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Check, Please! Bay Area: Mandalay, Back A Yard Caribbean American Grill, Pho Vi Hoa

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Check, Please! Bay Area Season 12 episode 11 airs Thursday, November 2 at 7:30pm on KQED 9. See other television airtimes. And never miss an episode by subscribing to the video podcast.

A sunshine yellow building houses a cozy spot with an array of traditional Burmese dishes at Mandalay in San Francisco. Next, we visit Back A Yard Caribbean American Grill in Menlo Park for island flavors with steel drums, brightly painted murals and smiling faces. On our last stop, we cruise down to Los Altos for classic Vietnamese specialties at Pho Vi Hoa.

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