In January, I’m going to making a post on trends in Bay Area Regional Chinese restaurants. For this round, I’m going to be focusing on SFBA geography, regional styles, naming conventions, and yelp ratings (I’ll be more surface level than @chandavkl’s in-depth article). If you have any suggestions for my analysis, send me a private message— I won’t be able to look at details like the frequency of certain dishes on menus, but I welcome such suggestions for future analyses.
New additions
- Split off thread on Taiwanese fried chicken
- Spicy Way (Milpitas) Sichuan. Best of luck to them— they are the fifth Regional Chinese places to inhabit 42 Dixon Road since 2010, which makes them the most cursed location on this list (at least in that time span)
- Royal Feast (Millbrae) unknown
- Boiling Point (San Mateo) Taiwanese Hot Pot adds to their Fremont location.
- Papa Lin (Newark) Taiwanese
- Cambowan (San Mateo) Taiwanese and Cambodian!
Full-service Taiwanese restaurants I missed
- 168 Restaurant (Richmond) In the Pacific East Mall
- Izzo Restaurant (San Jose)
- Lans Garden (Cupertino) Opened in 2015
- England Rose Garden (Newark)
- Chef Wu (Newark)
- River Dragon (Pleasanton)
Be on the lookout
I’ve got a script set up to look for changes to California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) status at addresses of known Regional Chinese restaurants.
- Flaming House (Newark) will replace D&B Dining (Sichuan)
