The Cantonese bbq places (roast ducks hanging in the windows) in Chinatown will often have beautiful bronzed skin turkeys the day before T-day on display. Maybe you can order one from one of them. I’d suggest the place on...

and Marc, Gordon and Marlon for subbing the duck/taro clay pot for mayo-shrimp and to Joel for the wine.

Golden King on Clay Street just west of Kearny (757 Clay between Kearny and Grant) for Vietnamese (pho and bun). Pakwan (653 Clay between Montgomery and Kearny) for Indian-Pakistani (www.pakwanrestaurant.com).

don’t be intimidated – just dive in (so to speak). I lived over the Stockton tunnel for a few years and overby Polk and Clay and hit these places all the time. My favorite was the one on Grant below B’Way for...

as $8, but alas, tonight it was $12, but still worth it. Following regular chowhounders attended: hosts Melanie Wong, Cynthaia Sasaki, Ruth Lafler, Gordon Wing, Eugen Park, Yimster, Malik Kalfane, etc. It was my first time dining...

cantonese people love salt fish and salted duck eggs and roast duck... Capital on Clay Street sometimes has lighter options, and if you speak Chinese (or even if you don’t) they’re pretty accomodating.

but the eel got lost among the sauce and the fried taste. I don’t know if the clay pot also would have featured these same small eels but I was thinking more along the savoryness of the Japanese eel preparation. One of my...

Hey, Gordon... before you start talking about not being able to find good Indian food because “it's stinking Texas,” you might be interested in knowing that there were 130,000 Asian Indians living in the state in the...

I’ve mentioned Hon’s Wun Tun House (648 Kearny at Clay, SF) before as one of my favorite lunch spots in San Francisco Chinatown. It’s even dearer to me now. My 86 year-old dad has been nearly crippled by low back...

Happy Friday! This afternoon, eight hounds emerged from the darkness of their cubicles to stroll into Chinatown for the first SF Chinatown Chowdown Lunch Series. Our destination: Bow Hon, praised years ago for their fish salad and...

crab or lobster congee in clay pot (seasonal price) and chiu chow style congee with clams and minced meat. Then there are the noodle soup and lo mein dishes, fried rice and noodle, sizzling platters and clay pots/casseroles, and...

better. The red bean sweet pancake I like more and the stinky tofu is lighter and crispier than before. But the clay pot loin’s head and pork shank is better (in my opinion) in San Mateo. The Pork Shanks is something I have...

I looked at this distributor when I started my search. Other concerns besides the shipping costs included the durability of the clay interior. How long does it last before breaking and how difficult and expensive is it to...

. seafood & tofu clay pot – cost around 8-10? - it was ok, pretty average..I liked the gravy and shrimp. snow pea sprouts w/ garlic sauce $8.95- pretty tasty. overally, I liked the place just thought it was kinda pricey for...

, then more islands then Istanbul (followed by a layover in London where I shall dine at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay). I’ve scoured this forum and now have a list of over 100 restaurants to visit throughout my cruise (how...