The Hidden Chinatown of San Francisco

 As far as dimsum goes, New Moon offers nothing really special. It is a dimsum joint, similar to Yummy (reviewed earlier) that has a sorta buffet display up front, order what you want, pay first, and you can sit down inside. And they do have a more extensive menu. They are known for their fast service, with stuff often offered in pre-packed to-go boxes so you can grab one quickly for pretty reasonable prices (typically dimsum is about $1.00-2.00 per piece, depending on how specific items, no matter where you go in Chinatown). I needed some food to go, so I went inside and ordered a box that contained 3 daikon cakes 蘿蔔糕 and 3 shumai (they look pretty dark, so they're probably beef shumai) for $6.50. These shumai are regular sized, so price is about normal in Chinatown, maybe a LITTLE discounted, as they are a little colder than normal.  They of course have a lot of other stuff available and some Chinese-only items (sorta secret menu).  Worth trying? Sure, but as I said, nothing real

 Yummy BBQ Kitchen is one of the dozen (or so) BBQ Meat restaurants that sells the meat to go, or offer simple entrees to eat in. This particular one is on Broadway across Yuet Lee. If you just walk by, you may not even notice the sit-in spots.  I walked in, sat down, and ordered the beef stew with wonton noodle soup 牛腩餛飩湯麵 and you can also choose rice vermicelli instead of egg noodles. There are a lot of different items on the menu on the wall. However, this is technically a "pay-first" kinda spot. Order, pay first, tell them you will eat-in,  then sit down and they'll find you.  The portions are generous, but IMHO, the meat isn't quite as good as the Vietnamese 牛腩麵 beef stew pho over at Golden Star Vietnamese. So if you want a lot of meat with some tendons, so chewy, I'd recommend go Vietnamese. But if you prefer HK style then this place ain't bad. And of course, they have a lot of selection as well.  So give it a try, call it 4/5. 

Yee's Restaurant, or 文仔記 in Chinese, is a BBQ meat vendor in addition to being a "tea restaurant" with a pretty extensive menu of most Hong Kong style entrees. The portions are pretty generous, and of decent quality. I haven't compared it against Kim Po (which is at corner of Powell and Broadway, another restaurant I'll post a review later).  Went in for lunch today, and ordered a pretty simple dish: cha-siu pork and loose eggs over rice 叉燒滑蛋飯 (Number 73 on the menu). It's not bad. You get PLENTY of rice. The eggs are a bit too loose to my liking, and the cha-siu is quite salty instead of flavorful, but there is a lot of the meat. So maybe 3.5 out of 5.  Their menu is online, but the version on their website is old , and prices have risen quite a bit. It was $7.00, it's now $12.00.  In the terms and conditions, it's clear the website was NOT affiliated with the restaurant itself... Huh?  Still, not a bad place to eat, in a "greasy spoon cafe"