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Cherry and oak wood smoke is the throughline at this Berkeley barbecue shop, where the char siu and the smoked chicken land somewhere between American pitmaster and Hong Kong roast house, with a detour through Indian curry along the way. The team behind Huangcheng Noodle House in Oakland built the concept around a father's love of American barbecue, and the collision of those three kitchens is less confused than it sounds.
Two honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Chinese food and restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Berkeley restaurants
One number, weighted & current 67
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Char siu San Francisco Chronicle
- Hong Kong-style English muffin sandwich San Francisco Chronicle
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