Best weekday lunch SFO ==> Redwood City
Near hwy, I only have time for a one-hour detour. Day = Monday.
Much obliged for recs as to best option. A great burrito (I'm a Farolito [and Los Charritos] guy) or great Asian or what have you.
Fall back would be In-N-Out but would love to hear of something more exceptional.
Many thanks.
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I think you are arriving at SFO and have an appt in RWCity, right? That leaves a lot of variables since we are assuming your flight is on time? A healthy lunch at Specialty Cafe on Norfolk 1 block east of 101 at Hiway 92 is quick. If you are running late you can order online first and pick up. An hour sounds like a lot of time but who knows if it will be. Another one is Santa Ramen noodles but often crowded. It is on El Camino Real strip mall half block south of 92. Have a good trip.
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On Broadway Ave. in downtown Redwood City, you have many choices: Pho Dong (Vietnamese), Erawan (Thai) -- I've eaten in both places, several times -- a Turkish take-out kabob place, a Mexican taqueria. If you head a little further, closer to Theatre Way, you'll encounter New Kapadokia, a really GREAT Turkish restaurant. I've taken out-of-towners there, several have been to Turkey and they say new Kapadokia is closest to the food they ate in Turkey.
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Directly across the freeway, no more than 5 minutes from the airport is San mateo Ave in San Bruno.
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Here's an impressive breakdown of taquerias in Redwood City by Sushi Monster:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/535387
http://www.emeraldlake.com/tacos/In downtown San Mateo there's quite a few good choices:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/455988
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Ok a little research -- will I do better than Casita Chilanga (#2) or Taqueria El Grullense?
Either better Mexican, stellar Asian, or something else?
Thx
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re: Jack Barber
bbulkow
May 18, 2009 10:10 AM
Casita Chilanga is very different, and (thus) worth a stop. I like the "pork leg" sandwich. If you're a Farolito fan, you can get similar burritos along 101, but why bother?
I've found the El Grullense's are uneven. Highs are very high, however, and regulars might gloss over the low points in favor of the fond memories. I believe my divergence from El Taquistador is my fondness for pork products, which he avoids - my favorites are just different. If you're from out of town and jonesing for that Mission Burrito TM, you can do worse than the Pancho Villa in SM. Sure, it's a little clean and the patrons are a bit white, but parking is easy across the street, the meat is really fresh and consistent. Many people say good things about the Chavez Market at 5th and ECR in RC, but it's the far corner of your travels.
I believe Shanghai East and Little Shanghai along 25th St in san mateo are worth a stop. SE is likely a little qucker. Both are a pretty fast ride from 101 - take the turn onto 92, then you've got a couple of routes to the parking. Ordering well there can be a little tricky - get the XLB, and make sure the other dish is a Shanghai dish, not some other cuisine they're carrying on the menu because people expect it (their boiled beef is sub-par, for example). Little Shanghai is better across the board.
I would also pitch Joy Luck dim sum in SM. The room is big, the carts are fast and effective, easily in and out in an hour - half an hour if you want. The food in general isn't greasy or heavy. You'd have to be in the dim sum mood, though.
I would *not* eat at New Kapadocia on a time budget. They are lesurely. Erawan thai is average - see long recent thread about finding good thai on the peninsula.
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