I’ll second the recommendations for the Westlake rice porridge, broccoli beef, salt cod fried rice, and thrice cooked bacon. I’m fairly sure I’ve had that pork belly dish once and it was pretty decent, although I have no idea how close it is to the cookbook. The thing for me about Mission Chinese Food is that I’ve had really good dishes there often, but I’ve also had the same dish 3 months later where it’s become much worse. And then sometimes better again a month later. So you never really know what you’re going to get.
I haven’t seen Danny there in a long time. I assumed he’d fully moved to NY when he opened MCF there.
I would note that they deliver, which is a wildly superior experience to waiting on the sidewalk outside for a table. It is a bit of a mystery to me how they’ve managed to win awards and keep everyone’s attention for this long. I’m generally positive about them, but I’d never wait in line for their food.
