A Favorite Cantonese Dish in San Francisco?

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@ernie_in_berkeley

Crispy noodles with mixed seafood. I was a big fan of the version at L&L Seafood in El Cerrito, but they cut back on the seafood. It used to be a generous amount of rockfish, shrimp, scallops and squid, but now it’s mostly squid and it’s kind of tough. I’ve also had good versions at Saigon Seafood Harbor in Richmond and at some place in the Ranch 99 complex. And at the lamented Hong Kong cafe whose name I don’t recall, also in El Cerrito.

Are you thinking of Jac’s Kitchen, or something like that, in El Cerrito? That place wasn’t bad and had huge portions.

I love crispy noodles as well. Hong Kong style crispy noodles are possibly my favorite dish of any cuisine, and I try to get it only once or twice a year so as to savor it each time. The gravy and noodles are what I seek, and I’ve accepted that toppings usually are meh. I’ll check out Saigon Seafood Harbor in Richmond.

Last week, I indulged in the the beef with black pepper sauce Hong Kong style pan fried noodles at Cooking Papa in Foster City. The noodles were 30% gravy saturated and 70% crispy when the clock started ticking. That ratio was perfect for getting saturated, mid-saturated, and crisp noodles all in one bite. I could haven taken or left the beef itself, but the gravy hit the spot, and wasn’t an MSG bomb. It still had some crispy bits left when I was done eating.