I encourage people to watch Fresh Off The Boat with Eddie Huang: Bay Area. In his short documentary series he tries different foods from different areas to get a feel of the culture. I really think his opinion about the food here resonates with the South Bay especially [0]. You wouldn't think that restaurants in strip malls would have good food or a lot of culture, but somehow we manage that here and I personally think the author is being too black and white in his analysis of San Francisco and San Jose.