On a crisp December afternoon in Union Square, I rode four flights of escalators up to the restaurant at the top of Neiman Marcus. Inhaling the heavy scent of mall perfume and tinny din of holiday tunes, I tried to catch glimpses of the department store’s towering Christmas tree light fixture on the way up. … Read more
Shrimp is one of my favorite foods, but I’ve never seen so much of it at once. Fried shrimp, coconut shrimp, tempura shrimp, steamed shrimp, shrimp rolls, a Bloody Mary festooned with a decorative shrimp. You guessed it: I’m at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., the world-famous restaurant dedicated to the fruit of the sea. The … Read more
A mix of dishes at Sam Wo Restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2023. Charles Russo/SFGATE Back in the day, a meal at Sam Wo was served with a side of verbal abuse. The century-old San Francisco Chinatown institution was known for having “the world’s rudest waiter.” Edsel Ford Fung, who customers “came to see … Read more