SF - Hon’s Wun Tun House - new owners?

Oh I was referring to Hon’s on that second sentence.

Mine had chives at Noodle village. Grabbed a lemon tea to go after that… and well that wasn’t the strongest part

Understood. Thanks.

FYI, they reopened for the first time since shelter in place on July 27th.

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Just had a late lunch here – I think the wontons are really tasty, and the noodles are cooked well, but otherwise I wasn’t very impressed, in particular the beef was super dry and stringy. The pan fried soup buns were well fried but too sweet for me.

I had a late lunch today at the new(er) location of Hon’s Wun-Tun House on Washington Street in Chinatown. It was my first time at this location, I’d been to the original on Kearny a few times before.

The extensive menu










E5 雪菜肉絲麵/粉 Snow Cabbage & Shredded Pork Noodle Soup ($12.95)
I had the rice noodle soup with shredded pork and snow cabbage. You have a choice of small or large rice noodles, and I had the large rice noodles, which weren’t actually that large - about the size of spaghetti. It may be because I was hungry, but this was a great bowl of noodles. There were thin slivers of pork and a good amount of pickled snow cabbage. The broth, which had slivers of garlic in it, was savory and delicious, I drank all of it.

I also had a mug of HK Style Mixed Milk Tea with Coffee ($4.95), which woke me up and wasn’t too sweet.

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That’s a lot more spiffy than the original location.

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I passed by the original location yesterday and apparently it was remodeled, with an Instagram friendly green wall and a lit LED sign. Kind of bizarre, I’m not a fan of their new decor or new signage (looks the same as all the generic taishan cuisine and adjacent eateries), but I am glad they’re doing well (there was a line out the door).

Here’s a pic from Google maps:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6x3Db9PYo2SSeXSw8
Ones from Yelp:

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As long as the food is still good, I can live without the old grungy decor.

It did have that old school Cantonese Hong Kong noodle shop vibe.

I was surprised to read the original post about “original style”, and its rarity, which seems to be about a “snack size portion” and smaller dumplings?

I love won ton soup, and see it very commonly. Give me a slice or two of BBQ pork and add vegetable (usually a random choi). I was turned on to this order at a place on Castro St Mt View (@dana, long gone) in about 93/94 with a group of co workers. I order it from time to time, and find the dish in a very large number of restaurants. I continue to like it, esp. with char sui and veg, because it’s generally restorative (late night or anytime). Hydration, salt, and more meat than starch, and some greens. Default thin noodles have a good broth taste.

I think the last order I had was New Gold Medal in Oakland in the last 12 months. It was par for the course - good soup taste, nice thick dumplings, at least average char siu, didn’t disappoint, wouldn’t call it a stellar example.

I see, for example, local Steam in Palo Alto seems to take pride in their version. They do it the way I like it by default: slices of BBQ pork, a nice fan of veg.