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1098 Useful, 643 Funny, and 865 Cool
San Francisco, CA
Yelping SinceMay 2005
Things I Lovexiaolongbao, shengjianbao, xianbing, daoxiaomian, lamian, ramen, pizza, foie gras, uni, organic produce, ribeye, offal, incanto, kalbi, chigae, EGGS, beer, wine, whiskey, gin
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Best REAL Chinese food in the Bay Area
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1. Koi Palace
Updated review 9/24/07
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I just had a birthday banquet here for my friends tonight. Everything was perfectly prepared, and they heated the shao-xing wine to perfection.
The menu:
Goeduck (2 courses, 3.5 lb goeduck: the "nose" served sashimi style,…More »
2. Jai Yun - CLOSED
So you want to take your date out for real Chinese food...but all the good chinese restaurants are either holes in the wall, or huge banquet restaurants, and it's really difficult to get some variety for just two people. Look no further. THIS is…More »
3. Spices!
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 752-8884
If you love STINKY TOFU like I do, THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. THis is the place with the vertical yellow flags outside that say "STINKY DOFU PHD" (in chinese) outside the door.
This place claims to be "trendy sichuan food" but they are really more…More »
4. 5 Joy Restaurant
Awesome authentic chinese food here. Definite shanghainese slant here, they DON'T HAVE TAIWANESE FOOD (ie no oyster omelets, no ba wan, no oyster thin noodles, etc). But they have northern-style dimsum, since shanghai's in the middle of the coast.…More »
5. Hu Chiang Dumpling House
UPDATE 12/18/06
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OMG, UPDATED TO 5 STARS. Last night I had probably the best shanghai (well sorta) meal here I've had all year. Dish by dish review coming soon.... xlb are still the best I've had in the bay. But now the other foods are just…More »
6. Great China Restaurant
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 843-7996
Category: Chinese
Neighborhood: Downtown Berkeley
Wow. Very rarely am I this impressed by a Chinese restaurant in the bay area. Especially for "standards" like peking duck. Especially for a restaurant where the "chef's suggestions" include General Tso's chicken, and a fork is on the place setting…More »
7. Fook Yuen Seafood Restaurant
My second favorite Peking duck in the bay area so far, this is probably my favorite cantonese restaurant for when I'm not in the mood to deal with Chinatown, and not in the mood to deal with Koi Palace's lines.
The peking duck serves the skin as…More »
8. Fatima Restaurant
My absolute favorite northern chinese food restaurant in the bay area. They have knife-shaved noodles, and some awesome big sesame bread. more details later.... not nearly as greasy as Darda, and the pastries are top notch.
9. Wok City Diner
HAHAHAHA, this place breaks my golden rule for choosing a Chinese Restaurant by its name: never walk into a chinese restaurant with the words "wok", "panda", "mister", or "chopsticks" in the name. In fact, when you first walk in, you'll note that…More »
10. Shanghai Ding Sheng Restaurant
Great Shanghai food at this restaurant. The chef has some talent. Most things here are excellent. Their xiaolongbao are OK, not as good as HC Dumpling House, I'd give it a B+. I've been here many times now, and I like their shrimp and kidney,…More »
11. Great Eastern Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 986-2500
Best dim sum in san francisco. My coworkers and I regularly hit this restaurant for yamcha during lunch. Service is always prompt (you order from a checklist, not by the cart). this is the best way to do yamcha, as your dishes are always hot,…More »
12. De Ming's Asian Cuisine - CLOSED
Damn fine chinese food. Nothing I'd write home to taiwan about, but it was still damn good, and well prepared. Service was impeccable.
chef is from guangdong (canton) province, so go with the cantonese stuff on the menu (the clay pot stuff, the…More »
13. A & J Restaurant
5 stars for the food--the best northern chinese street food in the bay.
This shop is somehow related to the small chain of shops in Taipei of the same name. And the food is pretty much exactly what I would get in taiwan. And that's no easy feat!…More »
14. Kingdom of Dumpling
Rock on. Good dumplings, good northern dimsum, great beef soup. I don't think the owner is too used to running a restaurant yet, but he's friendly and tries to please (read: service is slow but friendly). PS, the owner is David's brother, and he's…More »
15. Old Shanghai Restaurant
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 752-0120
Category: Chinese
Neighborhood: Outer Richmond
I think they got a new chef actually from shanghai, because now this place is quite good. xlb are still mediocre, so don't get them.
But there are a few dishes here that are true shanghai style now, and perfectly prepared.
1) ji cai dong sun chao nian…More »
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6/12/2006
Decent authentic chinese, but not very good as Shanghai food goes.
The chef is from Beijing, not… Read more »
16. Shanghai House
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 831-9288
Category: Chinese
Neighborhood: Outer Richmond
update: 7/16/07
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had the classic shanghai "yan du xian" in a stone pot today, and it was awesome. The broth was white and rich (way better than a tonkotsu broth because of the smokey ham flavor), chinese style ham/cured pork, tofu skin rolled and…More »
17. Shanghai Dumplings
Excellent xiao long bao here. Solid A grade. rather large as they go, but the skin was decently thin, and it was chock full of soup. Some other reviewers were saying "oh no, I kept popping my xlb"... to which I say "get some skills, idiot". xlb…More »
18. Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant
AWESOME. COMPLETELY authentic northern chinese food out here in the WAY outer sunset. The weather is turning cold, so this first time, we got the hot pot--got the yuan-yang pot (yin yang pot) that has half NUMBINGLY-SPICY soup, and the other half…More »
19. Grace Garden Chinese Restaurant
Shandong style restaurant run by real Shandong people. Great dumplings, great noodles, good chive boxes. If you ask nicely, you may be able to get their baby dill dumplings (hui2 xiang1 shui2 jiao3). They also had this "chicken roll pancake" that…More »
20. New China Delight
A little greasy, but not bad. The chefs have some skills.
The two chefs are from Shanghai and Sichuan, and you can see it by the menu.
dish-by-dish:
1) xiao long tang bao: solid B+. Skin is a little thick, but the soup was plentiful--a little on the…More »
21. Chef King Restaurant - CLOSED
mongolian lamb hot pot. DON'T GET THE CLEAR SOUP. Get the spicy hot one. you won't regret it. Order the lamb meat too, it's high quality meat.
Although recently this place has focused on hot pot, the chef there is my favorite little…More »
22. Kingswood Teppan Steak House - CLOSED
HOTPOT RULES here. Teppan is good too, but I hate the stupid show they put on like stupid benihana. I just want my food FAST and HOT. like they do in taiwan.
YES, they have large intestines... and kidneys...and tripe (both types)... and lots of…More »
23. Cafe Ophelia - CLOSED
GOAT STEW (yeah, all 3 locations have it this time of year)
This location has these little earthenware pots that they heat up and then you cook food in them. Tasty! I like this better than the stone steaks in the milpitas locale. Otherwise, hot…More »
24. Chef Woo Chinese Restaurant
This is my favorite northern chinese breakfast in the bay area. The line is out the door on weekend mornings. These guys have the best shao bing (flaky, multilayered pocket bread) in the bay. Savory shaobing is as flaky and multil-layered as it…More »
25. Shanghai Flavor Shop
the sheng jian bao here are fucking phenomenal. almost as much soup as you would get in A&J's beef "hockey puck" dumplings (xian bing). I have NEVER had sheng jian bao this good in the US. And the skin for the bao was rather thin too, despite…More »
26. Cafe Ophelia - CLOSED
GOAT STEW (yup all 3 locations have it in the wintertime)
This location has these hot stones you grill a steak on, which the others don't have. OK, but gets your clothes all smelly, and the steak is just OK and rather pricey. Otherwise, same as the…More »
27. Cafe Ophelia
GOAT STEW! OHHHH YEEEEAH
Only goat stew I've had in the bay area, and it's quite good. They only serve it in the wintertime though (dammit). You get meals in sets, and each of the three locations have certain specialties the others don't have.…More »
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