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The fish is in there somewhere, buried under a brick-red avalanche of dried chiles you have to ladle aside to find it. This Chinatown Sichuan restaurant is famous for that má-là one-two punch, the numbing tingle of peppercorns chasing the heat of the peppers, and the hour-long wait out front suggests the neighborhood has opinions about it. When Dungeness crab is in season, it arrives stir-fried with salted egg yolk.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best seafood restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Chinese food and restaurants in the Bay Area
- 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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Scallion pancakes
“a side of scallion pancakes or sesame-flavored shredded bamboo-shoot salad can help temper its piquancy.”
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Shredded bamboo-shoot salad
“a side of scallion pancakes or sesame-flavored shredded bamboo-shoot salad can help temper its piquancy.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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