Good Chinese around UCSF

[samanh]

My brother is having cspine surgery at UCSF in 3 weeks. My parents and I are coming into town to help out. Wondering if anyone has any recs for Chinese in the area. (We are Chinese BTW) I would think Richmond or Sunset places but somewhere we could pop out to have lunch or dinner. Been to Shanghai Dumpling King and Burma Super star and thought both were good. Thanks in advance!

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Shanghai Dumpling King
3319 Balboa St, San Francisco, CA 94121

[...tm...]

The most obvious choice is San Tung at Irving and 11th. So far the only problems I've had are with waits, but I haven't been in at least two years. The noodles, (variations on Zha jiang mian) are quite good, as are the dry fried chicken wings.

[wolfe]

Link to San Tung Chinese Restaurant

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San Tung Chinese Restaurant
1031 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122

[wolfe]

Slightly further away but still south of the park is King of Noodles.

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King of Noodles
1639 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA

[charliemyboy]

The Irving St. location of Beijing Restaurant has some great comfort food--

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/751126
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/779251

Here's a long thread on the original Alemany location which has mostly the same menu--
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/590638

[Robert Lauriston]

Parking's easier out that way, can be a major pain in the Inner Sunset and around Burma Superstar.

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Beijing Restaurant
3925 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122

[Windy]

You can almost always find parking near Andronico's.

[Chandavkl]

I think South Sea Seafood Village, 1420 Irving, is the closest best Chinese restaurant, particularly if you're looking for HK style seafood or dim sum.

[samanh]

Thanks everyone
these all sound good. I've been to the Beijing restaurant in Alemany which was good. Any other non-Chinese suggestions walkable about UCSF?

[Windy]

Walkable: Pomelo on Judah, pan-Asian (and other) noodles.

Further up Judah between 4th and 11th: Lime Tree (Malaysian-Indonesian), Yummy Yummy (Vietnamese), Arizmendi Bakery, Pasion (pan-Latino/Peruvian), Koo (sushi), all very good.

I think the Chinese and Korean options are better on Geary and Clement than on Irving. There are a couple of good Chinese restaurants on Noriega, around 22nd and then out farther around 30th.

I have stopped going to San Tung because of labor complaints (underpaid workers), despite liking the fried chicken in the past. Hope it goes well.

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Yummy Yummy
1015 Irving St, San Francisco, CA 94122

Arizmendi Bakery
1331 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

[Keesey]

Agree on Windy's non-Chinese recs. All very good!

I'd also like to add Park Chow (American comfort food), Ebisu (Japanese), and Naan n Curry.

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Park Chow
1238 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122

Ebisu
1283 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122

[ML8000]

Define walkable since it means different things to different people. 9th/Irving is 4-5 blocks away but the walk back is up a steep hill.

Any way, do a search for 9th/Irving...lots of places like Ebisu, Park Chow, Pluto's.

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Park Chow
1238 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122

Ebisu
1283 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122

[Windy]

If you don't want to walk back up, stay on Irving rather than Parnassus and take the elevator in the parking garage. But it's not that bad a hill once you've walked it a couple of times.

[samanh]

That's great advice. I have my 70 year-old mother who has no compunction about walking to a good meal, but has her limits.

[samanh]

thanks everyone. Brother's surgery went great. We walked down Irving. unfortunately San Ting and the Noodle king are closed on Wednesday. We ended up trying out South Sea Seafood and it was decent.

New question. Can anyone suggest a place for early dinner or lunch on Saturday for a family dinner? We'll have kids and as many as 10. I was thinking something like Pizzeria Delfina but looks difficult

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Pizzeria Delfina
2406 California St, San Francisco, CA 94115

[ML8000]

Near UCSF? Park Chow.

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Park Chow
1238 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122