Best intestines preparation?

[luckytomato]

I'm totally craving pig's intestines at the moment, I'm looking for suggestions on the restaurants with the tastiest preparations, from any cuisine. Menudo? Chinese styles? Etc.

Thanks!

[wolfe]

Go Go Cafe has several chitterling preparations on their menu.
1830 Irving St, San Francisco, CA

BTW isn't menudo usually cow stomach?

[Ruth Lafler]

I think you're right about menudo.

I have a couple of votes for best intestines -- there's the tripas tacos at El Novillo taco truck, and the fire-bursted intestines at China Village.

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China Village
1335 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706

El Novillo Taco Truck
1001 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland, CA 94601

[luckytomato]

I think you are right, I still need to try menudo, whatever is included in the prep.

[Zach Georgopoulos]

If intestines other than pig will do, occasionally Kokari will sometimes serve Kokoretsi , which is made of lamb intestines and other ofal, skewered and roasted on the spit. It seems to appear on the menu every couple of months.

[wolfe]

And if you'll take any other innards there is always haggis available from Scottish Meat Pie, Dixon.
# 1 sheep stomach
# 1 sheep liver
# 1 sheep heart
# 1 sheep tongue
http://www.chow.com/places/25886?tag=...

[luckytomato]

How is the haggis there? Is it worth the trip out to Dixon? My boyfriend is Scottish and his birthday is coming up, so finding a place serving haggis sounds like a great birthday idea.

[wolfe]

As I remember from the posts that come out each year around Bobby Burns' birthday the consensus is it is excellent.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/3601...

[yimster]

Utopia in Chinatown has a deep fried pork intestines served on pickled carrots, turnips and cucumbers with a sweet and sour sauce

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Utopia Cafe
141 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108

[luckytomato]

That sounds like it will hit the spot! I'll definitely add that to my list, thanks!

[DezzerSF]

Spices on Clement for Pork intestine and Pork blood casserole. Intensely spicy and salty.

[luckytomato]

Do you have a preference between Spices I and II? I've heard they also serve stinky tofu?

[DezzerSF]

I've actually only been to the one on 6th Ave, and I think only one of the two does stinky tofu.

[wolfe]

At least in 2007.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/3889...

[Joel]

At China First, on Clement, I always order the pork intestine with pickled vegetable. It is listed on the whiteboard, not on the regular menu. They also have a deep-fried version.

For a totally different animal, you could try the stewed beef intestine, offered at some of the Cantonese places. It is usually a component of a mixed stew of beef innards.
I like the version at New Gold Medal in Oakland.

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New Gold Medal
389 8th St, Oakland, CA 94607

China First
336 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118

[luckytomato]

I've had pork intestines with pickled vegetables before, though not at China First, I remember that being quite a good preparation. I'm going to have to go on a intestines crawl.

[wolfe]

Try to find some room for pork butter from Boccalone. Not intestines but other pork goodness

[luckytomato]

What exactly is pork butter? I am intrigued!

[wolfe]

As described by RL.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/5716...

[luckytomato]

Yum! If I wasn't already cooking with the fat from making duck confit, I would run out and get some of this pork butter.

[realspear]

The best I've ever had was in Granada, a chick pea and offal stew with a lot of tripe in it. I don't know why the tapas and Spanish places here don't serve more innards, it's very disappointing. It's even hard to find good morcilla.

[Melanie Wong]

That sounds like callos.