Shanghai

Outsourcing Journalism to China

Bangalore to Be SF's New Sister City - Keeping IT in the Family

Happy Ending

Delusion = Death

Shanghai Triad shows the fatal fallacy in ignoring reality

Look Back in Hunger

We can't know what tomorrow may bring, but 2008 offered a lot of swell eating.

It’s Vegas, Baby!

We can't know what tomorrow may bring, but 2008 offered a lot of swell eating.

Crouching Stereotype, Hidden Forerunner

We can't know what tomorrow may bring, but 2008 offered a lot of swell eating.

Art Collab

We can't know what tomorrow may bring, but 2008 offered a lot of swell eating.

Chinese Import

The best (and cheapest) Shanghai-style food

Shanghai Dilly

Generic decor masks fantastic food at this unconventional place

Cannibal Corpse

Generic decor masks fantastic food at this unconventional place

Tarnished Ivory

The White Countess writes an inglorious final chapter for a dynamic filmmaking duo

Sin and Dumplings

Exploring the Richmond's riches during a tempting film series

Best Dumplings

Exploring the Richmond's riches during a tempting film series

Best Chinese (Shanghainese)

Fountain Court

Shanghai Express

Check the specials list for surprises at Fountain Court

Painted Ladies

Antique ads from old Shanghai

Best Dim Sum (Richmond)

Ton Kiang

Reps Etc.

Ton Kiang

Reps Etc.

Ton Kiang

Zoom Lens

The Fifth Annual New Asian Film Festival

The Sweet Stench of Success

Shanghai Noodles

Soup's On

Just Won Ton

Asian-American Summit

Beijing Trio

Shanghai Express

Beijing Trio

Past Forward

For its 40th year, the San Francisco International Film Festival boldly goes where it has gone before

Sun-Dappled Eats, Cheap Beer, and Bonding with Strangers: A Foodie Day Planner

Monday, June 15, 2009 Let's do lunch: WTF, buddy, you're living in a Mediterranean climate -- eat like it once in a while. SF Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody knows the perfect place to start: the ezme and iskender kebap at A La Turca (869 Geary at Larkin, 345-1011). Drink therapy: It open ... More >>

Early Bird Special: Bund Shanghai

Jen SiskaNote to aspiring restaurateurs: The fiercest Chinese eateries are in diaspora neighborhoods, places like the Outer Richmond or northern Peninsula, where second- and third-generation Asian Americans actually live. Seems like nobody told the owners of Bund Shanghai (640 Jackson at Kearny), a ... More >>

Shanghai comes to Chinatown via Bund

Jen SiskaNote to aspiring restaurateurs: The fiercest Chinese eateries are in diaspora neighborhoods, places like the Outer Richmond or northern Peninsula, where second- and third-generation Asian Americans actually live. Seems like nobody told the owners of Bund Shanghai (640 Jackson at Kearny), a ... More >>

Talking China

Jen SiskaNote to aspiring restaurateurs: The fiercest Chinese eateries are in diaspora neighborhoods, places like the Outer Richmond or northern Peninsula, where second- and third-generation Asian Americans actually live. Seems like nobody told the owners of Bund Shanghai (640 Jackson at Kearny), a ... More >>

Soup Therapy, All-You-Can-Pound Suds, and Flaunting Your Man Ink: A Foodie Day Planner

 Friday, July 24, 2009 Let's do lunch: What the hell, it'll be foggy all over the city today, so why not lunch in the Outer Richmond. Keep warm, says SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody, with soup dumplings, knife-cut noodle soup, and garlic chicken wings at cash-only Shanghai House (3641 Ba ... More >>

Vacation Flashbacks, Nude Ladies, and Boozy Connections: A Foodie Day Planner

​Monday, August 10, 2009 Let's do lunch: It's gonna be hot, perfect day to relive the summer you took that Italian vacay. Go all Cinque Terre, says Weekly food critic Meredith Brody, via grilled Delta asparagus with lemon aioli and salmon over boccacino pasta with rapini, aglio e olio, and s ... More >>

Big Inside, the Anti-Chevys, and Garret Cool: A Foodie Day Planner

​Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Let's do lunch: It's worn and tiny, but the handmade dumplings make you feel huge inside. SF Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody recommends the Shanghai soup dumplings, scallion pancake, and cucumber salad at Kingdom of Dumplings, 1713 Taraval (at 27th Ave.), 56 ... More >>

In the Court of the Dumpling King

Gary Soup/Flickr Sheng jian bao: Worthy of coronation. Old episodes of Check, Please! Bay Area aren't always the best barometer of local restaurant excellence, but in the case of Shanghai Dumpling King, one came through like the Earl of Warwick. Local Filipino-American writer and St. Mary's C ... More >>

Shocktoberfest!! 2009: Torture Garden

Gary Soup/Flickr Sheng jian bao: Worthy of coronation. Old episodes of Check, Please! Bay Area aren't always the best barometer of local restaurant excellence, but in the case of Shanghai Dumpling King, one came through like the Earl of Warwick. Local Filipino-American writer and St. Mary's C ... More >>

Thrillpeddlers' smash run of Pearls over Shanghai just keeps going

Gary Soup/Flickr Sheng jian bao: Worthy of coronation. Old episodes of Check, Please! Bay Area aren't always the best barometer of local restaurant excellence, but in the case of Shanghai Dumpling King, one came through like the Earl of Warwick. Local Filipino-American writer and St. Mary's C ... More >>

Big Sister

Gary Soup/Flickr Sheng jian bao: Worthy of coronation. Old episodes of Check, Please! Bay Area aren't always the best barometer of local restaurant excellence, but in the case of Shanghai Dumpling King, one came through like the Earl of Warwick. Local Filipino-American writer and St. Mary's C ... More >>

Noodle Fest: Bringing Black Bean Sauce and Bolognese Together

​On Sunday, North Beach and Chinatown restaurants come together to honor Marco Polo's putative gift from China to Italy: the noodle. Two full blocks on the border between the two neighborhoods will be blocked off to traffic, and 30 participating restaurants will set up stands to demonstrate their ... More >>

Lipstick and Beards

​On Sunday, North Beach and Chinatown restaurants come together to honor Marco Polo's putative gift from China to Italy: the noodle. Two full blocks on the border between the two neighborhoods will be blocked off to traffic, and 30 participating restaurants will set up stands to demonstrate their ... More >>

Woman in Pajamas Slaps Muni Bus Driver

Put on some goddamn clothes, Doris! ​One of the cultural eccentricities of Shanghai -- and one that hardly fits with its current sleek, modern image -- is a propensity for older people to walk around in pajamas, at any hour of the day. San Franciscans don't have the excuse of longstanding traditio ... More >>

Dumpling Kitchen, a New Contender in the Soup Dumpling Contest

Jonathan KauffmanDumpling Kitchen's xiaolongbao (10 for $6).​You might think the contest the title of this post refers to is about the quality of the xiaolongbao, or Shanghai-style soup dumpling, but the contest is really which foodista can convince rivals that he or she has eaten the best XLB. No ... More >>

Happy Ending

Jonathan KauffmanDumpling Kitchen's xiaolongbao (10 for $6).​You might think the contest the title of this post refers to is about the quality of the xiaolongbao, or Shanghai-style soup dumpling, but the contest is really which foodista can convince rivals that he or she has eaten the best XLB. No ... More >>

Fresh Eats

Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Super Bowl DUI Checkpoints Don't Faze Steelers, Packers Bars

Get his keys! Quick! ​The national holiday of overindulging in booze and substandard cheese-related snacks is coming on Feb. 6. Around here, that's what we call it -- The National Holiday of Overindulging in Booze and Substandard Cheese-Related Snacks. Those who are into the whole brevity thing ju ... More >>

Translating Chinese New Year Menus, Part 4: Bund Shanghai

Click to enlarge.​​HAPPY NEW YEAR.​SFoodie continues our series of translations for Chinese New Year's menus with one from Bund Shanghai Restaurant. Its Year of the Rabbit set dinners include a number of eastern Chinese New Year's dishes that you won't find in Cantonese restaurants. (Incidenta ... More >>

Fresh Eats

Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Where Can We Take Our Parents? And Hear Ourselves Talk?

Mona C./YelpChabaa: Quiet, good, cheap.​Today's query comes from J.S.:So, the girlfriend's parents and my parents are both flying out to San Francisco to meet each other for the first time. We'd like to take them all out to dinner, but here's the thing: My father is deaf in one ear, and her dad do ... More >>

Kelly's Mission Rock Closing Before Pride, Capri Gets a Spicy New Name, More!

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Grub Street reports the pending shutter of Kelly's Mission Rock before the end of June. Don't worry, Juanita More!'s post-Pride party is still on, it's just been moved to the Phoenix Hotel for 2011. But w ... More >>

River Side Seafood Restaurant: Good Enough if You're Nearby

Photos by W. Blake GrayPea sprout & white nuts in broth​Whenever we hear of a dim sum restaurant -- heck, any restaurant -- that has people milling around outside waiting to get in, we're intrigued. Such is the case on Sundays at River Side Seafood Restaurant. If you don't get there well befo ... More >>

Kung Hei Fat Choi: The Year of the Dragon Begins

About as close to a living dragon as you can find.​Today begins 10 days of gluttony in San Francisco, as families, family associations, and businesses gather to celebrate Lunar New Year. Given that it's the year of the dragon, lobster (whose Chinese name translates literally as "dragon shrimp") wi ... More >>