Top Oakland Dining Experiences

Turn a viral dessert into a skill you can recreate anytime. In this interactive class booked through Classpop!, Chef Rajeswari walks you step by step through making Dubai-style chocolate bars from scratch. Start by tempering chocolate, learning how temperature control creates a smooth, glossy finish and clean snap. Then mix pistachio cream with crispy kataifi to build a filling that combines creamy and crunchy textures. Assemble and mold your bars with guidance from Chef Rajeswari, picking up practical tips on structure, flavor balance and presentation. Set in a lively Bay Area venue, this experience is perfect for anyone looking to try something creative and delicious. Leave with your handcrafted chocolate bars and the confidence to make them again at home.

Join us on a full-day, small-group wine tour of the Spectacular Napa Valley wine country for guests coming from San Francisco! Take the San Francisco Bay Ferry & meet us at the Vallejo Ferry Terminal. In our small shuttle bus, you’ll visit three charming, back roads wineries that change daily and be served a picnic lunch in an idyllic winery setting. Your tour guide will tell fascinating stories and share many interesting tidbits about local history, culture and wine making. Our specialty is intimate, light hearted and truly memorable experiences. Your guide will set up a tasty picnic lunch for you at a picturesque winery. Once the tour concludes, you will be dropped off at the Vallejo Ferry Terminal in time to catch one of the evening return ferries to San Francisco. The tour typically has 8-12 guests on board.