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1. Great Wall Chinese Restaurant
Oakland, CA 94618
(510) 658-8458
Categories:
Chinese,
Vegetarian
Neighbourhoods: Rockridge, North Oakland
I've never been to the real Great Wall. It's on my bucket list. But I've been here, and it's my educated guess that they're not the same. No, the only wall I see is the mental one I have in thinking about coming here again. Actually I used to come…More »
2. Loving Hut
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 975-3888
Category:
Vegan
Neighbourhoods: Union Square, SOMA
I didn't feel the love at the Loving Hut, and that seems so wrong, doesn't it? After my initial disappointment that their name didn't signify that they sold aphrodisiacs and contraceptives, I tried to get over it and regale in the fact that it was a…More »
3. Ton Kiang
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 752-4440
Category:
Dim Sum
Neighbourhood: Outer Richmond
I don't know why it's taken me so long to review Ton Kiang since I used to come here for dim sum with some regularity about a decade ago when Martha Stewart was extolling its virtues prior to her prison sentence. It was good, and I'm sure it still…More »
4. 7 Mission Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-3298
Categories:
Vietnamese,
Chinese
Neighbourhood: SOMA
They keep the hot side hot and the cold side cold...though I am sadly not talking about the dearly departed McDLT from McDonald's. God, I miss that burger. No, I'm talking about how they pack up the pho (noodle soup) when you order it to go.
They have…More »
5. ABC Bakery Cafe
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 681-8800
ABC
Easy as 123
Or simple as do re mi
ABC, 123, Baby, you and me girl!
This ABC? Not so simple. It's an East-meets-West culture clash of monumental portions... and not in a good way. I'm not sure how I ended up here, but I was looking for something…More »
6. B & M Mei Sing Restaurant
There's a valid reason I feel like I'm at the DMV when I come to B&M. The service has the same surly, curt tone, so much so I keep expecting them to give me an eye exam and take my photo at an ill-timed moment. I used to come here frequently when I…More »
7. Becky's Chinese
Oakland, CA 94618
(510) 601-9888
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Rockridge, North Oakland
Do you know what's so great about Becky's? Well, it's within spitting distance of the Rockridge BART station... and... well... uhhhh....did I mention it's near the Rockridge BART station? With so many Cantonese restaurants to choose from in the Bay…More »
8. Cafe Bakery & Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415) 661-6116
Considering how popular this place is with the locals, you would think it would have a more memorable name. For the life of me, I couldn't remember it when we came here. I just remembered that it was the one eatery on this part of Noriega that had a…More »
9. Canton Seafood & Dim Sum Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 495-3064
It's like one of those huge Chinatown banquet-style restaurants got picked up in a Kansas twister like Dorothy Gale's house and landed smack in SoMa since I never quite expect it to be at the location. Well, it must have landed on the Wicked Witch of…More »
10. The Chairman Truck
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 813-8800
Categories:
Food Stands,
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
Jeez-Louise, I had no idea there was a big brouhaha over the existence of this truck due to a vociferous charge of copyright infringement from an East Coast food truck owner who claimed the name of Chairman Bao for his own pork belly bun. I was…More »
11. China House Bar & Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 362-3838
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill
OK, so what were we supposed to do? It was Saturday of Fleet Week, and the Blue Angels finally bid adieu into the wild blue yonder at 4pm. Jamie W. and I kinda got hungry standing on our feet for a couple of hours waiting for those jets to whoosh by.…More »
12. Eric's Restaurant
Well, if Eric's was good enough to be my very first Yelp review over four years ago, then it's certainly good enough to be my 1,475th. Scary, huh? Not Eric's. The fact that I've been to 1,475 places since my first visit there. Oy! I need to cook at…More »
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7/21/2006
UPDATE - 4/5/2008:
Gosh, here I am 800 Yelp reviews later, and I think I've been back to Eric's only… Read more »
13. Fang
OK, I should preface my review and say I am not a fan of House of Nanking. Brown sauce, loud tourists, brown sauce, rude waiters ....did I mention the brown sauce? Sauce just shouldn't be the shade of cow dung, I don't think.
Back from a Yelping…More »
14. Fu War Restaurant
You can tell a lot about a man's character from the take-out he orders...and it ain't a pretty picture of moi.
Sixth and Mission is such a fashion-forward intersection for the urban-intelligentsia that outsiders, like the Seacliff snobs, mistakenly…More »
15. Golden Kim Tar
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 346-8889
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
You know how you always need a dependable go-to Chinese place for pick-up because you never know when you really need to down some sloppy noodles and garlic chicken late at night? Well, this one isn't mine, but I guess it could be if I lived closer…More »
16. Heaven's Dog
Oh gosh, attitude has arrived in my 'hood. It comes and goes here...mostly goes. But the unfortunately named Heaven's Dog (an oh-so hipster name if ever there was one) has a barking chance of surviving despite the trendy 'tude simply because they…More »
17. Henry's Hunan Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 956-7727
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: North Beach/Telegraph Hill, Embarcadero
Mr. Peabody needs his Wayback Machine back, so I'll keep this brief.
I used to come to this Hunan outlet all the time for lunch umpteen years ago when I was a lowly media planner in an ad agency in the neighborhood. I returned just last week since my…More »
18. Henry's Hunan Restaurant
After much soul-searching and mountaintop-sitting, I decided to lift my rating for Henry's Hunan to four stars. Yes, I know it's a controversial upgrade, and I am willing to take the slings and arrows of those unfortunate snobs who have dismissed…More »
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7/22/2007
OK, there's already Shanghai 1930 on Spear, but a few opium plants and concubines could turn this… Read more »
19. Ho King Grill
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 626-1189
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhoods: Civic Center/Tenderloin, SOMA
Now I'm not sure why there's a big Grand Opening sign in front of Ho King since I've been sprinting by it to avoid the on the way to the Civic Center station for years. For those who know the block intimately, you know why I'm power walking. It's…More »
20. Imperial Tea Court
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 544-9830
Smell the tea!...SMELL THE TEA!
The server will insist you do so, for it will soothe your soul with the elixir of Confucius. OK, they don't make that big a ta-dah of it, but I think they should do a show here like Teatro Zinzanni and have a female…More »
21. Mission Chinese Food
Rarely do I praise hipster joints with a whole lot of 'tude, but Mission Chinese does such a novel twist on traditional Hunan and Szechuan dishes and for such a good cause - 75 cents of every entree goes to the San Francisco Food Bank - that I cannot…More »
22. New Ming's Restaurant
If this is New Ming, then I am curious what exactly happened to Old Ming. Has he been shuffled off to a nursing home, or is he that guy who plays the two-string stand-up fiddle in the MUNI station for change? Poor old Ming. How could you? Well, Old…More »
23. Noodle Shop
If I see a place called Noodle Shop, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a lot of noodle choices on the menu. Instead, here you will find Mandarin Hunan dishes, in particular, their specialty, "Mao's Family Dishes". I never quite figured out…More »
24. Panda Express
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 665-7954
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Inner Sunset
The following message is fully endorsed by the NRA, and may Chuck Heston rest in peace...
So this mean alpha panda walks into a bar.
In fact, he was so mean he had a tattoo that said "Exploit Tibet".
He slammed his paw on the counter and bellowed...
…More »
25. Red Jade Restaurant
A dependable Hunan or Mandarin restaurant is worth giving up a kidney, and one that delivers makes me want to get a frequent organ donor card. And one that has great, fresh-tasting food can only mean one thing: a brain transplant.
That's why I am…More »
26. Restaurant Chu
Sleek and swanky and oh-so-empty on a Monday evening. It felt like it was all dressed up with no place to go. I was so drawn by the dark, cool vibe as I was driving by that I decided to give it a good ol' College Avenue try. The place was so nicely…More »
27. Sam's Chinese Restaurant
Ed U: "Sing it once, Sam. For old times' sake."
Sam: [lying] "I don't know what you mean, Mr. Ed.
Ed U: "Sing it, Sam. Sing "As the Duck Skin Crisps."
Sam: [lying] "Oh, I can't remember it, Mr. Ed. I'm a little rusty on it."
Ed U: "Here, I'll hum it for…More »
28. Shanghai Dumpling King
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 387-2088
Category:
Chinese
Neighbourhood: Outer Richmond
I don't know what kind of culinary epiphany I was expecting when I came to the Shanghai Dumpling King - but nope, I wasn't feeling it. Now I don't mean it was horrible or anything. I just thought for a place that was praised to high heavens on "Check…More »
29. Tai Chi Restaurant
Who da thunk this side of Russian Hill would have a worthwhile Chinese restaurant? After all, this is the strip of Polk that boasts Nick's Crispy Tacos and Miller's East Coast Deli. But sure enough, here is Tai Chi to save the day for Russian Hill…More »
30. Yank Sing
Is it me...or does Yank Sing sound like the name of a castration clinic? A painful one for that matter. I don't think I'd sing "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" if someone yanked my willie. Maybe that's why I don't come here much. Actually, it's because…More »
31. Yank Sing 2 Go
First there was "The Godfather"...then there was "The Godfather Part II"....First there was "Porky's"...then there was "Porky's II: The Next Day"....First there was "Yank Sing"...then there was "Yank Sing 2 Go".
Among the many selections at the Rincon…More »
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