Busy day tomorrow-and it will probably be a long one. So I am about to go to bed.
However the S.O. and I found a great place to have REAL chinese dumplings in San Francisco. Not Chinese food fashioned to American tastes-but real Shanghai style dumplings.
The place is over in Parkside-well south of Golden Gate Park on Tavaral Street. It is just a small, hole in the wall with only about 7 tables. But take it from the both of us-the dumplings are great.
It seems to be more of a local, Chinese favoring place-although they do consent to let Gweilo’s like me and the hated Japanese in as well. We were lucky and got a table right away. 15 minutes later we would have been waiting. We had Shanghai Soup Dumplings and what would be called in Japan sui-gyoza with shrimp and spinach in them. Both of us had the Chicken Wonton soup with wide rice noodles. All was good-along with some Anchor Steam Beer.
San Francisco I think, must be a lot like New York-lots of little restaraunts off the tourist path with excellent food, that only locals and select others know about. This place is one.
Kingdom of Dumpling
1713 Taraval Street
San Francisco.
It is not a bright shiny place-so if that is a downer for you give it a pass. But if you like a good place with good food (a hole in the wall, of which there are so many in Asia)-then go.
Ummm, yes. Well if you failed to find top notch Chinese food in the City you must have out for burgers and onion rings,,,,,,
and there is a place down in the Marina that serves the best burgers and onion rings in the world.
i love holes-in-the-wall. trying this place tomorrow:
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2007/sep/20/satori-stick/
if you have a yakitori recommendation, let me know.
It’s been years but there was a great place called Infusions under the Oakland Bay bridge in the City. It was a few blocks back and it has been about 15 years since I was back there.
Chez Peniz over in Berkeley used to be good and highly recommended. If you want Black and Tans and indoor smoking, there’s a great place at the intersection of Curtis and Salono Ave in Albany. You could spit over the fence into my brother’s back yard.
There was a lot in the Marina and North Beach and I double parked my car on my second date with my wife outside a fantastic Italian restuarant down by the walrus pier and left it behind as we walked from their place to the Irish Coffee Heaven, (whatever it’s name was). Google it. Waterfront best Irish coffee in the world.
Somebody here told me about that place. Said every other restaurant had gone touristy- but this place had held it’s own.