Picked up a chicken schawarma from Limonnana - new Mediterranean place right next to Bini’s Kitchen on 6th St. No lamb on offer. A bit pricey at $14, but they piled a good amount of chicken from the spit. Very flavorful cumin-forward marinade on the chicken. Too bad no lamb on offer, but this was pretty good.
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Another worthy truck operation:
Eater posted photos and recommendations from their food writers dated 21Aug:
The Best Takeout Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week
Mining the latest takeout and delivery gems SF has to offer
Best Takeout Dishes This Week: Aug 21, 2020
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I would like to mention that El Greco Grill (two locations: Campbell and Cupertino) and 365 Mediterranean Deli on 1691 Branham Ln, San Jose, CA 95124 are AWESOME Greek food joints. They are owned by real GREEKS. Please sponsor these small businesses, which are in danger of closing. Happy eating!
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Thanks for reminding. I’ve wanted to go to El Greco since its first mentioned here a year or two ago. We have been in a takeout rut these days so we’ll gladly give El Greco a try soon. And its not far too.
Ming Kee, soy sauce duck rice plate, end of the day special. After I order and paid $8.50, there was some discussion among the 4 employees and one of the young translators asked if I wanted a full half duck instead of the quarter for an extra $2. Indeed I do. Then after I agreed there was some more discussion and the elder woman seemingly overruled them and my translator said - oh how about $1.50. Even better. So $10 for a half duck rice plate. So so good, this place is a gem.
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Looks good. How is their standard of hygiene? What about Covid-19 protocols?
Well they were all wearing masks, but the shop is pretty small so I wouldn’t say there was 6 feet between customers.
Adding the house special Guilin rice noodles from Guilin Rice Noodles House in Parkside in SF to the list. There’s not a huge number of places serving Guilin rice noodles around locally. I’ve only had it before a few times at Classic Guilin Rice Noodles in Oakland Chinatown before this (I don’t think that Guilin Rice Noodles House is affiliated with them).
Did a little bit of research on this dish - Guilin is a city in Guangxi, a province in southern China directly west of Guangdong province. I’ve never been but it is famous for its beautiful natural vistas and also its rice noodles.
The Food Ranger goes to Guilin:
I’ve gotten the house special GRN a few times via delivery. It has a base of Guilin mifen, which are spaghetti shaped tubular rice noodles, and is topped with tripe/stomach, thin beef slices, “golden” crispy pork, pickled cowpeas, crispy fried mung beans, thinly sliced pig ears, and half of a boiled egg. This is a “dry” noodle dish but there is also a bit of meaty gravy underneath. It comes with optional soup and a small container of chili oil.
Really good noodles. The rice noodles have a nice springy texture and are not very heavy. The “golden” pork is basically a piece of pork that has been fried so that the exterior is crispy and golden, and then sliced into thin slices. That along with the slithery gelatinous chewy pig ear slices and the tripe bits along with the crunchy fried mung beans and slightly sour pickled cowpeas (wish there were a little more of these) made for a great texture and flavor combo. The gravy on the bottom when mixed in added savory flavor as well. The optional soup that you can get on the side (no extra charge) is pretty bland but is also a perfect palate cleanser between bites of noodles. If you don’t like offal or pig ears they also have bowls with just the crispy pork or beef slices.
Mixed up:
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Thanks for the report, I’ve been meaning to try this place. Is there anything else on the menu you’ve tried and would recommend?
The only other dish I’ve tried is the hot and sour rice noodle soup, which was also good. True to its description its the same rice noodles in a broth that is hot and sour, topped with ground pork, tofu puffs, mushrooms, lettuce, and some other things.
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Hi @brisket44,
Nice! I had no idea Ming Kee had soy sauce duck on the menu! 
How did it compare to their excellent soy sauce chicken? Thanks.
You know what, neither did I which is I took a picture of the menu, but it’s not listed. I thought I misheard him but when I got it you can see it’s got the soft gelatinous tender skin like in the soy sauce chicken, not roasted. It’s definitely less salt concentrated than the roast duck, more delicate, the duck flavor is more pronounced.
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I mean I guess it is possible he said soy roasted duck and I got one that was under roasted, but I had the roast duck a few weeks ago and it seemed different to me.
Hi @brisket44,
Yah that looks nothing like their normal roasted duck (which is delicious). So I think it’s what you mentioned, a daily special. Good to know. 
Thanks.
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Any specific reason you’d ask this question about this specific place and not others?
It’s because Chinese BBQ meat is mostly handled by bear hands. Also, usually the butcher converses quite a bit with the customers, creating saliva droplets on the food if no mask is properly worn.
I for one disagree. Kitchens with improper covid hygiene and chatty chefs exist everywhere, not just roasted meat joints. The thousands of roasted meat joints in Hong Kong aren’t known to be COVID and SARS hotspots.
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The poster specifically mentioned the staff are wearing masks. You don’t know they had “bear” hands, though if they did, that would be oddly entertaining. Your question has something thinly-veiled to it that isn’t friendly.
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The meat maestro at Ming Kee isn’t the chattiest fellow, I always get a friendly nod but he’s quite focused on his butchery.
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