Yamo is lots, but not a lot.
January 3, 2008 at 2:19 pm Filed in:food&drink No Comments
Yamo
3406 18th St
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 553-8911
1/3/2008
Lots of food.
Not a lot of money.
Lots of people calling orders in for pick-up.
Not a lot of seats.
Lots of tasty, filling mohinga (fish chowder with noodles).
Not a lot of love for the samusas, unless soaked in the mohinga.
Lots of people coming in and asking for a free sample of the soup, then leaving.
Not a lot of protection from the cold and rain blowing in the open door.
Not as high-end as Mandalay or Burma Superstar.
Eating the Golden Pagoda
December 1, 2007 at 2:14 pm Filed in:food&drink No Comments
Burma Super Star
309 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 387-2147
Before I decided to move to San Francisco, one of the first things I did was check to see if there were any Burmese restaurants in the City. Coming from Chicago and Miami where there are none, this was one of my major criteria for finding a new metropolitan area in which to reside. In large part, Burma Superstar helped me make my decision. Yes, I moved here largely so that I could eat Burmese food… you got a problem with that?
But in the year and a half I’ve lived here, why have I only been there ONCE? It’s not the food, which is excellent. Rainbow salad, the clay-pot chicken, the Superstar noodles, the coconut rice… fantastic. Tea leaf salad… good, although I do prefer Mandalay’s version sans laitue. Litchee mojitos made with soju? Niiiiice.
So why have I only been there once? I don’t wait two hours to eat.
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