Popular Bay Area Food Cart Embarks On First Non-Mobile
FoodVenture Offering Healthy Rice Snacks Filled
With Delectable Fillings AtPremiere Bay Area
Japanese Pop Culture Venue
Here's some tasty news from San Francisco:
NEW PEOPLE, the dynamic San Franciscoentertainment destination bringing the latest examples of Japanese popularculture to North American shores, has expanded its delectable menu of imaginativesnacks and tasty Japanese entrees with the addition of Onigiri rice balls fromOnigilly, a popular local food cart that has been a part of the Bay Area's renowned food incubation program provided by La Cocina (NPC).
Thecollaboration with NEW PEOPLE is the first retail venture for Onigilly atnon-mobile food service location. The Bay Area start-up company, founded byKoji Kanematsu, makes Onigiri – tightly-packed balls of 30% polished brown ricewith a simple seaweed wrapper and filled with a variety of scrumptious andnutrient rich fillings. Onigilly is very particular about the delicious andhealthy ingredients it uses. Everything is made from scratch with no artificialingredients and prepared fresh daily. More information on Onigilly is availableat: www.onigilly.com.
A selectionof Onigilly’s healthy and tasty Japanese treats, including Spicy Shrimp, Eggplant, Hijiki (a type of Japanese seaweed) and Ume (japanese plums) flavored rice balls are now available from the Cinema Cafe at NEW PEOPLE located in the venue's lobby. Selections are available individually for $2.75 each and also as a lunch box for $7.00, which features 3 Onigilly rice balls, edamame and pickled ginger.
“Onigilly isan inspiring start up and is developing a big gourmet following around the BayArea with their healthy and delectable creations, and we’re very excited tocollaborate with them and make their food available in our café,” says SeijiHoribuchi, president and founder of NEW PEOPLE, Inc. “Onigilly shares NEWPEOPLE’s core mission to inject a clever and sophisticated dose of Japanese popular culture into all they do andwe look forward to the Japantowncommunity and NEW PEOPLE visitors joining with us to welcome our newest tastyaddition.”
NEW PEOPLEopened in 2009 and has become a unique must-see attraction of San Francisco’scultural landscape. The 20,000 square foot contemporaryvenue featuresthe latest examples Japanese popular culture expressed though film, art,fashion, and a variety of specialty boutiques and ongoing monthly events. NEWPEOPLE is located at 1746 Post Street in the city’s Japantown.
