I am so happy I discovered Gourmet Corner. Even in the culturally diverse Bay Area, it can be…read moresurprisingly difficult to find authentic French ingredients without driving long distances. Gourmet Corner makes it easy to enjoy real French food at home. They offer an impressive selection of French products, including sausages, charcuterie, salami, cheeses, wines, chocolates, cookies, and many other specialty items. The prices are very reasonable, and the ordering process is simple. After ordering online, I chose to pick up my order at their Campbell location. The process was simple and hassle-free. I recently purchased Raclette cheese, and it was absolutely delicious. In my opinion, it is the best Raclette I have found in the Bay Area. Today I picked up Boudin Noir along with some French sweets, and I am looking forward to trying them. What really stood out to me was the excellent customer service. The staff is incredibly friendly, responsive, and flexible. They went out of their way to help, making the entire experience smooth and enjoyable. For first-time visitors picking up an order at the Campbell location, the pickup location can be a little tricky to find. Look for the large building with the American Barbell gym at the entrance. Facing the building, there is a small entrance on the far right side with designated pickup parking spaces. Once you arrive, call to let them know you're there, and they will bring your order out to your car. One helpful tip: wine shipments arrive on Tuesdays and Fridays, while many of the other food items are typically kept in stock. After your order is confirmed, pickup is often available without having to wait specifically for those delivery days. I also learned that Gourmet Corner regularly participates in local farmers' markets throughout the Bay Area. It's always nice to support a small business that brings authentic French products directly to the community and helps people discover the flavors of France close to home. If you love French food, French culture, or simply want to recreate an authentic French meal at home, I highly recommend Gourmet Corner. Shopping here feels like stepping into a French gourmet market without leaving California. I'll definitely be ordering again very soon!

Pre-ordered $75 of Bordier butter through their Frenchery pre-order program. Pickup date was…read moreconfirmed twice in writing (receipt + the owner's own email) a month ago, then pushed 2 weeks out the day before scheduled pick-up date. They admitted they only caught the error because I contacted them. When I said I'd still keep the order and wait, they cancelled and refunded it anyway without asking. Then came the texts: I should find another Bordier vendor because they're "obviously not up to your customer service experience standard," followed by "There's nothing more I can do. Feel free to leave bad reviews." (Screenshot attached.) The refund was quick and there were plenty of apologies, but cancelling against my explicit wishes and then telling me to shop elsewhere was the worst customer-service experience I've had with a specialty food shop.

Thats such a beautiful place n food also the people were too nice this place gonna be my favorite…read moreTurkish restaurant

I've visited at least five Turkish breakfast cafés and restaurants throughout the Bay Area, and I'm…read morenot exaggerating when I say this place stands out above the rest. I'm not biased either--I simply appreciate quality, authenticity, and hospitality, and this café delivers on all three. From the moment you walk in, you feel welcomed. The service is warm, genuine, and reminds me of the hospitality you experience in Turkey itself. The food feels like breakfast away from home, with every detail thoughtfully prepared. The quality of the ingredients is evident in every bite, and everything tastes fresh and authentic. One of my favorite things about this place is that it's more than just a café. They also have a small market stocked with Turkish essentials, making it easy to pick up treats for guests, ingredients for dinner, or a few favorite snacks to take home. They offer Turkish delight, baklava, ice cream, and a carefully selected variety of products that are perfect for everyday needs. A friend introduced me to this café, and I've returned many times since. In fact, after a disappointing experience at another Turkish café in Burlingame, where both the service and quality of the breakfast left much to be desired, I found myself coming straight here afterward. I paid for my meal there, packed it up, and immediately drove here because I knew I'd leave satisfied. Marrying into a Turkish family has given me a deep appreciation for authentic Turkish breakfast, and I can confidently say this place gets it right. The potato börek tasted exactly like the one my in-laws make. For a moment, I felt like I was back in Turkey all over again. The café offers both indoor and outdoor seating, and they've done a wonderful job transforming what I remember as primarily a market into a thriving café and market combination. It's clear that a lot of love and hard work went into creating this space. I'm genuinely happy for their success and will continue bringing friends and family here. It has become my go-to spot whenever I want authentic Turkish food, great service, and a little taste of home. I truly cannot recommend this place enough.

This place is clean, organized, and easy to navigate. As soon as you walk in and turn right, you'll…read morefind the musubi, onigiri, inari, cookies, and kimbap neatly displayed along the wall, with the menu posted above. You order at the counter, grab any open table if you're dining in, and they'll call your name when your food is ready. There are several tables available for customers who want to eat there. The middle of the store has a nice selection of Hawaiian snacks to browse, while the refrigerator along the opposite wall is stocked with drinks and a few side dishes, including kimchi, available for purchase. On this visit, we ordered the Shoyu Ahi Bowl with greens, the Hawaiian Style Ahi Bowl with greens, and the Kalua Pork & Cabbage plate. The Kalua Pork & Cabbage was the standout. It came with macaroni salad and rice, the portion was generous, the pork was tender, and the cabbage was soft, well-seasoned, and tasty. The ahi itself had a great texture and tasted fresh. However, both the Shoyu Ahi and Hawaiian Style Ahi bowls were already well-marinated, and the greens were dressed with the same sweet soy based sauce. The combination made the bowls a bit too salty and sauce heavy, which overpowered the natural flavor of the fish. By the time we finished our bowls, we found ourselves reaching for coconut water to help balance the saltiness. Overall, we enjoyed our visit. The restaurant was clean, the staff was efficient, and the Kalua Pork & Cabbage was definitely worth ordering. I just wish the ahi bowls had a lighter touch with the sauce so the freshness of the fish could really shine. We'd be happy to come back and try some of the other menu items. :)

Food: 3.75-4.0. Service: 4.0 (counter) | Ambiance: 4.0…read more DIAMOND HEAD GENERAL STORE at 260 ECR in San Bruno is a clean, great little place for refills of Hawaiian Islands pantry goodies and snacks, and hot lunch boxes. The pantry and snack items can be pricey but, hey, they traveled far to be here for you. They've got Zippy's in the fridge! Li Hing powder and Li Hing Mui, good signs of a connection to the Islands. Their hot lunch boxes are not to be missed, including their selection of Musubi's on the right wall as you enter. Take a glance at the menu on the wall, put in your order, pay, and wait. There's some nice seating set up inside across the space. Otherwise seems more of a take out place. Lunch boxes come w/rice, Mac salad. Kahlua Pork had some cabbage cradling the smoky pork. Ordered to go: KAHLUA PORK - loved the smoky flavors, a tad dry but really appreciated it was not overly salty like a lot of Kahlua Pork offerings. The pickled onions was especially a nice touch, and contrast to the smoky pork. The Mac salad was creamy, fresh but was missing something. I'd order this again for the Kahlua Pork and pickled onions alone. LOCO MOCO - ubiquitous beef patties, over rice, luscious gravy, topped with sunny side up eggs. My go-to fav whenever I see Loco Moco! This LOCO MOCO did not disappoint in flavors and taste but I could go with more, yes!, more of their delicious gravy! Maybe w/additional gravy on the side. DIAMOND HEAD GENERAL STORE will see a return visit to try their MOCHIKO CHICKEN, GARLIC SHRIMP, FURIKAKE MAHI, CRAB INARIS, MUSUBIS, CRACK FRIES, and their famous SHAVED ICE! See you there!

Had a wonderful Foccacia class here with my mom! Everyone was so nice and it was organized very…read morewell. Rosaura was THE BEST! She was very knowledgeable and helpful and funny :) can't wait to book another class!

I came here as part of a corporate event to bake croissants. This was a particularly fun…read moreexperience. We doubled up in groups of two to create croissants and took them home to bake. The ingredients were all measured out for us. I appreciate the instructor taking the time to explain food science (e.g why European butter has a higher fat percentage/melts more easily when contact is made with skin, why we refrigerate dough). However, I do feel like there was a lot of time spent explaining this when we could have been working on making the croissant. I'd prefer if we just got succinct instructions and got sent on our way while fun facts about croissants and how different ingredients interact with one another are told to us. I've taken a baking class at Sur La Table where there are TVs placed around each perspective, so everyone can watch as the instructor works on her dish instead of awkwardly huddling around the table craning to get a peek at the proper technique. When I made my croissant at home, they were perfectly buttery and flaky. Baking Arts also printed out PDF instructions for us to take home. As for the selection of baking goods, I noticed a lot of novelty tools that caught my interest! They have a decent selection of food dyes and edible glitter/pearls that are perfect for decorating cakes and baking with.

Suruki supermarket has been my weekly routine for over a year. Every Saturday I get a poke bowl…read morewith quarter lb otoro and quarter lb hamachi belly and eat at the park across the street. Today the owner himself cut the fish and it was genuinely so good I had to leave my long overdue review. It is legit better than flying to Tokyo. Thank you suruki!

Hands down best fish market in the bay for sushi/sashimi fish. You walk in and there is a wall…read morefridge of prepared bentos, and you are wondering if they actually sell them all -- yes they do, and more! Action is in the back at the fish counter, where you'll find a short line, with each person rambling off "1 pound of otoro" or "2 pounds of salmon". Its intense to the say the least. Fish is great! you won't be disappointed. Super fresh. Price is reasonable too. And staff is very friendly and accommodating. It's slightly on smaller side, but overall selection is good, and the market is what you'd expect for a Japanese grocery store. Parking in the area can be challenging at times, so make a trip out of it or go off peak hours.

Cool little grocery store in San Mateo. I found this via Too Good to Go but did walk around a…read morelittle bit before I picked up my bag. The snacks were past expiration date but they disclosed that in the description. The snacks were all really yummy though and they tasted fine since they were chocolate based mostly. They have a lot of international foods and ingredients here like saffron water, tahini, pierogies, etc. I don't cook a lot but can see myself picking up some ingredients here if I cooked more! The owner (?) seemed nice!

Check expiration Dates before you buy. I decided to give…read morethis store a try on too good to go app, I have purchased from different grocery stores on that app multiple times but this time tried this store. While waiting for the bag I was looking around they had a lot of recent expired from beginning of Oct, and some from Sept.items on shelves . (Which is what I thought I was maybe getting) The lady build the bag from items in the back . I examined the items in my car and they are expired over 2 years and others 1year. Which is crazy to me , that app does let you know you can get recently expired items but years ??? Crazy .

Came here for a light lunch on a Saturday afternoon - it was consistently busy with people coming…read morein/out but we were able to get a table to eat outside. The workers were really friendly and helpful with orders and questions. Gives off a great neighborhood market feel. We picked up a ebi musubi and salmon poke from the back. We wanted a different type of musubi but they were sold out for the day. The musubi we got was delicious though, as well as the poke, so no complaints! It was nice being able to eat it right outside the store. The musubi was nice and warm, and the poke was super fresh. Overall I would definitely come back here if ever in the area!

My favorite place for musubis or a quick casual take out lunch…read more Takahashi Market has been around for four generations since 1906 and specializes in fresh poke, assorted musubi, and lunch plates for to go or dine in (there are tables in the front). They also sell Hawaiian cookies, groceries, and cooking ingredients. Today, I came right at opening 11 AM and grabbed bacon, spam, egg musubi and loco moco musubis to go. It's $10.95 each but each serving is generous and has 2 pieces. In my opinion, better than the musubis at Osaka Market in Foster City.

An absolutely wonderful experience at Del' Oliva last weekend! I was over at my friend's house for…read morelunch and she shared with me a recent purchase of a pear white balsamic vinegar that left me speechless! We ended up going to Burlingame that same day so I could try it out for myself. Metered street parking at and located in downtown Burlingame, Del' Oliva is quaint and offers gourmet olive oils and vinegars. Their products are fresh and their customer service is top tier. Immediately welcomed upon entering by the owners and shared with us a few samples and combinations of extra virgin olive oils and balsamic vinegars on tap. You can taste the fruits in their vinegars. Fantastic variations that would elevate your dishes. I picked up a lime infused olive oil and pear white balsamic vinegar. Overall, would recommend checking out for all foodies and home cooks!

If you want quality olive oil with a personalized sales experience, Del'Oliva is the place to come…read moreto. The owner took his time to ask about our needs and preferences and gave us a few tastings of things he thought we would like and everything he gave us was spot on. I came in wanting to get one bottle of olive oil but ended up with 3 olive oils and 1 balsamic and I have no regrets. I had my two kids with me as well and he was very kind to them, giving them cookie samples and making them an olive/balsamic blend that tasted just like raspberry chocolate which they loved. Definitely a place to come to for your olive oil needs!

We had Frank's Texas BBQ catered to us at work today. I'm not a big BBQ fan; however, the meal was…read moredelicious - even better when you don't have to pay for it . I inhaled my plate so fast that I couldn't breathe after - jokes! But I ate it so fast that I forgot to take a picture . The briskets and ribs were cooked beautifully, well marinated but not over powering. The potato salad was tasty as well. Well-deserved a 5-s review!

My company has done catering from here a few times now, I think this was the third. The food was…read morevery okay. Vegan options this time that I tried were grilled portobello mushroom, veggie burger, bbq beans, and then they also provided some fruit. The mushroom was decent, juicy and well seasoned, however veggie burger was quite dry and flavorless on its own. I probably liked the beans the best. My coworkers who had the meats also felt it was just fine. They also had some bread rolls which I was told were kind of hard, not soft.

Cute little Persian grocery store on El Camino Real. As soon as I walked in, the staff or owner…read moretried to help and asked if I needed assistance. Most of the items were new to me so I was just curious and browsing. One thing I wanted to try was the saffron and pistachio ice cream I saw in the fridge, but I was on my way to lunch so I will have to get it next time!

I'm new to teaching in the district and when I asked my students the best place to pick up Persian…read moreessentials for the new year, they mentioned this market. I had a fantastic experience and am so excited to add this to my regular stops.