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  1. Northern China BBQ

    Northern Chinese

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    Meat on a stick is the organizing principle here, and the sticks arrive loaded, ten pieces high, with lamb cubes, duck tongues, and frog legs all in the rotation. This Jilin-style BBQ spot in the Inner Sunset is the kind of place that makes vegetarianism feel like a personal attack, though the potato discs and tofu skins are quietly essential. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the Bay Area's best Chinese restaurants.

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    • Frog legs

      “meat options aplenty, ranging from cubes of lamb to tender frog legs and tiny duck tongues, stacked one on top of the other, 10 to a stick”

      San Francisco Chronicle
    • Duck tongues

      “meat options aplenty, ranging from cubes of lamb to tender frog legs and tiny duck tongues, stacked one on top of the other, 10 to a stick”

      San Francisco Chronicle
    • Burnished potatoes

      “skipping the discs of burnished potatoes, rectangles of nearly translucent tofu skins or rings of seitan, the size and texture of gummy peach rings, is unadvisable”

      San Francisco Chronicle

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    Address
    294 9th St, San Francisco, CA · San Francisco
    Hours

    Open now, until 12:30 AM

    • Monday Not listed
    • Tuesday Today 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM next day
    • Wednesday 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM next day
    • Thursday 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM next day
    • Friday 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM next day
    • Saturday 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM next day
    • Sunday 4:30 PM to 12:30 AM next day
    Phone
    415-829-3837
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