Category Archives: Chinese

Spices II on 6th Avene & Clement

Today I went to go get my dad’s iPhone screen fixed. He has cracked the screen a few times so that the “touch” no longer works. I made an appointment with an Apple store “genius” to see if they could replace it. I was a bit disappointed because I wanted to see how it was done… instead, they just give you a new phone! If the phone is no longer under warranty, it costs $200+ to replace the phone but I guess it’s cheaper than buying a completely new phone off-contract.

Afterwards, Ron and I went to find somewhere to eat. Although we live around lots of difference restaurants, we always have trouble choosing a place. We ended up on Clement St. and decided to try Spices II on 6th Avenue. Our friends had mentioned this place before and said it was good so we thought we’d check it out.

We ordered the Numbing Spicy Cucumbers. I’ve been looking for a place that serves this type of cucumbers the way I like them (my favorite place is Sho Mi in Stockton, CA). This was almost what I wanted except that the cucumbers were a bit soft but the spice was good.

From 09-09-2008 Spices II on Clement Ave

Numbing Spicy Mandarin Noodle (I think). The egg noodles were chewy and the sauce not all that spicy but was an okay dish.

From 09-09-2008 Spices II on Clement Ave

Stir fried potato strips. Ron mistakenly ate the green pepper thinking it was a bell pepper and he almost choked! It was spicy. The dish was a bit weird though, sort of like stir fried hash browns instead of fried. The spice numbed your tongue and lips for a while but then suddenly goes away.

From 09-09-2008 Spices II on Clement Ave

Three spiced chicken. We saw the table near us having this dish and were wondering what it was because it looked good. By chance we ordered the three spiced chicken and it turned out to be the same dish. The chicken was really crispy and it was filled with hot peppers and was very yummy.

From 09-09-2008 Spices II on Clement Ave

Needless to say, we were stuffed. We didn’t realize how big the portions were so we ordered way too much so we have leftovers for the next day. Surprisingly, the spice wasn’t overpowering and it disappeared pretty quickly after we stopped eating.

I don’t know if it’s good or bad that this place is close to where we live. I predict we may be visiting this place more often to try other dishes.

Spices II
291 6th Avenue & Clement
San Francisco, CA

San Tung and Peasant Pies

We’ve been craving San Tung dried fried chicken since we’ve been back. The sauce is sweet and spicy and the chicken is cooked extra crispy. They also use the sauce to make dried fried green beans with preserved vegetables. These are my two favorite dishes. San Tung was closed on Wednesday when we tried to go there so we decided to treat Ron’s family to the delicious chicken.

They were peeling the green beans while we waited for our take-out. It was a huge mound.

From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant

We ordered four portions of the dried fried chicken wings, with sauce on the side so the skin doesn’t get soggy.

From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant

The only problem with take home sauce is that not all the sugar quite incorporates so it’s a bit sandy.

From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant

Next to San Tung is a place called Peasant Pies. They have savory pies and sweet ones. I opted for a sweet one, the blueberry pear pie. It wasn’t very sweet which let the flavors of the fruits shine through. The staff recommended the savory over the sweet so I’m looking forward to tasting those in the future.

From 08-15-2008 Peasant Pies & San Tung Chinese Restaurant

Koi Garden in Dublin

We arrived in SFO about an hour late but luckily for us, Ron’s parents live and work in Millbrae so they were waiting with us at their office. My parents were will them so they all came to welcome us home. On arrival in SF, some of our luggage was delayed and would be arriving on the next plane from Singapore. I think it worked out better that way or else customs may have wanted to search through our lugagge! We’d already gone through so much packing and unpacking in Singapore, I didn’t want to have to repack and unpack again in San Francisco.

I went home with my parents while Ron stayed with his so that he could pick up our luggage that evening. I didn’t sleep much on the plane so when we got back to San Ramon, I fell right asleep (after checking on my kitties of course!).

My parents woke me up to head out to dinner. My dad and my brother both had their birthdays last week so we went to have a belated birthday dinner at Koi Garden in Dublin.

We had peking duck, winter melon soup, mushu pork, fish stomach, and steamed fish.