.
[ Ice rattling ] That's the family drink of ours and we were taught young to make them and they are good.
Cheers.
We've had so many memories back there.
My grandfather played the accordion for years.
My Aunt Sylvia would sing.
We had a lot of family memories back there.
Thank you for choosing Volpi's.
Special occasions are big here.
Generation after generation, we've watched kids grow up, get married, have kids of their own.
Congratulations.
Everyone's just always in a good mood.
[ Laughter ] It's just comfortable.
[ Laughter ] Man: Volpi's!
Sbrocco: Now, Owen, I'm a Petaluman, as you are.
And this place has almost legendary status in our town, doesn't it?
Lang: It does.
We've been living there for 38 years, and we have been at Volpi's many, many times.
It's one of these places that looks like time stood still.
Sbrocco: When you walked in the door -- Have you heard of Volpi's before?
Hashim: No, I hadn't, actually.
I don't even think I've been to Petaluma that often, to be very honest.
Sbrocco: Okay.
Okay, it's -- Hashim: But I love it.
It's so cute.
It was really refreshing to see that a family-owned business has existed for this long.
Kabigting: Yeah, I loved it.
Walking in, it felt like I was in a time capsule.
Lang: Yeah.
Kabigting: I was really taken back to the Prohibition era.
I was expecting people to be wearing pinstripe suits and fedoras and, you know... Lang: Machine guns.
Kabigting: Right, yeah, exactly!
Yeah.
However, walking in, you kind of don't have any idea of, like, where to go, where the hostess is.
You kind of have to go halfway into the restaurant.
But after that, it was fine, yeah.
Lang: We headed into the bar to start off, and -- Sbrocco: A lot of people do that Volpi's, yeah.
Lang: Yeah.
And we met Jennifer.
And she made us a Manhattan.
Sbrocco: Which they're known for.
Lang: And we saw the garlic bread And it had melted mozzarella and garlic, and it was definitely a share.
Sbrocco: Yeah.
Lang: You couldn't do it yourself.
Then, you know, we always go to the eggplant parmigiana.
We like the way the marinara sauce -- how they cook each layer of the eggplant.
It's just still crunchy, toasty, and it's just delightful.
Sbrocco: And what did you have to eat?
Hashim: I had a Caesar salad with chicken.
The dressing was nice and creamy.
Lettuce was cut bite-sized portions and stuff like that.
It's a nice, warm, seasoned chicken.
I didn't quite know what to do with the large loaf of bread that came with it and stuff.
[ Laughter ] But honestly, I think it's meant more for a share than it is for a personal dish.
Sbrocco: Mm-hmm.
Right.
Kabigting: So, we also started with the Caesar salad.
As simple as it looked, it was pretty darn good.
We opted for the anchovies on top, and that really boosted it up to a whole nother level.
Lang: What we appreciated was the ice-cold plate.
Sbrocco: Ah.
Lang: It's old-fashioned.
The other dish, pasta, is a half and half.
We chose ravioli and gnocchi, but with bolognese sauce.
And their bolognese sauce is like they've been cooking it -- Sbrocco: For 100 years.
Lang: Yeah.
I mean, it's probably the same sauce.
Sbrocco: Right.
Well, you were you were shaking your head yes.
What else did you have?
Kabigting: My husband had the spaghetti with the bolognese sauce.
And I thought the bolognese sauce was really good.
It had this sweetness to it that you don't normally find.
Lang: Yes.
Kabigting: I also had the half and half with the gnocchi and the beef ravioli, but I did pesto sauce.
Lang: Oh, yes.
Kabigting: And I really liked the pesto sauce.
And the gnocchi itself -- oh, my gosh -- melt-in-your-mouth, buttery, pillowy, soft.
Yum.
Our friends ordered the piccata.
One ordered a chicken piccata.
One ordered the veal piccata.
I have to say, the polenta that came with it on the side -- oh, my creamy goodness!
-- again, was so good.
Sbrocco: Did you just sneak a fork over?
Kabigting: Yes, yes, and I could have eaten that alone for days.
It was so good.
Sbrocco: Any drinks or desserts?
Lang: I think when you get to the dessert, like tiramisu, you can never eat it all yourself.
I mean -- Hashim: Oh, I can.
Lang: I guess you could, yeah.
[ Laughter ] But you shouldn't.
Hashim: No, you shouldn't.
Exactly.
Kabigting: So, my girlfriend and I ordered classic martinis, dry, glasses chilled to perfection, I must say.
I had olives.
My girlfriend had onions.
Sbrocco: Gin or vodka?
Kabigting: Vodka.
Both very refreshing and made perfectly.
And the ambience of that speakeasy.
You see the back door where they used to smuggle in alcohol back in the 1920s.
Mounted deer heads everywhere, dollar bills that are pinned to the ceiling.
Lang: The ceiling.
Kabigting: Very unique.
It's just like being stuck in time.
It was an amazing experience.
Sbrocco: It was fun.
Kabigting: Yeah.
Sbrocco: If you would like to try Volpi's, it's located on Washington Street in downtown Petaluma.
The average multi-course tab per person without drinks is around $55.
Phillips: They're so pretty.
Sbrocco: And now reporter Cecilia Phillips has more Bay Area bites you've just got to try.
She's off to Fairfield to "press" her luck at olive oil milling.
Phillips: Is this about the average height?
Sievers: I have to keep them this height for harvest.
Phillips: So, we are out in beautiful Fairfield, and we are surrounded by so many olive trees.
Sievers: 3,000 olive trees.
You can feel it in your fingers.
Phillips: So, that's a lot of trees.
Sievers: I know every one of them.
Phillips: Tell me about Il Fiorello Olive Oil Company.
Sievers: The name means "the little flower" in Italian.
We are the most modern mill in North America, and we do boutique quality oil.
We mill for many other clients also.
So, you name a company or a winery in Napa, and they bring their olives to me.
I make their oil.
We weigh the olives.
We grade them.
We take the leaves out.
We wash them.
Then they get crushed, and then they go into the malaxers.
And that's a word in Greek that means "softening."
So, it just softens the tissue of the olives so the oil can then come out.
Then they go through the two centrifuges which clarifies the oil, and then we make beautiful oil.
♪♪ Phillips: So, today is Community Milling Day.
It's a really special day.
What happens today?
Sievers: To me, it's the most fun day of the whole year because people who have one olive tree or five olive trees, they don't have enough to mill for their own, so they bring thousands of pounds of olives to us.
They all get batched together, and we make a beautiful blend of oil for them.
These are Arbequina.
Phillips: Mmm.
Sievers: This is probably an Italian olive just in the mix.
Phillips: Wow.
Sievers: And these are California Mission olives, native to California and Spain.
Phillips: Oh, wow.
Sievers: So, the missionaries brought olives with them when they settled the missions, and that's what we call our olive here in California.
Phillips: What would happen if I ate one of these?
Sievers: Oh, no, they're very, very, very bitter.
You'll be spitting for hours.
Phillips: Hours?
Sievers: Do not do it.
Phillips: Don't do it?
Sievers: Do not.
Phillips: Okay.
Phillips: I'm not gonna try it.
Sievers: It's not worth it.
See that?
Phillips: Oh!
[ Laughs ] Sievers: And you can smell how fresh.
Phillips: Oh, my gosh.
Sievers: Yeah.
Phillips: It does smell bitter.
I'm not gonna do it.
I'm not gonna do it.
Sievers: Do not.
Phillips: Okay.
One of the best ways to really get the flavor profile is to taste olive oil on its own... Key: Right.
Phillips: ...back to back.
[ Sniffing ] Key: You smell first, just like wine.
Phillips: Oh.
Key: Then you take a little sip, and as you pull the oil up your tongue, you get that bitterness.
And just as you start to swallow, that little catch in the back of your throat.
Yay, those are signs of freshness and quality.
Phillips: Yeah, I caught it.
[ Laughs ] [ Indistinct conversations ] So, just had the tasting, got to try olive oil just in its purest form.
But you also do amazing food in your bistro.
Sievers: We have amazing food.
I have amazing chefs.
Charcuterie all the time, pasta on the menu all the time.
Most importantly, whatever we're serving for you is the oils that we make here.
Phillips: So, what is this one?
Sievers: This is Frantoio, very strong, very big oil, very traditional Italian.
Phillips: Okay, here we go.
And, look, I found an olive in the bread.
Yes.
I found the one olive that didn't make it into the oil.
[ Both laugh ] It escaped.
Look at this.
Wow.
This is the ragu?
Sievers: It smells so good.
Phillips: Yes.
Sievers: It's a pork ragu.
Phillips: Mmm.
Sievers: And it has beans in it, and it has tomato sauce from our tomatoes here on the farm, al organic.
Phillips: Mmm.
Sievers: This is the life.
Phillips: [ Chuckles ] Tell me about it.
Sievers: That is so good.
Sbrocco: I have to thank my great guests on this week's show, Jeralyn Kabigting, who craves the calamari at Bungalow on Rose in Danville, Naureen Hashem, who loads up on the chutneys at Bundoo Khan in Fremont, and Owen Lang, who appreciates the historic Volpi's in Petaluma.
Join us next time when three more guests will recommend their favorite spots right here on "Check, Please!
Bay Area."
I'm Leslie Sbrocco, and I'll see you then.
Cheers, everyone!
Whoo-hoo!
Kabigting: Cheers!
Whoo-hoo!
Sbrocco: Cheers, cheers, cheers.
Whoo!
Sievers: Olio nuovo means "fresh."
This is a product that you want to use when it's young and fresh.
Don't ever age olive oil.
Five-year old olive oil, throw it out.
Phillips: How long does it take for a tree to go to something that will produce olive-bearing fruit that can be milled?
Sievers: It could take anywhere from 5 years to 10 years.
But olive trees live 1,000, 2000 years.
So, if you drink olive oil, you'll be here in 1,000 years.
We'll do this interview then.
Phillips: I'll be ready for it.
Sievers: [ Laughs ] Phillips: Perfect.


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