Regional Hong Kong Style Cafes/Cha Chan Teng Roundup (SF Bay Area)

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includes a link to Luke Tsai’s 2016 article on Baby Cafe in Oakland-

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Chan’s Kitchen Oakland - a few months ago had a quick snack of the won ton in chili oil for $6 or $7 plus tax and tip. Juicy, not doughy and major heat from the peppercorns. It was much busier at lunchtime with a crowd that looked like it came from nearby office buildings and was larger than I can remember there having been at anytime at Shanghai Restaurant in that spot in the 25 years or so I had been passing by. Haven’t tried Baby Cafe but Luke Tsai had a minor love affair with it and w…