Skin-on, four pieces. Prosperity dinner $88
M.Y. China, San Francisco CA
The duck tasted pretty good and I liked the crispy skin, but these buns just felt sad. The shells were also dry and hard.
Malbec, Siete Fincas, Mendoza, 2012. $9
Tempranillo, Ramon Bilboa, Bodia Alta. $9
$7.80
Koi Palace, Daly City CA
These were a disappointment. I heard great things about this dish, but the ribs didn’t have a nice rich flavor that I was expecting. They were also tough and hard to eat.
Koi Palace dining room.
Shanghai pork dumpling, crab roe and meat dumplings. Prosperity dinner $88
M.Y. China, San Francisco CA
I really hate this place. The service is amateurish and the food is mediocre. We only came back to use up a stupid gift card! These dumplings were bland and sad looking.
With hoisin sauce. Two pieces $6.90
Koi Palace, Daly City CA
I did not enjoy this. There was very little duck, too much cucumber, and the wrapper was limp and soggy. Lame!
Chili paste and hot mustard.
Three pieces $5.90
Koi Palace, Daly City CA
Mmm, these were delicious and one of my favorites from the meal. I loved the XO sauce and dried pork(?) on top. The shrimp filling was also very good.
Tea. Complimentary
Four pieces $4.90
Koi Palace, Daly City CA
Ugh, I hate these foil tin holders! They’re SO tacky. But I guess they needed them at Koi Palace because all of our xlb dumplings were already leaking when they arrive. Lame…
Dirty fish tanks at Koi Palace.
Live crab battered, deep-fried and sprinkled with salt and pepper seasonings. Half $25
R&G Lounge, San Francisco CA
Meh, I really wasn’t a fan of this dish especially considering how expensive it was. I guess the flavor was ok, but the crab was SO greasy! I’m all for eating with my hands and getting messy but it’s gross to be squeezing and crushing THAT much oil out of your food. Ugh, I definitely would not order this again.
7×7 Magazine’s Big Eat SF: 100 Things to Try Before You Die
The Fairmont Hotel.
Thick broth cooked with shredded pork, black fungus, bamboo shoots, bean curd, scallions, egg, vinegar and pepper. Cup $2.50
R&G Lounge, San Francisco CA
This soup was pretty good. It had a nice spiciness to it and there was a good amount of ingredients. I don’t like it when it’s all broth.
San Francisco sunrise.
Spinach wheat noodle, chicken, pea shoots, tofu, sprouts, herbs, spicy curry, sauce, toasted peanuts. $11.95
Slurp Noodle Bar, San Francisco CA
Meh, I wasn’t too impressed by this dish. The chicken was a little overcooked and the flavors of the dish were a bit bland and muted. I thought that this was going to hit you in the face with bold flavors, but that wasn’t the case. I mean, it IS called emerald fire!
Newsies at the Orpheum Theatre.
Shaoxing wine reduction, scallions, fried shallots. $7.50
Slurp Noodle Bar, San Francisco CA
The flavors in these buns were great, but I wished the components were executed a bit better. The pork belly was nice and fatty but could have been more tender. The buns were also on the dry and chewy side.
Kimchi and rice chips. Complimentary
Glass noodles, eggplant, and black bean fish. $6.25
B & M Mei Sing Restaurant, San Francisco CA
Hmm, as lunchtime Chinese fast food goes, this was ok. You definitely get more noodles than anything, and much smaller portions of proteins. Everything was also on the salty side. Even though the eggplants were kinda greasy, they still tasted pretty good.
Bernal Heights Hill Park.
With egg fried rice, hot and sour soup, and barbecue pork. $8.50
Judy Fu’s Snappy Dragon, Seattle WA
This dish was REALLY salty! I liked the flavor of the garlic beef, but after a while I couldn’t taste anything else because of the high sodium content. The hot and sour soup was yummy though. The barbecue pork was good, but the fried rice was an afterthought.
Hot and sour soup.
Lions Park, Bremerton.
Vittle Monster 