There were several Yelp reviews of New Dumpling as of this morning. I went there for lunch today, and it was ok. They’re still in “soft opening”, and it took a long time for the food to arrive.
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Although Eden Silk Road in Oakland Chinatown at 366 8th Street hasn’t opened yet, there has been slow but steady progress on refurbishing the site with new fixtures, fresh paint, new tile on the archway at the street entrance and new signage. A few weeks ago, handwritten signs in English and Chinese were posted at the front gate advertising help wanted for kitchen workers.
Today I saw a man inside the restaurant near the front door and from outside the closed gate I asked him when it would open and he replied, “next week.”
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The San Mateo Eden still has the beer and wine license, but has been replaced by Chef Sho which, according to the windows, has hot pot, shaokao (skewers), and 江湖菜 which (translation/idiomatic help needed here folks), may refer to a genre of Chongqing cuisine.
Chef Zhao in San Mateo uses the term 江湖 (literally rivers and lakes) for his 江湖水煮魚 (water boiled fish) and Spices SF uses it for their NUMBING SPICY “GANGSTA” CASSEROLE(麻辣江湖鍋).
Ha, I am humbled in that sense but thanks for the shout out. I think it would be fun trying to put together a primer for that though the only issue being that some places I haven’t gone for a while so who knows what changed. If I have some time I can start one haha.
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King of Noodles now is operating (sharing?) the kitchen in the Underground Grill King 2543 Noriega, San Francisco karaoke/restaurant space according to a Yelp page. To my knowledge, this is the first business affiliated with Kingdom of Dumpling/Noodles to have alcohol.
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Michelin has released its first book to focus on a particular cuisine, in this case Cantonese.
Sadly, the Amazon page doesn’t allow you to view the pages. I’d like to see what they have for California.
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I wonder how much is just rehashed material specific to Cantonese cuisine from their various geographic guides:
Fine Cantonese Food by the Michelin Guide 2018-2019: Asia, Europe and USA
Featured Establishments in the United States
San Francisco
Mister Jiu’s (One Star)
Hong Kong Lounge II (Bib Gourmand)
Lai Hong Lounge (Bib Gourmand)
M.Y. China (Bib Gourmand)
Yank Sing (Bib Gourmand)
Hong Kong Flower Lounge (Plate)
Koi Palace (Plate)
Chicago
Jade Court (Bib Gourmand)
Minghin (Bib Gourmand)
Phoenix (Plate)
New York City
Congee Village (Bib Gourmand)
Dim Sum Go Go (Bib Gourmand)
East Harbor Seafood Palace (Bib Gourmand)
Golden Unicorn (Plate)
Great N.Y. Noodletown (Plate)
Hakkasan (Plate)
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It’s a decent list for SF, but I wouldn’t characterize Mister Jiu’s as Cantonese. It’s a bit of a stretch for M.Y. China as well, IMHO. Their best dishes are the northern-style noodle and dumpling dishes.
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- Chan’s Kitchen in Oakland Chinatown is reported closed according to Yelp. Hmmm… from the storefront, appeared to be open a few days ago.
Yelp pulled their ‘Closed’ sign. I walked by today at noon and a handwritten sign on the door said ‘Temporary Close,’ a metal metal gate was slightly open and all the chairs and fixture were in their proper places. I didn’t see any staff, workers or patrons but my guess is that they are doing some internal upgrades.
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Thanks!
On a similar note, A One Kitchen, in San Bruno, has a new Yelp review mentioning hot pot and what looks like chopped meat in a chicken leg shape stuffed with melted yellow cheese.
Melted cheese? More likely a take on bang bang sauce (mayonnaise and yellow curry).
From what tradition is bang bang sauce mayo and yellow curry? I know of only the Sichuan version with scallions soy, vinegar, sesame, chili, and Sichuan peppercorn.
Actually, I think it’s mayo and sweet chili sauce. Probably from the Tiki bar tradition, or a Florida seafood chain.
Actually, I went back and read the Yelp reviews. The “Bangbang Bone” is stuffed with beef, chicken and cheese. Not from any Chinese tradition, for sure!
Two restaurants back from the grave:
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Xiao Long Bao Kitchen (South San Francisco) home of the Bay Area’s first whopper sized XLB, not sure why it had been reported closed by Yelp. Sister restaurant to Milbrae’s Shanghai Dumpling Shop.
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Jiuding Flavor Restaurant (Milpitas) has re-opened and revamped as Sichuan hot-pot
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