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Bigger is not necessarily better IMO when it comes to Chinese food.

In fact, in my experiences, there's generally a inverse relationship between the quality of the food & service as relates to the size of the restaurant, whether it serves Chinese food or not.

Don't think I'll ever go to eat at the newly opened HL Peninsula Restaurant in Castro Valley for this reason.

Early reviews on Google maps & Yelp seem to indicate that they are having a rough start & that it will take some time for them to get up to speed.

So, if you're interested, I wouldn't even consider dropping by for a least 6 months to a a year to give it a try, if they last that long. We'll see . . .

https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/hl-peninsula-castro-valley-21100487.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL2Zvb2QvcmVzdGF1cmFudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9obC1wZW5pbnN1bGEtY2FzdHJvLXZhbGxleS0yMTEwMDQ4Ny5waHA%3D&time=MTc2MDcyODkzOTAxMw%3D%3D&rid=ZWU3ODAyMDYtMmZlYS00ODFiLTliMmMtMzUyMGNjZjQ4ZjA1&sharecount=MA%3D%3D

#Yelp #ChineseFood

Yelp just published a list of what it considers the "Top 100" #ChineseRestaurants in the US . . .

https://www.yelp.com/article/top-100-chinese-restaurants-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Braze_241222_ah_gr_editorial_top100chinese_var1_sq&utm_campaign=Dec-22-2024&utm_term=MNOSw8inXyPQ6V0fRMJARQ&ytl_=4a18f73b63f1b64127ebeafc0c577e88

There are only 6 #SFBA restaurants on the list (only 4 excluding Sac & Davis) & only 2 in #SF

WTF??? 🤔

#3 is a Northern Chinese dumpling house in Sacramento. A friend of mine lives near there & says the place awful.

#10 is a place that sells Chinese meat skewers (like Japanese izakaya) in Newark

#36 is an undistinguished Cantonese restaurant in Davis

#57 is a restaurant in SF on the northwest corner of Broadway & Columbus (where a really good Cantonese restaurant use to be located that I use to eat at) which has a VERY limited mostly Northern Chinese menu

#70 is another undistinguished Cantonese restaurant in Walnut Creek

and . . .

#80 is a very overrated dumpling house in Hayes Valley in SF.

I can't speak for the locations in other cities but if their selections in the SFBA are any indication, I'd say that this list is really f*cked up!!! 🤦‍♂️

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Ted Nugent Drums Up Widely Debunked Claim That Chinese Restaurants Serve Dog Meat
Ted Nugent said something stupid again. Color me shocked.

https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/06/16/ted-nugent-drums-up-widely-debunked-claim-that-chinese-restaurants-serve-dog-meat/

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#KTVU2 #AAPI #SF #Chinatown #ChineseFood #ChineseRestaurants

Just discovered this morning that KTVU has a dedicated AAPI webpage that you can find below.

There are not a lot of stories/articles presented there but what is there is very interesting & inciteful to me, as it should be to anyone interested in the Chinese American experience.

My favorite is Amber Lee's "Chinatown" which provides a unique "insiders" look into SF Chinatown -- it's history & it's restaurants & style of cooking Chinese food (which is unique to SF).

https://www.ktvu.com/video/1227370

Watching it brought back a lot of memories for me, particularly the banquets that my family held in the 50-60's at The Far East Cafe (in the video) & Shanghai Low Restaurant (long gone).

Of historical note are the video re: Bruce Lee's roots in SF (the Chinese Historical Society in SF is holding a special exhibit re: Bruce now) & the article re: Iris Chang's book, The "Rape of Nanking" (a copy of which is sitting on my bookshelf).

See: https://www.ktvu.com/shows/aapi

Sculptural partitions shape blue-tinged interior of Taste of Dadong restaurant in Shanghai

Huge curving walls divide the blue-lit dining spaces inside this restaurant in Shanghai, designed by Chinese studio AD Architecture.

Conceived by AD Architecture to deliver an "emotional", dream-like dining experience, Taste of Dadong is steeped in an inky-blue light that seeps from LED panels in the walls and hidden strip lighting in the ceiling.

Curving partitions separate seating areas inside the Taste of Dadong restaurant

Carving up the restaurant's floor plan are several tall curving partitions, amongst which intimate seating areas have been created for small groups of guests. Each one features a circular dining table and leather armchairs, all cast in a blueish hue.

Alternatively, diners have the option of sitting at one of the booths that have been dotted around the restaurant's periphery.

Behind the bar is a luminescent fuchsia-pink drinks shelf

Sections of the ceiling have been clad with mirrored panels that show warped, upside-down reflections of diners and staff wandering the room, adding to the dreamy quality of the space.

Meals are also accompanied by what the studio describes as a "psychedelic" soundtrack of songs.

A pink faux skylight shines down on one of the dining tables

A contrasting pop of colour washes over the restaurant's bar, where the AD Architecture has installed a drinks shelf that emits a fuschia-pink glow.

Pink lighting has also been fitted behind an amorphous faux skylight that sits directly above one of the eating areas, as well as in small square openings that have been punctuated above the seating booths.

Seating booths have been placed at the edges of the restaurant

AD Architecture is led by Xie Peihe and has offices in Shenzhen and Shantou. The studio's Taste of Dadong project is one of many visually-striking restaurants and bars that can be found across the city of Shanghai.

Others include J Boroski, where the walls are decorated with thousands of preserved insects, and Bar Lotus, which features dramatic arched doorways and a rippled gold ceiling.

The photography is by yuuuunstudio.

Project credits:

Design firm: AD Architecture
Chief designer: Xie Peihe
Client team: Da Dong, Yuan Yufang, Tang Mingji, Si Xi, Shi Xiusong, Taste of Dadong Shanghai Branch
Construction team: Beijing Huakai Construction Decoration Engineering Co
Mechanical/electrical team: Beijing Zhitong Siyuan Mechanical & Electrical Design Consulting
Lighting consulting: Beijing Guangshe Lighting Design
Fixtures team: Beijing Hezhong Youye Hotel Supplies
Kitchen team: Beijing HEC Hotel Supplies

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Studio Nor scatters chunky stucco walls throughout Qinhuangdao hotpot restaurant

Thickset stucco walls hide unsightly structural panels inside this branch of restaurant chain Jin Sheng Long, which Studio Nor has designed in Qinhuangdao, China.

Jin Sheng Long is a historic eatery known for serving hotpots and baodu – a traditional tripe dish. Since opening its first outpost in Beijing in the late 19th century, the restaurant has expanded into a chain with a number of outlets nationwide.

Structural panels found throughout Jin Sheng Long are now enclosed by stucco walls

Its latest outpost in the port city of Qinhuangdao occupies a trio of former retail units on the ground floor of a residential tower.

As a result, the interior is plagued by a number of awkwardly placed structural panels, which Chinese practice Studio Nor chose to retain and turn into key design features by encasing them within chunkier stucco-coated walls.

The walls demarcate cosy dining nooks

These walls now form a labyrinth of cosy dining nooks that diners can explore, mimicking what Studio Nor describes as the "intricate and meandering" arrangement of stalls in a Chinese food market.

Even the restaurant's wooden tables and benches were chosen to resemble the furniture found in these markets.

The restaurant's tables and chairs resemble those found in a food market

"We got inspiration from Jin Sheng Long's history," the studio said.

"Back in the late Qing Dynasty, the founder of the restaurant started his business by setting up street stalls in Beijing's famous old Dong'an Market – a then-popular destination full of dazzling attractions and bustling with life and activities."

The structural panels located in the centre of the room also serve a decorative function, with their enclosing walls set at unexpected angles and finished with curved niches for displaying bonsai trees, vases and other ornaments.

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A bar is located towards the rear of Jin Sheng Long's Qinhuangdao restaurant, in the only part of the room that is uninterrupted by structural panels.

This area is anchored by an eight-metre-long counter, which is raised up on a stage-like brick plinth to highlight the theatricality of the drinks preparation process.

Walls at the centre of the restaurant feature curved niches

Studio Nor expanded the restaurant's windows to bring in more natural light and lined their inner frames with copper in a nod to the traditional cookware used to serve hotpot.

Artificial lighting, on the other hand, was kept to a minimum in a bid to draw attention to the few illuminated areas that pop up throughout the interior.

A brick plinth raises up the bar counter

Elsewhere in Qinhuangdao, BLUE Architecture Studio found another clever way of concealing unattractive structural elements when designing the Zolaism cafe.

Here, the studio disguised the building's support columns as huge craggy boulders.

The photography is bySongkai Liu.

Project credits:

Architecture firm: Studio NOR
Lead architects: Boyuan Jiang, Jingwen Wang
Design team: Zhongyuan Liu, Wenxuan Xu, Yiming Lu, Shuo Yang
Lighting consultant: Chloe Zhang
Construction team: QX Group
Construction documents consultant: Shanghai C-Yuspace Design

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