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Sam Wo Restaurant
Cantonese
Sam Wo has been around forever, which in San Francisco's Chinatown means it has survived earthquakes, closures, new ownership, and the slow creep of chow mein tourists. It's an old-school Cantonese noodle house where the move is the steamed rice rolls stuffed with char siu, served with a swipe of hot mustard that will clear your sinuses immediately. The tea program has gotten an upgrade, with oolongs and pu-erhs now on offer, though the rice porridge with fried doughnut remains unchanged and deeply comforting.
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- San Francisco Chronicle Best classic San Francisco restaurants
- San Francisco Chronicle The Best Classic Restaurants in San Francisco
- San Francisco Chronicle Best restaurants in San Francisco's Chinatown
One number, weighted & current 68
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Rice porridge
“the generously portioned and comforting rice porridge ($7.25 and up) with a fried doughnut on the side”
San Francisco Chronicle
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