FuseBox

With a sun-drenched courtyard, an interior clad in wood and raw concrete, and as many types of kimchi as chef-owner Sunhui Chang can come up with, FuseBox is a West Oakland gem. Chang's Korean-Japanese-Californian skewers, pickles and rice bowls are precise without being precious. And don't let the daytime hours keep you from the barrel-aged soju. See our previous coverage.