Saturday, November 11, 2006
Brunch at Mayflower Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Mayflower is a good seafood restaurant that also serves a good Dim Sum in the Richmond, near where we get our hair cut. Right as you come in there are large tanks of fish, which you'll probably be eating later. This meal came to about $40 for two big eaters, plus doggie bags of leftovers.
Meatballs
We always order these, thinking they will be good, but no matter where you order them, they are never good. The texture is always off and you wonder what's in them, other than beef.
BBQ Pork
Not very good. Too grisly and not enough flavor.
Spare Ribs
Very tasty--subtle and meaty.
Chicken Feet
Standard.
Clams in Black Bean Sauce
Would have been better if warm, but not bad.
Fried Little Fish
There was something wrong with the texture and the fish seemed to melt in our mouths in a bad, scary way. We didn't finish them.
Tofu Skins with Meat
These were pretty tasty and pleasantly not as greasy as usual. Oddly, the waiter told us "these have no meat, only vegetables" we said, ok, even though we really wanted the meat ones, but these were more like all meat, no veggies...
Har Gow
Fresh, with large chunks of shrimp and not much filler.
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Meatballs
We always order these, thinking they will be good, but no matter where you order them, they are never good. The texture is always off and you wonder what's in them, other than beef.
BBQ Pork
Not very good. Too grisly and not enough flavor.
Spare Ribs
Very tasty--subtle and meaty.
Chicken Feet
Standard.
Clams in Black Bean SauceWould have been better if warm, but not bad.
Fried Little Fish
There was something wrong with the texture and the fish seemed to melt in our mouths in a bad, scary way. We didn't finish them.
Tofu Skins with Meat
These were pretty tasty and pleasantly not as greasy as usual. Oddly, the waiter told us "these have no meat, only vegetables" we said, ok, even though we really wanted the meat ones, but these were more like all meat, no veggies...
Har Gow
Fresh, with large chunks of shrimp and not much filler.
Sui Mai
We decided that Mayflower just likes to mess with vegetarians, because in addition to the "meatless" tofu skins, we learned that on the menu at this place pork sui mai (which also have shrimp in them) are called "mushroom sui mai". These were pretty good, and the roe on top is a nice touch.
We decided that Mayflower just likes to mess with vegetarians, because in addition to the "meatless" tofu skins, we learned that on the menu at this place pork sui mai (which also have shrimp in them) are called "mushroom sui mai". These were pretty good, and the roe on top is a nice touch.
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