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Hand pulled noodles and knife cut noodles? Best options in SF (or BART accessible)
Order 50% more food than you used to. They kept about the same price.point but reduced quantity. Quality is still solid.
Restaurant ideas in Hayes Valley
Is Il Borgo (Fell & Laguna) in Hayes Valley? Good Bolognese sauce; love their lobster ravioli. Very friendly staff.
Alternatives to Great China?
- Fish "ball" with not so crispy fried fish skeleton. Frozen fish cooked overly oily with celery and carrots. The fish "balls" were okay.
- Gai lan with garlic, oily, again.
- some sort of fried tofu. run-of-the-mill, meh.
Wait person offered us a small bowl of the $10 soup gratis. Good, but nothing special. Also offered free mango colored ice cream for desert. No mango taste whatsoever.
Alternatives to Great China?
IMO, still nothing special. Ordered 3 items from from Chef's Specialty Menu and nothing was special. Found food to be overly oily. Asked about lobsters and crabs, wait person says they are pre-ordered items. Items on Chef's Specialty Menu are not particularly cheap either. Including T&T bill was close to 40. Charges 10 bucks for a typical free soup found in most Chinese restaurants in the bay area.
Custard Pie
Used to go to Eastern Bakery on Grant. Haven't been for a while, though. Tried a few other places along Stockton, but not impressed. Lack of flavor (too much filler/starch?) Haven't tried Red House yet, but will do so soon.
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Eastern Bakery
720 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94108
Mini baked pork buns and egg custard tarts - where to buy for party at home
TC Pastry on Irving has both
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TC Pastry
2222 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
Beijing/Northern Chinese in Sunset
Beijing Restaurant noodles and pancakes seem to shine. They make them in the back as people order them.
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Beijing Restaurant
1801 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94112
Beijing/Northern Chinese in Sunset
In our last couple of visits to the Alemany location, we noticed the quantity has reduced significantly for about the same price. (Cumin Lamb was less than half of what we usually get!) When we were there last month, we ordered about 1/3 more food than usual. Guess it's a way for them to up the price without really up the price. Anyone shares our experience?
I was told that Jin's mother cooks at the Sunset location, but we've never been.
Hachiya persimmon preserve
I tried to cook down 5 perfectly ripe hachiya persimmons in a sauce pan. The persimmons were totally ripe, translucent and soft all over. After cooking for about 2 hours, the astringency returns. Don't understand this one. Does anyone have a good recipe for making hachiya persimmon jam?
persimmons....how to ripen??
as cornflower says up thread, "he freezing approach softens the persimmon but doesn't do anything to diminish its astringency" But may be the astringency is limited to the pulp.
help me plan my tartine strategy
You can reserve a loaf for pickup at a later time.
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Tartine Bakery
600 Guerrero St, San Francisco, CA 94110
East Bay $1 Oysters - Friday Lunch
Marica restaurant on College serves dollar oysters everyday. Don't know if they open for lunch though.
Chinese Takeout
I think the one on Alemany is closer to OP
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Beijing Restaurant
1801 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94112
Flavor King Pluot Season
Brookside sold their last ones to Olivetto last Wedneesday :(
Best Scallion/Onion/Green Onion Pancakes in the Bay Area?
Has some at Beijing Restaurant...hot off the griddle, quite memorable.
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Beijing Restaurant
1801 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94112
San Dong House -- hand pulled noodles and more in the Inner Richmond
Had the Spicy Beef Noodles Soup for lunch last THU. The broth was thin, lacking beef flavor. The noodles were, although hand-pulled, over cooked and lack the characteristic bounce. I especially did care for the ladle of red oil they put on the soup. Is this place going down hill already?
Dungeness Crab Prices '10
tankful of feisty ones at MOM yesterday for $2.49/lb
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Manila Oriental Market
4175 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94112
Good eats with a 14 year old
If you are going to the park, Park Chow would be an excellent choice with a 14 yo.
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Park Chow
1238 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122
Take out dim sum help
Call TC Pastry on Irving.
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TC Pastry
2222 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
Best value sushi in the city?
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/437474?tag=boards;topic-437474
Beijing BBQ 4683 Mission (at Persia) (sister of Beijing Restaurant), SF
BR owners told me that the new establishment is totally separate and distict from BR. They're not even sure what type of cuisine will be serveed there, if it's going to be a restaurant. I guess it's all handled by brokers and the BR folks just want their $$ and don't care about anything else.
BTW, anything new at Bbbq you can get it at BR with the same price point. I'd say it's a roundabout, not to mention expensive, way of introducing new dishes at BR, but, aparently, it's financially beneficial.
Beijing BBQ 4683 Mission (at Persia) (sister of Beijing Restaurant), SF
or $2 for 3? Made with yeasty dought.
Beijing BBQ 4683 Mission (at Persia) (sister of Beijing Restaurant), SF
Beijing BBQ, for all intents and purposes, is closed. Officially sold to the new owners either today or at EOM. Folks at Beijing Restaurant refurbished this place solely for the purpose of reselling and making a quick profit.
Beijing BBQ 4683 Mission (at Persia) (sister of Beijing Restaurant), SF
nothing to write home about.... the lamb skewers ($2 ea.) are fatty and not enough flavor for me. The soy milk ($1.50 12oz. cup) is watery. Onion pancakes lack scallions as if they were running out of ingredients and trying to stretch with what the have on hand. It was flavorless and taste of grease and floury dough. They're starting a permanent place on Larkin (Larkin Cafe (?) I didn't pay attention since I wasn't impressed by the food.)
Xiao long bao/shao long bao. Shanghai small dragon dumplings
Grotesque or anthropomorphize nature?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/asia/03chinglish.html
Fat Tuesday / Mardi Gras
Have you tried Queen's Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe?
Also, check out Yats, temporarily serving out of Annie's Bistro. (http://www.whereyats.com) According to a NO native, their oyster PoBoy is as authentic as they come.
