i've stopped giving chinese restaurant recs to lots of people in sf coz i think people just have diff tastes in chinese food.
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@slothrop i have no problems at all with dietary fat. the more the better.
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sometimes i think i'm also responding to a certain lack of complexity and sophistication with chinese food in sf, where it *tends* to be largely evolved from the Toishanese food of the past. as someone who grew up around *many many chinese cuisines* at a far more abundant time and place, a lot of that food feels very.. quaint, like food that my grandparents will eat
whereas i'm used to having very extensive, abundant, labor-intensive foods when i go out to eat, not.. homey food (which i cook)
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@skinnylatte Right? Whole life had to listen to people fighting about Hakka people, Teochew people, the entire tribes from North to South and East to West. I agree. Oakland chinatown still got the best food. I better go check out millbrae. Hey, the Curry Leaves Bistro recommendation was spectacular. Need to go back for one more round.
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@thepoliticalcat mee goreng mamak v good at curry leaves!
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@skinnylatte What are your favorite places around the Bay Area?
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@matt in SF: Cantoo, Spicy Taste, Hai Ky Noodles
in Millbrae: Royal Feast, H&L Peninsula
in Fremont: Bing's Dumplings, Din Ding
in San Mateo, Milpitas and Fremont: Ox 9 Lanzhou Noodles
in Oakland: lots of places but i think Ming's Tasty is one of the best and cheapest dimsum you can get (way better than any of the 'take out' spots and as good as the fancy sit down places but cheaper)
really have to break it down by cuisine (i'm writing a post)
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@skinnylatte On the list! Haven't visited my favorite spots in Ctown for years. Finally starting to feel better after all the falls and injuries, and, like the land in which I was born, I got to go out and search for all the best food.
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@thepoliticalcat oh noooo
well i think ming's tasty in oakland chinatown is super good for dimsum but go when they open in the morning or got very long line
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@skinnylatte
I've heard that Persian home cooking is stew-sauces and the like, not kabobs, which are restaurant food. -
@PJ_Evans yep, so in a similar vein i feel like a lot of SF Chinese food is 'home' food and not 'restaurant food'. like if i'm going to pay so much money i expect restaurant dishes
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@skinnylatte are you thinking of Hing Lung in Chinatown, which recently moved to Bernal and became Go Duck Yourself? I loooooooooove their roast duck but maybe that's just my taste.
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@kkeller haha yes, i just find it very mid and not fatty enough. i have other preferences.
