Gordon Biersch Brewery- hop on muni or walk 2 Harrison Grumpy’s Restaurant & Pub – on Vallejo Harrington’s Bar & Grill- on Front Fuzio- One Embarcadero, Top Floor Mixt Greens- on Sansome- Salads Yes Burgers & Malts-...

I actually really like Taiwan – I know it’s not cool and edgy enough to draw raves around here much, but I really enjoy the food. Red cooked eggplant, Taiwan-style chicken in clay pot, very good dumplings, delicious...

, and served in this thing that looks like a miniature Flash Gordon spaceship. The melon seems to exude more soup as it cools. It’s wonderful, delicious and a good example of the subtlety of the Yue kitchen. Full house has...

I wouldn’t say Gangadin’s food is subpar, but certainly not outstanding. Clay Oven is the best I’ve had in the valley so far. Also in agreemnt with you about Akbar.

that I so remember eating, and for which I have never seen an equal since anywhere, was made at a restaurant, Tao Yuen, on Clay Street just below Waverly Place. At home I now make my own spring rolls with or without meat filling...

Eight Treasures Clay Pot

I have zero respect for JC’s restaurant reviews – I am sure he is a decent fellow – but it’s a bit like Kitchen Nightmares, the Gordon Ramsey show where he helps to relaunch crappy restaurants & about a...

I thought that “gongfu” referred to the brewing method in a "purple clay" teapot, rather than the type of tea.

a few pinches of salt to the flour. The butter should be cold, but not hard. The consistency of clay is a good texture to aim for; pliable, but cold and definitely not weepy from heat. Cut the butter into quarter inch thick...

. The long clam (guey duck sp?) soup was excellent – clean, deep flavor and we also got the saute of long clam with mixed vegetables. The pea leaves were very good – sweet & tender – with lots of garlic. We had...

and Gordon Ramsey in London), a handful of 2-stars and lots and lots of other spectacular places, and this blew them all away. The courses: Freshly shucked oysters on the half shell and sparkling wine Chilled vegetable soup with...

I bought a great watermelon from the back of a truck in Chinatown the weekend before last. It was an enclosed van (6-wheeler) at Stockton and Clay. The vendor was an elderly black man with a young (son?) assistant and he had...

was friendly w/ the chef ordered some soup (perhaps nabe?) in a clay pot that looked good. Plus the tempura that most everyone was ordering looked great...lightly battered and perfectly fried. Tried the soft shell crab appetizer...

cabbage salad and miso (!) arrived, then I ordered the “spicy soft tofu soup”. When it came, I was very impressed by the presentation: nice clay bowl filled with violently boiling soup. The sides were less well...

. Next door to the Friends of the Oakland Public Library store. There’s always Le Cheval, which has great vermicelli salads (but not very terrific Vietnamese food otherwise... the mayor eats there). 9th & Clay? And there are...