Asian Cuisine
San Francisco, CA
Seoul Brother
Seoul Brother walks the tightrope between innovation and tradition, and mostly nails it. The Korean fried chicken uses a double-fry technique that creates an impossibly thin, shatteringly crisp coating. Available in gochujang glaze or soy-garlic, both are excellent. The kimchi jjigae is deeply flav...
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I've eaten dan dan noodles in Sichuan Province, and I'm telling you — Golden Dragon's version holds its own. The Sichuan peppercorn tingle is authentic, the pork is coarsely ground and well-seasoned, and the noodles themselves have that springy, hand-pulled texture that machines simply cannot replic...
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Chef Tanaka's omakase is the closest thing to a religious experience I've had at a sushi counter. From the opening bite of hirame with yuzu to the closing tamago, every piece was a study in restraint and perfection. The rice deserves its own paragraph. Cooked in a traditional hagama, seasoned with ...
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