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vulber May 28, 2011 07:01 PM

Looking for a Chinese restaurant with really great authentic Chinese food AND really great Americanized Chinese food.

Need to please a lot of different palates....
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     gyc May 28, 2011 09:59 PM

    I think R&G Lounge would also fit the bill. I've been there many times for lunch ordering from the Americanized lunch specials as well as for Cantonese seafood dinners and I've found it all to be very good.
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       vulber May 29, 2011 05:09 AM

      sounds like there's a consensus. but can you order the cantonese items a la carte or does it have to be part of a set dinner?
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        Robert Lauriston May 29, 2011 10:06 AM

        They're on the menu. http://www.rnglounge.com/menu.pdf

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        R & G Lounge
        631 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108
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           vulber May 30, 2011 12:42 AM

          r & g lounge had an hour wait tonight, so we went to great eastern and everyone was happy. was pleasantly surprised to find a hint of curry in their egg rolls.
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    2. bbulkow May 28, 2011 08:38 PM

      Too bad China Village isn't in range. They do an excellent lemon chicken, I kid you not.
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         soupçon May 28, 2011 08:35 PM

        I'd bet on Great Eastern. I've seen tourists walk in in off the street and order the guilao-friendly Family Style" Dinner A and it looked good to me.

        Egg Roll
        Barbecued Spareribs
        Won Ton Soup
        Cashew Nuts Chicken
        Sweet & Sour Pork
        Great Eastern Fried Rice
        Beef With Oyster Sauce 3 to 4 per son add.
        Kung Bow Prawns* 5 to 7 persons add.
        Peking Duck 8 to 10 persons add
        Tea & Fortune Cookies 8 to 10 persons add

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        Great Eastern Restaurant
        649 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133
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           abstractpoet May 28, 2011 07:07 PM

          Where?
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             vulber May 28, 2011 07:46 PM

            oops, sorry; haha. ideally chinatown, but definitely SF.

            and i know chinatown doesn't have a ton of authentic places to begin with, so i guess my real question is if anyone's tried the americanized offerings at places like bund shanghai, z&y, pot sticker (recent incarnation), etc. i've had the americanized offerings at r&g and they were good, but not anythign too special.
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              PeterL May 28, 2011 10:02 PM

              My standard for very good Chinese food in the Chinatown area is usually R&G, and they certainly do Americanized Chinese food with all the tourist trade. How do you tell if Americanized Chinese food is "anything special"?
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