to admit, but you don’t need to be his pal to dig in to some seriously delicious chow. His dinner menu is divided into starters and small and large plates—not a lot of each, but enough to map a serious meal with...

’t need to whip out my Chow passport with Chowhounds and say “I have a foreign face but a Chinese stomach!". What do you folks yearn for even if it is the spiced pig ear? I’m Polish. We eat all pig parts. Here we...

number of Asian students going in and out, but almost none in the cheap Asian, Gyro, Sandwich or Bars I ate in. Maybe that McDonalds served great ethnic cuisine – which would explain why the Burger King a couple doors down...

King Louie is superb. I saw it go from a burgers and lite fare joint to what it is today, an excellent wine and cuisine place. Harvest is also very awesome. Very imaginative without being wacked out. Mai Lee’s was my...

made 20-30 recipes from it and every single one has been great. It’s unbelievable, frankly— I keep waiting for one to be ‘meh’ but they’re all solid. It’s mostly veggie (some fish/seafood), and...

Yes, I really AM shouting. I’ll provide more detail in next week’s Chow Alert (what, you don’t subscribe? Click link below to sign up...it’s way different from ChowNews), but I just went completely out of...

means. i feel like such a parrot asking for unique/different, but you know how the chow cravings are ;)

and tamales at the back. There are lineups by mid day. It is a unique experience. There are also great Epanadas on that street, and two coffee houses with wicked tea, coffee, etc., $1 Veggie Sandwiches on Spadina just South of St...

this after the saba for a new dimension on the flavors from the juices. The shiro maguro tataki nigiri was excellent again. Thick buttery pieces from the tenderest part of the loin, gotta love the deft saucing and onions. The...

for them and just paid for the ravioli. I find that as long as restaurants offer to prepare a new steak or chop or burger to my liking then I can’t really complain. However, if a restaurant won’t take blame for bad...

- Fresh ovolini or bocconcini mozzarella - cracked wheat sourdough loaves - Annie Chun’s noodles in black bean sauce - Santini Olive oil - Luna and Clif Bars ($15/box) - fresh tangerine juice - grilled veggie and chicken...

Any kind of Asian fried noodles, whether it’s just the plain old chow mein or pad thai. I hate a lot of oil in my cooking so I think that’s my problem because I don’t use a lot of oil in the wok so my noodles...

of street food in SF that I would recommend you trying as well. Getting CTM in the 'Loin, buying Chinese baked goods, hunting down some banh mi, chowing down on a fresh taco al pastor or burrito in the Mission, or getting fresh...

with these. Somehow, I wasn’t too encouraged about opening a bottle especially when a neighbor commented that it should go well with pizza and burgers.

addition to a great chow area, though, and i’ll sure give 'em another shot to get things straight. i had to stop into christina’s for a pint of banana ice cream while i was up that way...