Chow Lists

• 1. Cafe Zitouna

  1201 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  Closed on Monday Tues. - Thurs.: 11:00 am To 9:00 pm Friday: 2:00 pm To 9:00 pm Sat. - Sun.: 11:00 am To 9:00 pm <BR><BR>Tunsian food <A href="http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/569516" hasbox="2">Chowhound Cafe Zitouna report</A> Very spicy, rustic style of harissa (hot chili sauce) made in-house (SIX hours of preparation) American Breakfast Two eggs any style served with home made potatoes and mlaoui (Moroccan pancake) and your choice of merguez (lamb sausage) or turkey ham (Halal)

• 2. Hai Ky Mi Gia

  707 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  Daily: 8am-6pm Small restaurant with a large variety of soups and noodle bowls.There are a few Asian breakfast items

• 3. Tu Kim Cafe

  609 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  7am to 6pm <BR><BR>It’s the noodle soup that puts Tu Kim over the top. Greaseless, sheer, crystalline pure pork stock, the archetypal kind of light and near colorless but flavorful Vietnamese soup It’s not available every day. There’s a choice of “yellow or white”, meaning yellow egg noodles or white banh canh <BR><BR>The banh mi is superlative here. The Vietnamese coffee is the best

• 4. Hoang Dat

  930 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  Xiu mai nuoc (meatball soup) served with a hot and crusty french roll and fresh jalapeño chili slices to add as you like. $3.75, including tax. The proprietor said that the meatballs were the specialty .The coffee is a bit weak, skip it.

• 5. Lers Ros Thai

  730 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA

  11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily <BR><BR>Recommended: koh moo yang, or grilled pork shoulder, Kao Kaa Moo rice plate (well stewed pork leg in 5 spice soup with green mustard, chinese broccoli, and chili vinegar sauce), silver noodle salad was excellent with bright flavors, stir fried clams, stir fried pork with crispy rind and chinese broccoli, deep fried whole tilapia, salted egg salad, spareribs with roasted chili paste, yum koh moo yang (grilled pork shoulder salad), tom yum pla kra pong (sea bass in spicy and sour soup), Som Tom Poo Dong shredded green papaya salad w/ chili, cherry tomatoes, lime based salad dressing &amp; crabs, fish cakes (excellent), calamari with chili sauce, raw shrimp salad, beef salad, fried quail, fried tofu, <BR><BR>The rad nah is the best I've had - great sear on the noodles and the gravy was full of flavor, Gai GaProw <BR><BR>Skip: green curry, Pad ped moo pah- boar stir-fried w/ a house made chili paste, eel w/chili paste and galingale,

• 6. Eden's Turkish Food

  552 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102

  Excellent gyros and kabobs

• 7. Turtle Tower Restaurant

  631 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  Vietanmese restaurant especially noted for its chicken pho.

• 8. Saigon Sandwich Shop

  560 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102

  There are many find Vietnamese Sandwich shops in the Tenderloin such as Lee's Deli and Larkin Express, but Saigon Sandwich is one of the oldest and still among the best.

• 9. Bodega Bistro

  607 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  Another Vietnamese restaurant that ges many positive Chowhound reports. Indochine cuisine with Vietnamese and French influences. Dishes include orange duck, pho, shaking beef, crab, bun dishes, rice plates, salad wraps, quail and papaya salad.

• 10. Comida Yucatan y City Pizza

  294 Turk St, San Francisco, CA 94102

  Half the menu is pizza, but the draw here is the Yucatecan cuisine Adelina Cham from Tecax makes dishes not found in other local Yucatan restaurants such as three different types of tamales (oven-baked horneados, thin torteados, and tender colados). Look for the daily specials. Note that the restaurant is located a very sketchy part of the Tenderloin.

• 11. Brenda's French Soul Food

  652 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94102

  Popular Soul Food restaurant with very good beignets.

• 12. Shalimar

  1409 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  One of the most Chowhound recommended Indian restaurants in the Tenderloin

• 13. King of Thai

  184 O Farrell St, San Francisco, CA

  King of Thai is a small local chain serving Thai-style noodle dishes including noodle soups and stir-fried noodles. Also on the menu: Thai appetizers, soups, salads, curries and a few other Thai dishes.

• 14. Johnny Foley's Irish House

  243 Ofarrell St, San Francisco, CA 94102

  It is a little touristy, but there are reports that it is fun and the food is more than acceptable.

• 15. Saigon Cuisine

  642 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA 94109

  Saigon Cuisine has been open for about a year and is across the street from the Bambuddha Lounge. The interior is a step-up from most spots in Little Saigon, comparable to its neighbor, Mangosteen. The menu has a smattering of Vietnamese greatest hits, including com tam plates or broken rice, that aren’t common in the City

• 16. Sultan

  340 Ofarrell St, San Francisco, CA 94102

  Often recommended by Chowhounds as the best Indian food in the Tenderloin. One poster wrote "The ingredients all seemed high-quality, and much of the food was complicated and wonderful.". The naan could be better though. There is a lunch buffet

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