San Francisco Chinese Restaurants

Dim Sum

1. Wing Lee Bakery

Neighborhood: Inner Richmond

No no no!    I first ran into this place's dim sum when I attended the book party of "The Fortune Cookie Chronicles" at Swig in March 2008.  The organizers provided dim sum and at that time I...

2. TC Pastry

Neighborhood: Outer Sunset

This is the way dim sum should be:  delicious, cheap, and easy to get in and out quickly to pick it up!!    TC Pastry has all of the usual dim sum suspects, and do them well:  their egg custards...

3. Delicious Dim Sum

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

This is one of the better to-go dim sum places in Chinatown . All of their dim sum is pretty darn good ! I still think that the turnip cake at Ma's is better though . This place also has Shanghai...

4. Great Eastern…

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

This is the only place in SF Chinatown to get dim sum.  All the other places aren't as good.  There are no carts going around though.  It's one of those places you order off a sheet, and the food...

5. Yong Kee

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

the lady behind the counter was nice! She even smiled at me! Had to do a quick double take to make sure I was in chinatown getting dim sum..  quick tip: make sure you write down the address...

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Chow Mein

1. King Lee's Chinese…

Neighborhood: Western Addition/NOPA

the most amazing thing in the world.  so the food was pretty good... the chow mein was awesome, as was the house dumpling soup. however, i have beef with their fried wontons (as i do with most...

2. Dragon River…

Neighborhood: Outer Richmond

to satisfy my craving for good chow mein here in the city, and after a huge failure at dragon well (which, btw, is HORRIBLE), we decided to try this place due to the 4/5 star rating (34 reviews).  We...

3. Tai Chi Restaurant

Neighborhood: Nob Hill

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this place yet.  It is retardedly good.  Sometimes I just get a craving for greasy chinese food and this is the only thing that hits the spot.   Their chow mein...

4. Emmy's Restaurant

this simple -  The 45 minute delivery took 1:15 min The pork chow mein was overcooked and dry The vegetarian sesame chicken smelled like bread dough and was dry inside They didn't include chopsticks...

5. Dragon Well

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

if not especially memorable.  Other menu offerings are as expected - chow mein, lettuce wraps, walnut prawns.  Prices are more that what you would find at your neighborhood joint, but you are paying for higher...

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