Is there really good Chinese Food in Chinatown?
Looking for for a good authentic Chinese Restaurant for dinner in Chinatown......any region but love Schezuan. Thanks
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The best Chinese food is outside of Chinatown. Chinatown restaurants primarily serve either the local Cantonese and Vietnamese residents and tourists. Consequently, the only Sichuan/Yunnan food you'll find is at Z & Y, while the non-tourist Cantonese food takes the tastes, as well as the pocketbooks, of the locals in mind.
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K K
Jul 21, 2008 12:17 PM
Hing Lung for congee
Hon's Wun Tun House for wun tun noodles and quick bites
Lucky Creation for really good Canto vegetarian-----
Hing Lung Restaurant
674 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133Lucky Creation Vegetarian
854 Washington St, San Francisco, CA 94108Hon's Wun Tun House
648 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108›1 Reply-
re: K K
Xiao Yang
Jul 21, 2008 04:14 PM
Hon's has a certain charm, maybe the charm of inertia, but I've never been particularly fond of their soups. The noodles are company-made (off-site), yes, but they are stingy with the wontons and not really as cheap as they might be from the looks of the place; consider that places like Kam Po Kitchen deliver more generous portions of a product just as tasty for a buck or two less. And what Hon's represents as "Shanghai Noodles" on their menu is a travesty, IMHO.
Hing Lung is definitely a treasure for congee (and freshly-made youtiao and "cows tongue" pastries).
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Xiao Yang
Jul 21, 2008 11:11 AM
Not quite in Chinatown, and not quite Sichuan food, but Henry's Hunan on Sansome is authentic Hunanese food (not so Brandy's Ho's or Hunan Home's, though the latter is not bad overall).
ABC and Washington Bakery are good for HK-style Cantonese small-plate cuisine. For full-menu Cantonese, there's Great Eastern, R&G, Utopia Cafe, and Gold Mountain, for starters. In general, restaurants in Chinatown do tend to be pretty authentic compared to what you'll find in some neighborhoods and other cities, though not necessarily good.
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R & G Lounge
631 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108Great Eastern Restaurant
649 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133Gold Mountain Restaurant
644 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133ABC Bakery Cafe
650 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133Henry's Hunan Restaurant
924 Sansome St, San Francisco, CA 94111Washington Bakery & Restaurant
733 Washington St, San Francisco, CAUtopia Cafe
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Robert Lauriston
Jul 21, 2008 11:01 AM
SF Chinatown's not the best place to go for Chinese food, but yes. There's better Sichuan outside of SF but Z&Y's pretty good. Some other good (non-Sichuan) places in the neighborhood:
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Jai Yun
680 Clay St, San Francisco, CA 94111R & G Lounge
631 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108Great Eastern Restaurant
649 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133 -
Ruth Lafler
Jul 21, 2008 10:46 AM
Yes, although most of the good restaurants are essentially Cantonese. But you might want to try Z&Y for Sichuan.
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Z & Y
655 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133
