Bangkok

Tonight on the SFFS Screen: Wonderful Town

SF Weekly's Seven-Day Dish

This Week in the Wacky World of Food

A Tale of Two Cities at Basil Canteen

Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom), is an offshoot of nearby Basil Thai (1175 Folsom) that opened last summer. Where the original Basil specializes in more formal dishes, the Canteen's focus is on small plates and snacks from the streets of Thailand. It's a great spot to stop for a light meal before hitt ... More >>

He and Him

Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom), is an offshoot of nearby Basil Thai (1175 Folsom) that opened last summer. Where the original Basil specializes in more formal dishes, the Canteen's focus is on small plates and snacks from the streets of Thailand. It's a great spot to stop for a light meal before hitt ... More >>

New Restaurants

Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom), is an offshoot of nearby Basil Thai (1175 Folsom) that opened last summer. Where the original Basil specializes in more formal dishes, the Canteen's focus is on small plates and snacks from the streets of Thailand. It's a great spot to stop for a light meal before hitt ... More >>

New Restaurants

Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom), is an offshoot of nearby Basil Thai (1175 Folsom) that opened last summer. Where the original Basil specializes in more formal dishes, the Canteen's focus is on small plates and snacks from the streets of Thailand. It's a great spot to stop for a light meal before hitt ... More >>

New Restaurants

Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom), is an offshoot of nearby Basil Thai (1175 Folsom) that opened last summer. Where the original Basil specializes in more formal dishes, the Canteen's focus is on small plates and snacks from the streets of Thailand. It's a great spot to stop for a light meal before hitt ... More >>

New Restaurants

Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom), is an offshoot of nearby Basil Thai (1175 Folsom) that opened last summer. Where the original Basil specializes in more formal dishes, the Canteen's focus is on small plates and snacks from the streets of Thailand. It's a great spot to stop for a light meal before hitt ... More >>

In the Heat of the Knight

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south.

Waking Dream

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Message Bored

Hollywood ho-hum horror keeps ripping off the best, turning out the worst

Hard to Be Really Green

Let's scrap the city's weak, pale-green environmental standards and actually take the total environment into account

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Let's scrap the city's weak, pale-green environmental standards and actually take the total environment into account

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Let's scrap the city's weak, pale-green environmental standards and actually take the total environment into account

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Let's scrap the city's weak, pale-green environmental standards and actually take the total environment into account

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Let's scrap the city's weak, pale-green environmental standards and actually take the total environment into account

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Let's scrap the city's weak, pale-green environmental standards and actually take the total environment into account

Traveler's Tales

Terry Tarnoff captivates with stories of his crazy trips, true and otherwise

Neung Phak

Neung Phak

Mildred Fierce

The Crawfords' ticklish nativity

Sex Goddesses?

Reagan Louie's secret world

Monkey Business

Full relaxation is achieved with delicious Thai food in an unusually pleasant and stylish setting

Letters to the Editor

Letters from March 21, 2001

The Thais That Bind

Your Place

American Psycho

The Beach

Chic Simple Noodles

The Beach

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

The Beach

Ginger Spices Up South Beach

The Beach

Happier Hour at Basil Canteen

The "Happier Hour" at Basil Canteen (1489 Folsom at 11th St.) has an awesome menu of $5 snacks that captures the breadth of street-food offerings in Thailand, from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. The sai ouah pictured is a cavalcade of flavor, as you layer slices of Chiang Mai curried pork sausage with p ... More >>

Street Food in the Napa Valley? Whatever

FTPoed/FlickrThe view from the Brix patio: Watch out for street urchins.​Jumping the shark. Sooner or later, everything has to, whether it's the Brady's in Hawaii, Blossom in Paris, or that Kara chick on American Idol. As for local street food, it may have glimpsed its shark today, with the a ... More >>

Nine of the Weirdest Restaurant Names in Existence

Most of us have giggled at Chinese restaurants with names that just don't translate well (you listening, King Dong?), but every so often a name comes along that's worthy of a picture, if not a blog post. Behold our collection of the goofiest restaurant names we've ever come across. ​9. Dirty Dick' ... More >>

Lers Ros' Fried Rabbit: Buffalo By Way of Bangkok

Andrew SimmonsLers Ros' rabbit, a satanic take on the hot wing.​It wasn't until after we raked up the last morsels that we realized our dinner at Lers Ros had consisted almost entirely of fried dishes. With the exception of succulent pork belly cubes, everything we'd ordered had come encased i ... More >>

Som Tum and Other Isan Salads at Zaab Thai

Jonathan KauffmanZaab's papaya salad with peanuts and salted crab, $7.95.​Wednesday, December 8, 2010Slowly, slowly, Isan food from northeastern Thailand is filtering into San Francisco. You can find Isan dishes on the menus of Thai House Express and Lers Ros, and the semisecret Thai-language menu ... More >>

Top 10 Awful Songs That Are Awesome for Karaoke

Not sure if you've noticed yet, but this fair city of ours is awash with karaoke. All the way from the traditional joints in Japantown to the dive bars of the Mission (Sunday afternoons in The 500 Club are particularly noteworthy), people are volunteering to sing for their fellow patrons like nothi ... More >>

Siamese-kaze, a Little Lime-on-Lime Action at Basil Canteen

Tamara Palmer​Asian citrus is popping up with more frequency on drink menus around town, but the Siamese-kaze at Basil Canteen is hardly a bandwagon-jumper. It's been a staple here since the place opened in 2008. Vodka infused with Thai kaffir lime is whirred together with house-made lemongra ... More >>

Town Hall Owners Plan a Wine-on-Tap Bar, Audio Geeks Reveal They're Coffee Geeks As Well

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. 7x7's Bits and Bites blog is giddy at the chance to scoop the rest of us in reporting that the project Town Hall's owners are opening at 740 Valencia will be a wine bar. Even more timely, it will ... More >>

James Syhabout and Hawker Fare: Anatomy of a Scoop

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. star5112/FlickrJames Syhabout.​Grub Street's Jay Barman set off the equivalent of a stalkerazzi scuffle to catch a limo-glimpse of the Bieber when he broke word Wednesday that Commis chef J ... More >>

So Long Al, Adios Bangkok 16 ― Say Hello to New England Tacos

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Another goodbye to a long-standing neighborhood institution: Grub Street reports the shuttering of Al's Café Good Food. After 50 years, the Bernal Heights' diner closed in April; on Facebook, owner Jean ... More >>

"The Hangover 2": Unfunny Bro Comedy Franchise Is Creatively Bankrupt

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Another goodbye to a long-standing neighborhood institution: Grub Street reports the shuttering of Al's Café Good Food. After 50 years, the Bernal Heights' diner closed in April; on Facebook, owner Jean ... More >>

So Long Dining Room and Pie Delivery, Hello (To Another) Southern Restaurant

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. An order to go: The Feast reports the popular Indian-Pakistani restaurant Lahore Kahari has shut its dining room. Owner Zulfiqar "Guddu" Haider has converted the Tenderloin restaurant into a take-out only ... More >>

Food Trucks Told to Disperse, Tipsy Pig's Latest Venture, and New Restaurants on the Scene

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The cops shut down the month-old East Bay food truck gathering Bites on Broadway last Friday. Why? The combination of at least one complaint to the police and an ordinance on Oakland's books prohibiting f ... More >>

Hookahs Go Out, Chef Changes, and Breaking a Curse

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. All S.F. hookah flames are set to be extinguished, so if you want to get in a little more of that shisha, better do it soon. The Feast shares, via Inside Scoop, Kan Zaman and Marrakech Moroccan R ... More >>

Pizza, Pizza, More Eating Under the Dome, and a Hookah Lounge Transforms

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Two pizza places eye S.F.: Eater SF shares Mozzeria, a pizzeria documenting its trials and tribulations of pre-opening stressors and success, is slated to open in the Mission at 3228 16th St. (at Guerrero ... More >>

Girl Meets Doll

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Two pizza places eye S.F.: Eater SF shares Mozzeria, a pizzeria documenting its trials and tribulations of pre-opening stressors and success, is slated to open in the Mission at 3228 16th St. (at Guerrero ... More >>

Chili Lime Cupcake Hits Every Taste Sensation

Nute Chulasuwan holds the tiny but memorable Chili Lime Cupcake​I didn't know a cupcake could be this interesting. My view of the potential of cupcakes has been changed forever by one bite of Nute Chulasuwan's chili lime cupcake. This cupcake hits every taste sensation. It opens with sweet li ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Lers Ros: Tom Silargorn Talks on Authentic Thai

Nute Chulasuwan holds the tiny but memorable Chili Lime Cupcake​I didn't know a cupcake could be this interesting. My view of the potential of cupcakes has been changed forever by one bite of Nute Chulasuwan's chili lime cupcake. This cupcake hits every taste sensation. It opens with sweet li ... More >>

Michael Chiarello Eyes S.F., Burger Urge's Odd Tagline, and Visiting Four Corners

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Odd names and taglines: Tablehopper discovers, via Chowhound, that Indo-Bali Cooking Street has opened in the Financial District (343 Kearny at Pine). The Indonesian restaurant is from the former Bangkok ... More >>

Solomon Kahn, Beloved Giants DJ, Tragically Killed in Thailand

R.I.P.​Solomon Kahn, the popular DJ known to clubgoers as DJ Solomon, was killed in a car accident Tuesday in Bangkok, Thailand.Kahn, who performed at Golden State Warriors games and at AT&T Park as well as major clubs in San Francisco, was on tour in Thailand with his fiancee, Nicole Cronin w ... More >>