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Taiwan

  • 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

    February 22, 2012

    Q&A With Slanted Door's Chucky Dugo, part 2: Saying No to Fusion and Yes to Klondike Bars

    Alanna HaleChucky Dugo, Slanted Door's head pastry chef, clearly receiving inspiration from the heavens.​Chucky Dugo, pastry chef for Charles Phan's restaurants -- including Slanted Door, Out the Door, and Wo Hing General Store -- started his career in San Francisco, but talked his way into ru ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Ramen Parlor Adds to San Mateo's Ramen Empire

    Luis ChongPork broth ramen with lobster oil.​While the city's ramen culture is just beginning to flourish, San Mateo's ramen scene is leaping ahead with a modern variant of ramen. One-month old Ramen Parlor is the latest ramen venture from chef-owner Kazunori Kobayashi, whose San Mateo ramen ... More >>

  • Film

    September 14, 2011

    Arthouse Movie Listings September 14-20

    Luis ChongPork broth ramen with lobster oil.​While the city's ramen culture is just beginning to flourish, San Mateo's ramen scene is leaping ahead with a modern variant of ramen. One-month old Ramen Parlor is the latest ramen venture from chef-owner Kazunori Kobayashi, whose San Mateo ramen ... More >>

  • Film

    September 7, 2011

    Fall Arts: What Fall Movies to Seek Out

    Luis ChongPork broth ramen with lobster oil.​While the city's ramen culture is just beginning to flourish, San Mateo's ramen scene is leaping ahead with a modern variant of ramen. One-month old Ramen Parlor is the latest ramen venture from chef-owner Kazunori Kobayashi, whose San Mateo ramen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Google Thumbs Nose at Antitrust Regulators

    ​You can't say Google doesn't have balls. Despite increasingly heavy antitrust scrutiny by the federal government, the Internet behemoth is charging ahead with a deal that brings all kinds of potential for cornering a market. It will pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility, a leading maker of hand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    S.F. Symphony Summer Conductor Michael Francis on the Joys of Performing Outdoors

    Chris Cristodoulou​In the conducting world, Michael Francis is a rising star. Young, talented, and armed with a devastatingly cute British accent, this is a conductor to keep an eye on. Fortunately for us, Francis will be in town this summer, conducting the San Francisco Symphony's annual summer c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Ed Lee Is Back From Taiwan, Chiu Acting Mayor Starting This Afternoon

    Act 1, Scene 5​The political hullabaloo that's monopolized City Hall over the last week is finally dissipating. After a week that included tense debate, bitter accusations and bizarre threats that further crystalized San Francisco's political dysfunction, the city can only hope for a bre ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Worlds Apart

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • Dining

    March 3, 2010

    Enjoy Vegetarian: Soy-on-soy action

    Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Seen In San Francisco: Soccer Head!

    Joe EskenaziGOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL ... What the hell? ​Clamber onto the Muni train after a night at the bars and see this guy and, for a moment, you'll wonder what it is they slipped in your drink. But then you'll be reassured (and still drunk) because you read SF Weekly. And you know that's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Local Team Going Wok-to-Wok with Asian Chefs in Cook-Off

    Asian Chefs AssociationThe bronze-winning 2007 San Francisco team in Taipei.​The Taipei World Culinary Contest has again asked the San Francisco Asian Chefs Association to represent the U.S.A. in a grueling three-day culinary competition. From August 20 to August 23, the home team will go up a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    RollerSoccer -- An Exciting New Way To Self-Inflict Tragic Groin Injuries -- To Be Demonstrated in Mission

    In December of 1995, Zack Phillips was skating down a San Francisco street when a ball rolled into his path. He nonchalantly kicked it back to the soccer players and was struck with an idea that would change the world. Or at least Zack Phillips' world. Well, somewhere between the two. Phillips -- a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    San Francisco Is Struggling -- Do We Need a Tougher Logo?

    It'd be hard to fix San Francisco's myriad problems. How 'bout we just spiff up this old flag? Look, these are not heady days for the city. Perturbed San Franciscans are following our gallivanting mayor around the state to heckle him -- because it's the only time locals can get close enough to ask a ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 15, 2009

    Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

    It'd be hard to fix San Francisco's myriad problems. How 'bout we just spiff up this old flag? Look, these are not heady days for the city. Perturbed San Franciscans are following our gallivanting mayor around the state to heckle him -- because it's the only time locals can get close enough to ask a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2009

    All Grown Up

    It'd be hard to fix San Francisco's myriad problems. How 'bout we just spiff up this old flag? Look, these are not heady days for the city. Perturbed San Franciscans are following our gallivanting mayor around the state to heckle him -- because it's the only time locals can get close enough to ask a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Your Guide to the San Francisco International Film Festival

    It'd be hard to fix San Francisco's myriad problems. How 'bout we just spiff up this old flag? Look, these are not heady days for the city. Perturbed San Franciscans are following our gallivanting mayor around the state to heckle him -- because it's the only time locals can get close enough to ask a ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Tapioca Takedown

    The ball-filled beverage wars in the Sunset may have brought down Ed Jew.

  • Film

    March 14, 2007

    Repertory Film Listings

    The ball-filled beverage wars in the Sunset may have brought down Ed Jew.

  • Film

    May 3, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    The ball-filled beverage wars in the Sunset may have brought down Ed Jew.

  • Music

    March 29, 2006

    Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

    The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

  • Film

    March 15, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

  • Film

    November 16, 2005

    Repertory Film Listings

    The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

  • Film

    December 22, 2004

    Reps Etc.

    The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

  • Film

    September 29, 2004

    Reps Etc.

    The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

  • Film

    April 14, 2004

    Film Capsule Reviews

    The misunderstood adventures of the Bishop of Hip Hop

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2003

    The Filth and the Fury

    The Hemlock gets down and dirty

  • Film

    June 11, 2003

    Eye Caramba!

    The Pang brothers want to feed your horror hunger, but some of their smorgasbord's stale

  • Film

    April 16, 2003

    Film Capsule Reviews

    The Pang brothers want to feed your horror hunger, but some of their smorgasbord's stale

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    In and Out of India

    A meditation on memory and Indian culture, from Krishna dolls to bharathanatyam

  • Film

    December 4, 2002

    The Searchers

    Feeling dubious about Reese Witherspoon, and other insights from film historian David Thomson

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    Off the Waterfront

    News media have abandoned the labor beat and missed a story of global financial import: the looming possibility of a longshoremen's strike at West Coast ports

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2002

    Presumed Local

    This year's superb S.F. International Asian American Film Festival focuses on homegrown, U.S. films

  • Film

    July 4, 2001

    Reel World

    Woody Allen ponders a career move after making his new film

  • Dining

    December 27, 2000

    French Fly

    Isa

  • Calendar

    June 21, 2000

    Shrewed Dealings

    The Taming of the Shrew

  • News

    April 26, 2000

    Comrades of the People's Republic

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • Film

    April 21, 1999

    S.F. International Film Festival

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • Film

    May 20, 1998

    Zoom Lens

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • Film

    April 29, 1998

    Week 2 of the 41st S.F. International Film Festival

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • News

    January 28, 1998

    Dog Bites

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • News

    January 7, 1998

    Go, Bugs!

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • Film

    April 30, 1997

    The S.F. International Film Fest, Week 2

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • Calendar

    May 1, 1996

    Night+Day

    While traveling in China, our writer explores that country's increasing sexual freedom

  • News

    March 13, 1996

    Chinese Peaches

    The Chinese New Year brings firecrackers, the parade down Kearny, and the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant

  • News

    May 31, 1995

    One World, Under Gorby (Part II)

    Gorbachev foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

  • News

    April 12, 1995

    The Absolutely True, Somewhat Spurious and Totally Impossible

    CONSPIRACIES BY THE BAY!!!

  • Dining

    March 29, 1995

    Last Tango on Haight

    Cha Cha Cha welcomes one and all with spicy tapas and kitschy decor

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