We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?

Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.

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Ken Blake wrote:

> We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
> recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
>
> Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
> Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.

Better to ask this in ba.food; it's higher traffic and you'll get more
opinions.

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Nathan Lau
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Nathan Lau > typed:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
>> recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
>>
>> Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
>> Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.
>
> Better to ask this in ba.food; it's higher traffic and you'll
get more
> opinions.


I don't know that newsgroup. What does ba stand for?

One of the reasons I asked here is that having hung around for a
while, I have a sense of whose opinions I can trust, and whose
opinions it's safe to ignore. In a newsgroup I don't know as
well, I don't have that advantage.

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Nathan Lau > typed:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
>> recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
>>
>> Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
>> Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.
>
> Better to ask this in ba.food; it's higher traffic and you'll
get more
> opinions.


I don't know that newsgroup. What does ba stand for?

One of the reasons I asked here is that having hung around for a
while, I have a sense of whose opinions I can trust, and whose
opinions it's safe to ignore. In a newsgroup I don't know as
well, I don't have that advantage.

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...
> In om,
> Nathan Lau > typed:
>
> > Ken Blake wrote:
> >
> >> We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
> >> recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
> >>
> >> Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
> >> Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.
> >
> > Better to ask this in ba.food; it's higher traffic and you'll
> get more
> > opinions.
>
>
> I don't know that newsgroup. What does ba stand for?
>
> One of the reasons I asked here is that having hung around for a
> while, I have a sense of whose opinions I can trust, and whose
> opinions it's safe to ignore. In a newsgroup I don't know as
> well, I don't have that advantage.
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please reply to the newsgroup


I know Yank Sing (in the financial district, possibly on Market St.)
is well known, popular with tourists and a bit expensive but I like
it! It's been a little while but I think there are one or places in
the Richmond district that are popular with people of obviously
Chinese ancestry and almost impossible to get into unless you arrive
early. However, I can't recall any names at the moment.


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James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA

"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
> recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?


I think Ton Kiang is the best (5821 Geary). You might even want to return
in the evening for their Hakka cuisine offerings, which are very good.
http://tonkiang.com/

Others really like Yank Sing.
http://www.yanksing.com/

If you want a place filled with Cantonese families reading newspapers and
such, Chinatown has some good dim sum places. I like New Asia at 772
Pacific.


> Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
> Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.


If you want a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, R&G Lounge has excellent Hong
Kong fare (631 Kearny). Also in Chinatown, Great Eastern (649 Jackson)
specializes in seafood, and I thought it was excellent (I would only order
seafood, though).

Otherwise, Koi Palace is supposed to be one of the best Chinese restaurants
in SF, but I've never been there. It's in Daly City at 365 Gellert Blvd.
http://www.koipalace.com/

You might also want to check out Clement Street, which has several Asian
markets, numerous restaurants, bubble tea places, Western cafes, Green Apple
Book Store, and a great Asian kitchen store (Kamei Restaurant Supply at 507
Clement). I also like very much the Shanghai restaurant there called
Fountain Court.

Peter

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:42:08 -0700, "Ken Blake"
> > wrote:
>
> >I don't know that newsgroup. What does ba stand for?
> >
> >One of the reasons I asked here is that having hung around for a
> >while, I have a sense of whose opinions I can trust, and whose
> >opinions it's safe to ignore. In a newsgroup I don't know as
> >well, I don't have that advantage.
>
> ba stands for [San Francisco] Bay Area. Not to be confused with
> Glaveston Bay, Monterey Bay, Hudson Bay, or 300 other "Bay Areas"
> in the U.S. You can trust most of the opinions there in ba.food.
> Except maybe for "Slippery Slope" and "Kent H". Oh, and Tim, and
> Ciccio, and...

Hi Ken, I think you'll see some familiar names over on ba.food. And you can
always come back here to validate/verify. The places that get the most buzz
are Yank Sing, Tong Kiang and Koi Palace in Daly City (just outside SF).
These are the most well-known places, they are all large and none are in
Chinatown. If you search the archives, there are also discussions of more
neighborhood-y places.

I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't been to a sit-down dim sum meal in
over a year, so I guess I'm not much help, but I have had very good
experiences at all three of the above.

Also, it's incredibly clunky, but the San Francisco www.chowhound.com board
has had lots of traffic on the best dim sum, with a focus on the smaller
places. If you skim through the last few months of posts, you will find
numerous threads about dim sum, and the regulars are good about providing
links to past threads so you don't have to rely on the cumbersome Ctrl+F9
search feature.

-Amalia

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Peter Dy > typed:

> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
>> We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
>> recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
>
>
> I think Ton Kiang is the best (5821 Geary). You might even
want to
> return in the evening for their Hakka cuisine offerings, which
are
> very good. http://tonkiang.com/


Thanks very much. I've been there (years ago) and liked it very
much. It's somewhat inconvenient, so I'm not sure whether we'll
get there, but it's good to hear that it's still good.


> Others really like Yank Sing.
> http://www.yanksing.com/


Sounds great, and that's new to me.


> If you want a place filled with Cantonese families reading
newspapers
> and such, Chinatown has some good dim sum places. I like New
Asia at
> 772 Pacific.


We've been there too, also years ago, and liked it too.


>> Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
>> Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.
>
>
> If you want a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, R&G Lounge has
> excellent Hong Kong fare (631 Kearny). Also in Chinatown,
Great
> Eastern (649 Jackson) specializes in seafood, and I thought it
was
> excellent (I would only order seafood, though).
>
> Otherwise, Koi Palace is supposed to be one of the best Chinese
> restaurants in SF, but I've never been there. It's in Daly
City at
> 365 Gellert Blvd. http://www.koipalace.com/


All new to me, thanks again.


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> You might also want to check out Clement Street, which has
several
> Asian markets, numerous restaurants, bubble tea places, Western
> cafes, Green Apple Book Store, and a great Asian kitchen store
(Kamei
> Restaurant Supply at 507 Clement). I also like very much the
> Shanghai restaurant there called Fountain Court.
>
> Peter

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James Silverton > typed:
> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In om,
>> Nathan Lau > typed:
>>
>> > Ken Blake wrote:
>> >
>> >> We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone
have
>> >> recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
>> >>
>> >> Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or
other
>> >> Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.
>> >
>> > Better to ask this in ba.food; it's higher traffic and
you'll get
>> > more opinions.
>>
>>
>> I don't know that newsgroup. What does ba stand for?
>>
>> One of the reasons I asked here is that having hung around for
a
>> while, I have a sense of whose opinions I can trust, and whose
>> opinions it's safe to ignore. In a newsgroup I don't know as
>> well, I don't have that advantage.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
> I know Yank Sing (in the financial district, possibly on Market
St.)
> is well known, popular with tourists and a bit expensive but I
like
> it!


Thanks very much. That's three votes for Yank Sing. I'll have to
make sure we get there.


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James Silverton wrote:

> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>In om,
>>Nathan Lau > typed:
>>
>>
>>>Ken Blake wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
>>>>recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
>>>>
>>>>Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
>>>>Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.
>>>>
>>>Better to ask this in ba.food; it's higher traffic and you'll
>>>
>>get more
>>
>>>opinions.
>>>
>>
>>I don't know that newsgroup. What does ba stand for?
>>
>>One of the reasons I asked here is that having hung around for a
>>while, I have a sense of whose opinions I can trust, and whose
>>opinions it's safe to ignore. In a newsgroup I don't know as
>>well, I don't have that advantage.
>>
>
> I know Yank Sing (in the financial district, possibly on Market St.)
> is well known, popular with tourists and a bit expensive but I like
> it! It's been a little while but I think there are one or places in
> the Richmond district that are popular with people of obviously
> Chinese ancestry and almost impossible to get into unless you arrive
> early. However, I can't recall any names at the moment.

I agree, it was quite a bit more expensive than the average Dim Sum
place, but it was good. I was not all that impressed with Dim Sum
that I had on several occasions in SF.

I think I also tried the one in Richmond with similar dissatisfaction.

--
Dan

"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
[...]
> > I know Yank Sing (in the financial district, possibly on Market
> St.)
> > is well known, popular with tourists and a bit expensive but I
> like
> > it!
>
>
> Thanks very much. That's three votes for Yank Sing. I'll have to
> make sure we get there.


I think you should check it out, especially since you said Ton Kiang is too
far away. If you're staying in the Union Square part of the city, Yank Sing
is close. Their new location in Rincon Center is supposed to be nice.

They have lots of dishes not usually found in Dim Sum restaurants, which may
be one reason for its appeal. I personally thought that distracts them,
such standards like sui mai or har gow weren't made with the care that they
are at Ton Kiang. In fact, I think I might even prefer New Asia in
Chinatown to Yank Sing. But as I wrote in the other post, others like it a
lot, including my little sister, so maybe I need to check it out again and
give it another chance (I've only been there once).

Peter

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Peter Dy > typed:

> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
> [...]
>> > I know Yank Sing (in the financial district, possibly on
Market
>> St.)
>> > is well known, popular with tourists and a bit expensive but
I
>> like
>> > it!
>>
>>
>> Thanks very much. That's three votes for Yank Sing. I'll have
to
>> make sure we get there.
>
>
> I think you should check it out,


Yes, I plan to, thanks.


> especially since you said Ton Kiang
> is too far away.


Did I say that? I don't remember. It's not necessarily too far
away, but it's certainly less convenient. We'll probably get
there once, when we go visit Golden Gate park.


> If you're staying in the Union Square part of the
> city, Yank Sing is close. Their new location in Rincon Center
is
> supposed to be nice.


Yes, we'll be at Union Square, and we'll definitely try it.


> They have lots of dishes not usually found in Dim Sum
restaurants,
> which may be one reason for its appeal. I personally thought
that
> distracts them, such standards like sui mai or har gow weren't
made
> with the care that they are at Ton Kiang. In fact, I think I
might
> even prefer New Asia in Chinatown to Yank Sing. But as I wrote
in
> the other post, others like it a lot, including my little
sister, so
> maybe I need to check it out again and give it another chance
(I've
> only been there once).


Considering how much we like dim sum, and that we'll be in San
Francisco for a week, we'll probably get to all three.

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"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
[...
> > especially since you said Ton Kiang
> > is too far away.
>
>
> Did I say that? I don't remember. It's not necessarily too far
> away, but it's certainly less convenient. We'll probably get
> there once, when we go visit Golden Gate park.


No, sorry. I thought that's what you meant by inconvenient.


[...]
> Considering how much we like dim sum, and that we'll be in San
> Francisco for a week, we'll probably get to all three.


Have fun! We're having great weather lately. My face is sunburnt...

Peter

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Dan Logcher > typed:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, we'll be at Union Square, and we'll definitely try it.
>
> Uh oh.. I spent a few nights in Union Sq during the summer of
> 2000. I did not sleep well, since every night at 3am the trash
> truck would come around and pickup huge amounts of glass
bottles
> from all the restaurants. I had to move to a different hotel
> it was so bad.
>
> I hope you're at a better place than I was.


Thanks, but I've stayed in the Union Square area several times
before, and never had that problem. I'm sure how how noisy a
particular room is depends on which hotel it is, what specific
street it's on, whether your room is in the front or back, etc.

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Ken Blake wrote:

> In ,
> Dan Logcher > typed:
>
>
>>Ken Blake wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yes, we'll be at Union Square, and we'll definitely try it.
>>>
>>Uh oh.. I spent a few nights in Union Sq during the summer of
>>2000. I did not sleep well, since every night at 3am the trash
>>truck would come around and pickup huge amounts of glass
>>
> bottles
>
>>from all the restaurants. I had to move to a different hotel
>>it was so bad.
>>
>>I hope you're at a better place than I was.
>>
>
>
> Thanks, but I've stayed in the Union Square area several times
> before, and never had that problem. I'm sure how how noisy a
> particular room is depends on which hotel it is, what specific
> street it's on, whether your room is in the front or back, etc.

Yeah, I was in a not so great place, facing Ellis St., towards
Market St. I was there two nights before I moved to Post St, which
was fine.

Best place I stayed while I was there was Palomar. Oh man that was
the most comfortable bed I have ever slept on.. $325/night, but hey
I wasn't paying the bill.
http://www.abnhotels.com/san_francis...ancisco_CA.htm

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Dan

James Silverton wrote:

> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>In om,
>>Nathan Lau > typed:
>>
>>
>>>Ken Blake wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We're spending a week in San Francisco next month. Anyone have
>>>>recommendations for Dim Sum restaurants there?
>>>>
>>>>Recommendations for non-Dim Sum Chinese restaurants (or other
>>>>Asian restaurants) would be welcome too.
>>>>
>>>Better to ask this in ba.food; it's higher traffic and you'll
>>>
>>get more
>>
>>>opinions.
>>>
>>
>>I don't know that newsgroup. What does ba stand for?
>>
>>One of the reasons I asked here is that having hung around for a
>>while, I have a sense of whose opinions I can trust, and whose
>>opinions it's safe to ignore. In a newsgroup I don't know as
>>well, I don't have that advantage.
>>
>>--
>>Ken Blake
>>Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>
>
> I know Yank Sing (in the financial district, possibly on Market St.)
> is well known, popular with tourists and a bit expensive but I like
> it! It's been a little while but I think there are one or places in
> the Richmond district that are popular with people of obviously
> Chinese ancestry and almost impossible to get into unless you arrive
> early. However, I can't recall any names at the moment.

I was working right around the corner from it at the Exxon building
or whatever its called now.. which is the only reason I even tried
it. It was good, but very expensive. Had I been working closer to
Chinatown I would have tried another place.

--
Dan