Is Lai Hong Lounge Now The Clear Choice For Dim Sum in SF Chinatown?
Hmm... A friend of mine came to the same conclusion... That the Chiu Zhou dumpling was the best version she had when we went there about a month ago... Even though it was kinda 'mutant' in size... ^^...
View ArticleBay Area Food Festivals and Events - July 2013
Melanie provides a great service for putting this together every month. If you are interested in adding to it, local papers and local blogs sometimes provide good tips. I'm in the East Bay and try to...
View ArticleGood, cheap places in Oakland (within 5-10 min walk of BART stations)
I liked the nimbu pani, but you have to really like cilantro!
View ArticleQuick Suppenküche Report - Hayes Valley, SF
I ate at Suppenküche in Hayes Valley last week for the first time in many years. I wasn't drinking, so I didn't get to try any of the interesting beers. I had an iced tea, though, which was freshly...
View ArticleBrunch at Fattoush in Noe Valley - Report
I went to Fattoush on Church St. in SF for the first time over the weekend, and was pleasantly surprised. The back patio wasn't open, though I hear that it's really nice when it is. I thought the food...
View ArticleComal - Berkeley
Went on Friday and got the usuals (guac, meatballs, compresed watermelon salad, all really good as always) and some new-for-us items, such as the mole chicken wings, potato-cheese flauta, chile...
View ArticleGood, reasonably priced Italian in Berkeley/Rockridge
That "orechiette" is my favorite there. I can't figure out the traffic though -- I walk by it almost every day. Some days, completely empty (indeed, I have been there for a glass of wine and pastas to...
View ArticleNew Yorker visiting San Fran, I'd love some help!
I'll let locals weigh in, but turtle tower, soupcon's pick for "northern/ha noi style" pho is, in my mind, synonymous with pho ga (chicken). i dont think i have ever ordered pho ga anywhere else (the...
View ArticleLittle Star pizza to replace Milano's on Grand [Oakland]
Had some leftover slices from Peninsula Blue Line and have to give them the edge; more sausage, sauce cooked down a little better, better doneness. But again, only one visit to "The Star" so hopefully...
View Article10 best milkshakes in SF from EaterSF
The "Too Good To Be True" at Ice Cream Bar is my favorite shake in SF. Hand shaken and made with raw eggs and without ice cream. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/829581#7094928 Great texture and...
View ArticleFavorite Ice Cream 2013
YES -- Sketch (Berkeley) is the best!! Hawker Fare (Oakland) also has yummy soft serve too.
View ArticleDim Sum Chinatown?? [San Francisco]
@Melanie: It didn't. They ended up doing some sort of tour that made getting together for lunch next to impossible. But I have saved all of the great suggestions for the next time I am craving dim...
View Articlehapa ramen (ferry building) report
Sorry, no, I have not. You'll find many opinions of it in this thread. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/885119
View ArticleHelp Needed: in San Francisco, specifics
AQ, Zuni, and Bar Jules would all work in that price range. AQ and Bar Jules have menus with prices online. Looking at my receipt from Zuni the other night its prices are similar to Bar Jules's. At AQ...
View ArticleSome new things in downtown San Jose
I'd love to see a report on Nemea. The chef was sous at Vinga (a short-lived Catalan place that I loved) and chef de cuisine at Kokkari. http://nemeagreektaverna.com/pages/team/
View ArticleWho wants to get together to order the leg of beast?
UPDATE: We need one more couple to make this happen! Please email me if you are interested at sf459594@yahoo.com Hi San Francisco Chowhounders! My husband and I are coming to visit for our one year...
View ArticleRed Hot Chilli Pepper, Desi Chinese, San Carlos
Mrs. Wineguy and I dropped in to RHCP for lunch yesterday. Neither of us had had anything like it before, so nothing to compare it to. We liked it, and would return. However, I thought some of the...
View ArticleFarmshop Sunday Night Alternative [San Francisco]
That's a harder request than it should be. One would think there would be a bunch of Keller spin offs of that sort, or a place that gave some inspiration to Farmshop, like Zuni, would be a great fill...
View ArticleGrocery Outlet July 2013
Grocery Outlet Oakland last week- goat's milk soap with lavender oil, fried dill pickles, very tasty sweet potato steak fries with lots of vitamin A and good oils, Tempt frozen dessert bars made with...
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