Word from the Daniel Patterson Group is that Ume, which they’ve characterized as a “pop-up”, was designed to test the waters and see if the new concept, and its fried chicken ramen, could succeed.

A few months ago, Daniel Patterson changed the name of his Oakland restaurant Plum to Ume, which means plum in Japanese and signaled the transformation from an American- to a Japanese-inspired menu.

First came news that Daniel Patterson’s Plum restaurant in Oakland was reinventing itself as Ume — which is Japanese for “plum” — a Japanese-centric neighborhood pop-up with chef Brett Cooper at the ...

Food title: San Mateo’s burgeoning restaurant scene is now on the map — as in Rand McNally. The cartography experts search every year for the Best Small Towns of America in various categories, ...

With the history and prevalence of Japanese culture in California, it’s no surprise that everything from ramen to sushi to sake found its early American roots on the West Coast. Now, another staple of ...

A Japanese fruit known for its sweetness may be a valuable resource to combat high blood pressure, one of the major causes of cardiovascular disease, which affects more than 120 million Americans.