San Francisco Bay Area

by Melanie Wong 8 months ago

Last month I had lunch at General Tso Kitchen a couple times. The current owner, Ms. Cao, is from Chongqing and assumed this venue a little over a year ago. Her first chef had worked with her in Ch...

by StevenCinNYC 2 days ago

Hi. I haven't spent much time in SF in the past couple years, but I'm coming back for an extended weekend in June and wanted advice for 4 dinners and maybe a couple lunches. We're staying on points...

by The Chowhound Team 2 months ago

Hi all, Due to the increase of threads about exchanging French Laundry reservations, we have created this post dedicated to that purpose. We have locked the previous French Laundry reservati...

We are doing a cross country road trip from Alabama and I would like your "DO NOT MISS THIS" food suggestions for ALB, LAS, LAX and SFO. We are also going to the grand canyon, but I think we are v...

So finally have french laundry confirmed. So have a short list of: - Californios http://www.californiossf.com/ - Mourad http://mouradsf.com/ - Al's Place https://www.alsplacesf.com/ - Lazy Bea...

by Melanie Wong 9 years ago

Wondering if anyone can report on the Neapolitan style pizzas at Mangia La Pizza. It's related to Maurizio's and has a photo gallery on its website showing the wood-burning oven installation. htt...

by Melanie Wong 7 days ago

Placerville Grocery Outlet: Bob's Red Mill Organic Quick Cook Oats, $4.99 Howe's Bratwurst, imported from Germany, $2.99/12 oz Daphne's Fresh Chevre, $2.99, 4 oz Green Valley lactose-free org...

I know there is a big landslide in Monterey, but still, I have already booked everything for a late September, early October road trip SF ---> LA along US 1. Looking for recommendations of "not-to...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

Nearly five years ago, I signed up for Local Catch Monterey Bay, the original name for the community supported fishery now called Real Good Fish. Since that time, it has expanded from the Central C...

Halal Indian Cuisine opened recently in San Rafael, out on the extension of 3rd and 4th streets, in the location of the prior barbecue place Best Lil Porkhouse. I stopped there for lunch today and ...

I’m looking to buy homemade frozen dumplings, but SF and Oakland are too far of a drive. Does anyone know of Chinese home cooks who can make and sell homemade dumplings that can be cooked at h...

I was in the city today near Civic Center and, since I had never been to an Ike's sandwich shop, went to the one at 901 Polk. I had the Joe Montana sandwich ($13) - halal chicken, bacon, Asian sesa...

Reading the recent pizza thread got me thinking about styles of pizza.... I love Sicilian style pizza, but I have never seen it out here. The last time someone asked if you could find Sicilian ...