In our quest to find the best lemon chicken in Chinatown, Candy and I tried out Great Hunan Restaurant. Walking by all the pictures of the deep fried and sauced up chickens posted on their window finally caught on to us. Just by looking at the outside, you could tell that it’s generally a White [...]
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Everyone raves about the honey chili chicken at Chef Jia’s Restaurant, but I’m really digging their honey chili prawns. The prawns are huge, battered, fried to a nice crisp, and sauced up in a honey chili sauce, giving a sweet and mildly spicy flavor. I also tried the lemon chicken, which was not bad. The [...]
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I had a great meal at Wexler’s, in celebration of my birthday. (Thanks Andy, Anita and Candy!) We kicked off with a “Bowl ‘o’ Red”, which is a Texas-style chili with short ribs. It’s not your average chili – it’s even better. We all got a sandwich, and nothing disappointed. The Fulton Valley chicken, the [...]
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We had a small get-together for lunch at R & G Lounge to celebrate Lina’s birthday. The hot and sour soup was a little on the sour side. The beef chow fun was a bit greasy but not bad. The dried scallops egg white fried rice I liked – it had some parts harder/dryer, which [...]
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I think Boudin Bakery is a San Francisco restaurant that San Franciscans sometimes take for granted. We grow up thinking it’s a chain restaurant because there are several locations in the city, but later, we all find out that it’s actually a San Francisco original. They’re known for sourdough bread and clam chowder, which is [...]
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During the months of November and December, I always crave ginger-flavored things, like ginger cake, ginger bread, and ginger cookies. I had to get a ginger molasses cookie this time from Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery since I probably won’t want one for another year. It was a good call!
We also split a snickerdoodle since it [...]
It’s about time a sit-down Korean restaurant opened up in the Financial District. After all, John’s Snack & Deli can only handle so many people at a time. Stone Korean Kitchen took over the Japanese restaurant Oishii Embarcadero, which I’m glad is gone because it was just not worth it. While Stone Korean Kitchen is [...]
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We didn’t know what to eat for lunch and since Boxed Foods Company was right there in front of us, that’s what we had. Unfortunately, when we went they were all out of grilled chicken; fortunately, all the grilled chicken items were able to be replaced by their infamous boxed chicken, which is pretty much [...]
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Another workday, another lunch in Chinatown with Candy, this time at The Pot Sticker in Waverly Place alley. We originally wanted to go for Chinese donuts and soybean milk (油條豆漿) but ended up getting other stuff. We wanted four pieces of potstickers, but the woman marked us down for eight … again! We wanted something [...]
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A cookie from Specialty’s Cafe and Bakery is a San Francisco treat since just about half of all its locations are in San Francisco Downtown. Whenever I get a cookie from Specialty’s, I let them decide what to get. I always ask, “What’s hot?” and that’s what I get.
This time, Candy and I got a [...]
