2 Newark Eateries Make List Of Top East Bay Restaurants

NEWARK, CA — The San Francisco Chronicle named Mingala Restaurant and ID Company in Newark among the Top East Bay Restaurants, considered "the best and brightest in the region."

The paper praised the "swagger" of Mingala, which serves Burmese and Malaysian cuisine.

The review singled out "the tea leaf salad ($13.99), which is littered with a merry band of nuts, seeds, fried beans and Thai chiles." The folded roti paratha, beef rendang, the intensely spiced masala chicken, and the sweet cafe baby short ribs were also considered worth trying.

Mingala Restaurant is at 39055 Cedar Blvd., #108 in Newark. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner, Tuesday through Sunday.

ID Company is in Newpark Mall, next to Entrance 3. ID stands for Idly Dosa, and the restaurant "offers 16 different dosa configurations and each is ethereally crisp," the newspaper raves.

Particularly recommended are the ones with eggs and chiles or the Hyderabad bandi dosa stuffed with a mix of chopped veggies and a sauce made of lentils, garlic and ginger.

ID Company is one of three restaurants. The other two are named ID Cafe and are located in Pleasanton and Antioch.

See the full list of East Bay restaurants on the San Francisco Chronicle.