From K-QED.

Hi, I'm Olivia Allen Price, and I'm Jessica Plachik.

And you're listening to Bay Curious, a podcast that answers a new question about the Bay Area every week.

And today we're at a restaurant. answers a new question about the Bay Area every week.

And today we're at a restaurant.

A Thai restaurant, specifically one near work.

Which is very special because normally we did our desks.

So one of the things I really like about this place

is they have this blue rice.

It's like bright blue and normally, traditionally this rice gets its color from blue

pea flour.

And where does that rice come from? Asia? Probably not. But tons of other

stuff comes from Asia on ships. Many things around you. The silverware probably came on a ship, these glasses, and maybe these chairs.

Which brings us to Bay Curious Listener, Agis Kumar's question.

He asks, why are there millions of containers in West Oakland and how many

containers are shipped every month? All those containers came through the

port of Oakland and Jessica you were just recently there.

I was.

This is going to be silly.

We can try it, but again, if we start doing this.

This is Mike Zampat, the communications director at the Port of Oakland, and he's pumping his arms trying to get a massive ship loaded down with thousands of containers to honk its horn for me.

I don't think they play those games. Those big ships only honked the

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