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Chicken 65

Chicken 65

CHICKEN NUGGETS. Morsels cut small and fried, a dish elemental and primal, as popular as french fries. In the South Bay, the large south Indian community serves chicken 65, a particular species of chicken nugget marinated in chile powder, turmeric and ginger, then laced with red food coloring and curry leaves.

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Review: Aphrodisiac at City Lights Theater

Review: Aphrodisiac at City Lights Theater

Rob Handel’s Aphrodisiac, now at City Lights theater, is a political thriller—with a twist, which I’ll get to in a moment—that speculates about the mystery of the political beast.

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Ballet San Jose

Ballet San Jose

Ballet San Jose’s 2012 season features three programs with a diverse repertoire that includes traditional and modern works, as well a number of notable company premieres.

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Best Bites: Soup

Best Bites: Soup

Cold, wet weather is soup weather. From minestrone to bun bo Hue, San Jose has the soup for you.

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SJ Q&A: Ryan Summers, Good Karma

SJ Q&A: Ryan Summers, Good Karma

Ryan Summers took over ownership of Good Karma Vegan Cafe, a popular location for vegan food in San Jose, almost six years ago and moved the restaurant to its current location on South First Street a few months later.

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Fur Real

Fur Real

When a pale, lanky fanboy skips through a downtown crosswalk wearing little else than pointy ears and a fox tail, it can only mean one thing: FurCon has returned to San Jose. The city’s annual hot mess, where thousands of men and some women let their guard down to celebrate fetishism in one of its most colorfully public expressions, FurCon—short for Further Confusion—is a stuffed animal freakfest.

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Bike Buzz: Specialized Faces Lawsuit

Bike Buzz: Specialized Faces Lawsuit

In a classic David vs. Goliath case that had the bicycling community abuzz, two owners of a small Cotati bike company were in a San Jose courtroom last week battling cycling giant Specialized.

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Live Feed: Twilight for Twinkies?

Live Feed: Twilight for Twinkies?

Part of the Twinkies Hostess’ demise may be that its products are so overtly bad that the even the most recalcitrant junk-food consumer probably feels a little sheepish sliding a box of Ho Ho’s to the cash register. 

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Review: Pho Saigon Pasteur

Review: Pho Saigon Pasteur

I slurped, chomped and chopsticked my way through 10 Vietnamese restaurants. I found Fremont’s Pho Saigon Pasteur the most worthy of mention in its class: neighborhood noodle-house diner.

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San Jose Tet Festival

San Jose Tet Festival

Featuring numerous competitions, vendors and Vietnamese cuisine, the 30th anniversary of San Jose’s Tet Festival is expected to draw 40,000 to 70,000 people to Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on January 21-22.

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