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Shanghai

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2012

    M.Y. China Has San Francisco's Most Expensive Dim Sum

    We live in a magical land called the Sunset, where delicious dim sum dumplings can be had for 50 cents apiece, so paying $18 for five dumplings is definitely a seismic shift. That's the price of the pork and black truffle juicy dumplings at M.Y. China (845 Market), which opened December 3 in the Wes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2012

    Wonderland's Szechuan Red Oil Wonton Is a Carnivore's Must

    Wonderland opened in the Lower Haight in July, a welcome spot that fills a big void for Chinese food on Haight street. The menu is a spiral-bound miniature binder that, like many places of its ilk, contains a dizzying amount of choices, including a whole section devoted to meatless chicken and a sau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2012

    In Praise of Sushi Zone's Baked Sea Bass

    Sushi Zone is one of San Francisco's hidden gems. Located on an alley off Market Street on the edge of Hayes Valley, the tiny restaurant holds only two booths and eight bar stools. The owner, who goes by "Ao," mans the raw sushi bar six nights a week, rolling up some of the freshest sushi and maki r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2012

    Shanghai Tries to Break a Restaurant Curse

    Shanghai opened on August 22 on Market and Dolores, and although the large space is in what many might consider to be a prime location, others have deemed it something of a cursed location. The building has been home to three restaurants in the past two years: Scenester Cal-Ital spot Mecca (2006-20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Sushi or Dim Sum? Ice House's Fan Tuan Is Kind of Both

    This week's review of i-Skewers put SFoodie in a dumpling frame of mind -- specifically, a Shanghai-style sheng jian bao frame of mind -- and in our zig-zagging travels around the Avenues, looking for the puffy, pan-fried pork dumplings, we ended up at Ice House on Noriega and 20th Ave. In addi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    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 >>

  • Dining

    March 16, 2011

    Fresh Eats

    Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2011

    Happy Ending

    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 >>

  • Dining

    January 5, 2011

    Fresh Eats

    Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Lipstick and Beards

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Big Sister

    ​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 >>

  • Culture

    February 17, 2010

    Thrillpeddlers' smash run of Pearls over Shanghai just keeps going

    ​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 >>

  • Culture

    October 28, 2009

    Shocktoberfest!! 2009: Torture Garden

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2009

    Talking China

     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 >>

  • Dining

    June 17, 2009

    Shanghai comes to Chinatown via Bund

     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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    Happy Ending

    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 >>

  • Dining

    December 31, 2008

    Look Back in Hunger

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

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    It’s Vegas, Baby!

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

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Crouching Stereotype, Hidden Forerunner

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

  • Calendar

    May 21, 2008

    Art Collab

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

  • Dining

    March 5, 2008

    Chinese Import

    The best (and cheapest) Shanghai-style food

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

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

    The best (and cheapest) Shanghai-style food

  • Dining

    January 16, 2008

    Shanghai Dilly

    Generic decor masks fantastic food at this unconventional place

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    Outsourcing Journalism to China

    Generic decor masks fantastic food at this unconventional place

  • Home Entertainment

    May 30, 2007

    Cannibal Corpse

    Generic decor masks fantastic food at this unconventional place

  • Film

    January 11, 2006

    Tarnished Ivory

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

  • Dining

    November 9, 2005

    Sin and Dumplings

    Exploring the Richmond's riches during a tempting film series

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Dumplings

    Exploring the Richmond's riches during a tempting film series

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Chinese (Shanghainese)

    Fountain Court

  • Dining

    April 21, 2004

    Shanghai Express

    Check the specials list for surprises at Fountain Court

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2004

    Painted Ladies

    Antique ads from old Shanghai

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Dim Sum (Richmond)

    Ton Kiang

  • Film

    February 5, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Ton Kiang

  • Film

    January 29, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Ton Kiang

  • Film

    August 15, 2001

    Zoom Lens

    The Fifth Annual New Asian Film Festival

  • Dining

    July 18, 2001

    The Sweet Stench of Success

    Shanghai Noodles

  • Dining

    November 22, 2000

    Soup's On

    Just Won Ton

  • Dining

    August 25, 1999

    Shanghai Express

    Just Won Ton

  • Film

    December 20, 1995

    Delusion = Death

    Shanghai Triad shows the fatal fallacy in ignoring reality

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